Researchers have uncovered a 38,000-year-old engraved image at Abri Blanchard, an Upper Paleolithic site of the Aurignacian culture — a finding that marks some of the earliest known graphic imagery found in Western Eurasia. Limestone block engraved with an aurochs. Image credit: P. Jugie, Musée National de Préhistoire Collections. The …
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Image copyright AP Image caption French police search through burnt-out wreckage after thieves set fire to a car before fleeing the scene, near Lyon Armed thieves are on the run in France after stealing 70kg (154lbs) of gold in a motorway heist on Monday. The gang of four swooped on …
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Christine Lagarde, here with her lawyer at the start of the trial, denies any wrongdoing IMF chief Christine Lagarde has gone on trial in France for negligence over a compensation payment made by a state-owned bank to a businessman in 2008. As finance minister of …
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