Ancient Micronesian Tombs Older Than Previously Estimated (4 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Ancient Micronesian Tombs Older Than Previously Estimated (4 of 9)

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Twin tomb 1 - Lurun. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 13, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Z.T. Richards at Western Australian Museum in Welshpool, WA, Australia, and colleagues was titled, 'New precise dates for the ancient and sacred coral pyramidal tombs of Leluh (Kosrae, Micronesia).'

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[Credit: Jean-Paul Hobbs]

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