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Morocco earthquake death toll rises to nearly 2,500 – BBC News
The number of people killed in a powerful earthquake in Morocco has risen to almost 2,500, officials have said. Rescuers have been using their bare hands to dig for survivors. Heavy lifting equipment can’t get through roads blocked by boulders to reach remote villages near the epicentre. Friday’s earthquake, the country’s deadliest in 60 years, struck below villages in the High Atlas mountains south of…
How an advanced civilisation vanished 2,500 years ago – BBC News
The Tartessos were an advanced Bronze Age society that flourished in the Iberian Peninsula in southern Spain around 3,000 years ago. But 500 years later, the civilisation vanished mysteriously. Now new research is investigating how and why the Tartessos disappeared. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #BBCNews #Archaeology #HistoryPlease