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Published online 5 March 2008 | Nature 452, 22-23 (2008) | doi:10.1038/452022a
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Archaeology: Facing up to the past
New York University is trying to establish a world-class archaeological institute — with funds from a philanthropist who has been linked to looted artefacts. Rex Dalton reports.
Unearthed last summer at an ancient crossroads in central Asia, two bronze lamps hark back to the Greek myth of the Golden Fleece. They come from the region once known as Colchis, in present-day Georgia, where Jason and the Argonauts are said to have searched for the precious wool1.
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