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Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils

January 16, 2002 | Issue 38•01

HASAKE, SYRIA—When archaeologist Edward Whitson joined a Penn State University dig in Hasake last year, he did so to participate in the excavation of a Late Bronze Age settlement rich in pottery shards and clay figurines. Whitson had hoped to determine whether the items contained within the site were primarily Persian or Assyrian in origin."