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Article: BRITISH RESEARCHERS RECONSTRUCT HISTORY NEW TECHNIQUES PUT FACE ON WORLD RULED BY GREEK KING AGAMEMNON.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Byline: Patrick Quinn Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece -- What was Agamemnon like?
British researchers are uniting DNA analysis, forensic science and traditional archeology to try to put a face to the fabled king - or at least gain a better picture of the common features of subjects and royalty in the times leading up to Agamemnon.
The effort is part of the new spectrum of techniques being used around the world to bring new meaning to discoveries that have gathered dust in museums for decades or centuries.
``Tremendous vistas have been opened,'' said John Prag, the Keeper of Archeology at Manchester University in Britain.
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