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New Satellite Images Reveal Europe’s Hidden Bronze Age MegastructuresAn aerial photo of one of the circular formations under the landscape, showing impressions of circular sites superimposed on brown and green fields

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New Satellite Images Reveal Europe’s Hidden Bronze Age MegastructuresAn aerial photo of one of the circular formations under the landscape, showing impressions of circular sites superimposed on brown and green fields
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New Satellite Images Reveal Europe’s Hidden Bronze Age Megastructures

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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them PerfectlyA statue of Hygieia, goddess of hygiene

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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them PerfectlyA statue of Hygieia, goddess of hygiene
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Dozens Of Statues Were Buried In A Mud Bath For 2,300 Years, Preserving Them Perfectly

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How The Faces Of 3 Medieval Scots From The “Cradle Of Christianity” Were Revealedcolorized reconstruction and 3D scan of the face of Bishop Walter of Whithorn, an elderly white man with balding head

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How The Faces Of 3 Medieval Scots From The “Cradle Of Christianity” Were Revealedcolorized reconstruction and 3D scan of the face of Bishop Walter of Whithorn, an elderly white man with balding head
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How The Faces Of 3 Medieval Scots From The “Cradle Of Christianity” Were Revealed

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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than ThoughtA photo of archaeologists holding up the stone slab that formed the funerary stela. The photo is cropped so that you can only see three pairs of legs huddled around the stone - which is about hip height - and one individual wearing a white cap and a red t-shirt leaning in to point at the carvings.

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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than ThoughtA photo of archaeologists holding up the stone slab that formed the funerary stela. The photo is cropped so that you can only see three pairs of legs huddled around the stone - which is about hip height - and one individual wearing a white cap and a red t-shirt leaning in to point at the carvings.
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3,000-Year-Old Funerary Stone Suggests Prehistoric Social Gender Roles Were More Fluid Than Thought

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Genghis Khan Killed Enough People To Cool The PlanetGenghis Khan

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Genghis Khan Killed Enough People To Cool The PlanetGenghis Khan
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Genghis Khan Killed Enough People To Cool The Planet

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Ancient Egyptian Tomb Reveals Mummy With A Snake ObsessionThe southern wall of the burial chamber and the lid of Džehutiemhat's sarcophagus.

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Ancient Egyptian Tomb Reveals Mummy With A Snake ObsessionThe southern wall of the burial chamber and the lid of Džehutiemhat's sarcophagus.
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Ancient Egyptian Tomb Reveals Mummy With A Snake Obsession

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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén ItzáMaya snake warrior

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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén ItzáMaya snake warrior
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Maya Snake Warrior’s Head Unearthed At Chichén Itzá

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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?Person dressed in prehistoric clothing sewing an animal hide.

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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?Person dressed in prehistoric clothing sewing an animal hide.
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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?

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Homo Naledi Probably Didn’t Bury Their Dead Or Make Rock Art After AllHomo naledi

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Homo Naledi Probably Didn’t Bury Their Dead Or Make Rock Art After AllHomo naledi
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Homo Naledi Probably Didn’t Bury Their Dead Or Make Rock Art After All

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Face Of ‘Old Man’ Neanderthal Reconstructed After 50,000 YearsOld Man Neanderthal facial reconstruction

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Face Of ‘Old Man’ Neanderthal Reconstructed After 50,000 YearsOld Man Neanderthal facial reconstruction
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Face Of ‘Old Man’ Neanderthal Reconstructed After 50,000 Years

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Origins Of America's First People Reflected By Head Lice EvolutionA human head lice louse bug isolated

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Origins Of America's First People Reflected By Head Lice EvolutionA human head lice louse bug isolated
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Origins Of America's First People Reflected By Head Lice Evolution

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The Great Sphinx May Not Have Been Carved By Humans AloneSphinx

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The Great Sphinx May Not Have Been Carved By Humans AloneSphinx
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The Great Sphinx May Not Have Been Carved By Humans Alone

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Sex Between Humans And Denisovans Continues To Mess With Our Mental HealthDenisovan DNA

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Sex Between Humans And Denisovans Continues To Mess With Our Mental HealthDenisovan DNA
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Sex Between Humans And Denisovans Continues To Mess With Our Mental Health

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At 12,000 Years Old, Tasmanian Indigenous Stories Could Be The World’s OldestCompared to its surrounding stars Canopus stands out. Might it have stood out so much that Indigenous Tasmanians remember a time when precession brought it close to the South Celestial Pole?

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At 12,000 Years Old, Tasmanian Indigenous Stories Could Be The World’s OldestCompared to its surrounding stars Canopus stands out. Might it have stood out so much that Indigenous Tasmanians remember a time when precession brought it close to the South Celestial Pole?
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At 12,000 Years Old, Tasmanian Indigenous Stories Could Be The World’s Oldest

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Amazon Drought Reveals Dozens Of Ancient Faces Carved In RocksA series of faces engraved on a rock.

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Amazon Drought Reveals Dozens Of Ancient Faces Carved In RocksA series of faces engraved on a rock.
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Amazon Drought Reveals Dozens Of Ancient Faces Carved In Rocks

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