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Archaeology literally means the teachings or knowledge of the old or ancient (archaios is Greek for 'old' and logos means' knowledge '). The archaeology deals with physical remnants of past human activities. On this basis, the archaeologist trying to understand something of the manner in which people previously lived. Material things are remnants may: tools, weapons, coins, bricks. It may contain residues of the people themselves as skeletons, mummies or the ash of burnt bones. Of remains of animals or plants that the man had something to do.

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Estonia is located in the northeast of Europe. Estonia borders the Baltic Sea, the Finnish Gulf and neighbours Russia and Latvia. Latvia is the northernmost and smallest of the 3 Baltic countries. Estonia's most famous tourist attraction is the medieval capital city of Tallin. Tallin has a very well preserved historic center. Since 1997 it is listed as UNESCO world heritage. In Tallin the following is worth a visit: the Dominican Monastery, the park around the Baroque palace, the Gothic church on the Niguliste (which includes Estonian Art museum), the open-air Vabaõmuseum of nearly one hundred farms on a large pice of land along the Gulf of Kopli, the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevski Cathedral. The second most important city of Estonia is Tartu. In the Baltic Sea a lot of grey seals can be found. In addition a visit to the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa off the coast of Estonia are interesting. On Saaremaa is the Kali-crater created by a meteorite impact a 800 years before Christ. On the island of Hiiumaa you will find arctic lichens and vegetation.