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...Crimson will undoubtedly earn its fair share of points against the top competition. Twelve of Harvard's members swam in the Olympic Trials this summer. The Crimson has finished respectably in the NCAAs in past three seasons: 26th in 2000, 24th in 1999, and 11th...
Harvard returns 26 lettermen, including three All-Americans, to a squad that went undefeated (9-0) in meets last year. It won the UVA Invitational, Eastern Championships and placed 26th at the NCAA Championships. Consequently, Harvard starts the year with a strong preseason ranking...
Cornell continued to dominate play throughout the first half, but Mejias' save on a Nevison breakaway in the 26th minute helped preserve the 1-0 deficit...
...spend your life excavating Egyptian tombs. But even Zahi Hawass, one of Egypt's leading archaeologists, was not prepared for the apparition that visited him one night last spring, shortly before he entered the tomb of Zed-Khonsu-efankh, the most powerful governor of the Bahariya Oasis during the 26th dynasty. In the dream, Hawass was trapped in a large room filled with dense smoke. He tried to call for help, but no one heard him. Suddenly, a man's face--looking for all the world like a carving from a sarcophagus--came swimming at him through the haze. Hawass...
...bulk of the tombs in Bahariya represent one of two periods: the 26th dynasty (6th century B.C.), when the town first became an important trading and agricultural center; and the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., by which time Egypt was ruled by Rome. The Zed-Khonsu-efankh site, which Hawass opened last April, hails from the earlier era and took even him by surprise...