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Archaeologists Open Burial Cave Sealed Since The Time Of Rameses The GreatSome faded and broken ceramic jars inside a dark burial tomb

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Archaeologists Open Burial Cave Sealed Since The Time Of Rameses The GreatSome faded and broken ceramic jars inside a dark burial tomb
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Archaeologists Open Burial Cave Sealed Since The Time Of Rameses The Great

clock-iconSeptember 19, 2022
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Super-Rare Metal Folding Chair Among Treasures Found In Early Medieval Woman's GraveThe iron folding chair in situ

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Super-Rare Metal Folding Chair Among Treasures Found In Early Medieval Woman's GraveThe iron folding chair in situ
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Super-Rare Metal Folding Chair Among Treasures Found In Early Medieval Woman's Grave

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The Biggest Human-Made Pyramid On Earth Isn't In Egyptcholula pyramid

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The Biggest Human-Made Pyramid On Earth Isn't In Egyptcholula pyramid
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The Biggest Human-Made Pyramid On Earth Isn't In Egypt

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Rare Ancient Papyrus Returned To Israel After Hiding In Plain Sight In US For Six DecadesA small piece of ancient parchment with Hebrew writing on it. The edges of the paper are yellowed and frayed

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Rare Ancient Papyrus Returned To Israel After Hiding In Plain Sight In US For Six DecadesA small piece of ancient parchment with Hebrew writing on it. The edges of the paper are yellowed and frayed
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Rare Ancient Papyrus Returned To Israel After Hiding In Plain Sight In US For Six Decades

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Skeleton Of 17th-Century "Vampire" Unearthed With Sickle Across Its NeckSkeleton suspected of being a vampire found in Poland with a iron sickle across its neck.

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Skeleton Of 17th-Century "Vampire" Unearthed With Sickle Across Its NeckSkeleton suspected of being a vampire found in Poland with a iron sickle across its neck.
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Skeleton Of 17th-Century "Vampire" Unearthed With Sickle Across Its Neck

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Gold Coin Treasure Trove Worth Nearly $300,000 Discovered Under Floorboards Of UK HomeSome of the newer coins in the collection. Spink & Son

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Gold Coin Treasure Trove Worth Nearly $300,000 Discovered Under Floorboards Of UK HomeSome of the newer coins in the collection. Spink & Son
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Gold Coin Treasure Trove Worth Nearly $300,000 Discovered Under Floorboards Of UK Home

clock-iconSeptember 8, 2022
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Ancient Chinese "Unicorn" Revealed To Be Dancing Horse With Tassel On HeadDancing Horse, 608-907 CE, China, Tang Dynasty, earthenware with pigments, Cincinnati Art Museum, Gift of Carl and Eleanor Strauss, 1997. Credit: Cincinnati Art Museum

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Ancient Chinese "Unicorn" Revealed To Be Dancing Horse With Tassel On HeadDancing Horse, 608-907 CE, China, Tang Dynasty, earthenware with pigments, Cincinnati Art Museum, Gift of Carl and Eleanor Strauss, 1997. Credit: Cincinnati Art Museum
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Ancient Chinese "Unicorn" Revealed To Be Dancing Horse With Tassel On Head

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Ancient Viking Poop Shows How Gut Worms Are Humankind's Closest CompanionImage of a whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) parasitic worm under a microscope.

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Ancient Viking Poop Shows How Gut Worms Are Humankind's Closest CompanionImage of a whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) parasitic worm under a microscope.
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Ancient Viking Poop Shows How Gut Worms Are Humankind's Closest Companion

clock-iconSeptember 6, 2022
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Bodies Found In Medieval Well Probably Victims Of An Anti-Semitic MassacreBased on their skeletal remains scientists have reconstructed the faces of two of the bodies found in the well at Norwich, almost certainly victims of an anti-semitic massacre

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Bodies Found In Medieval Well Probably Victims Of An Anti-Semitic MassacreBased on their skeletal remains scientists have reconstructed the faces of two of the bodies found in the well at Norwich, almost certainly victims of an anti-semitic massacre
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Bodies Found In Medieval Well Probably Victims Of An Anti-Semitic Massacre

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Nile Riverbed Clues Help Explain The Mystery Of Egypt's Pyramid ConstructionAn artist's illustration shows how a now-defunct arm of the River Nile known as the Khufu branch expected to the pyramids.

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Nile Riverbed Clues Help Explain The Mystery Of Egypt's Pyramid ConstructionAn artist's illustration shows how a now-defunct arm of the River Nile known as the Khufu branch expected to the pyramids.
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Nile Riverbed Clues Help Explain The Mystery Of Egypt's Pyramid Construction

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Young Woman Buried In Canoe Is Oldest (And Strangest) Boat Burial In ArgentinaIllustration showing how pre-Hispanic cultures fashioned boats out of a single tree trunk, ahead of the wampo boat burial ritual.

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Young Woman Buried In Canoe Is Oldest (And Strangest) Boat Burial In ArgentinaIllustration showing how pre-Hispanic cultures fashioned boats out of a single tree trunk, ahead of the wampo boat burial ritual.
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Young Woman Buried In Canoe Is Oldest (And Strangest) Boat Burial In Argentina

clock-iconAugust 25, 2022
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11,000-Year-Old Ceremonial Mounds Are Oldest Known Human-Made Structures In North AmericaLSU Campus Mounds

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11,000-Year-Old Ceremonial Mounds Are Oldest Known Human-Made Structures In North AmericaLSU Campus Mounds
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11,000-Year-Old Ceremonial Mounds Are Oldest Known Human-Made Structures In North America

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Archaeological Discovery Claims To Mark Biblical Saint Peter's BirthplaceThis inscription ties the church built there to the Church of the Apostles dedicated to St Peter adding to the evidence the site is Bethsaida, the birthplace of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew

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Archaeological Discovery Claims To Mark Biblical Saint Peter's BirthplaceThis inscription ties the church built there to the Church of the Apostles dedicated to St Peter adding to the evidence the site is Bethsaida, the birthplace of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew
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Archaeological Discovery Claims To Mark Biblical Saint Peter's Birthplace

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Medieval Monks "Riddled With Parasites" Due To Dodgy Poop PractisesThe skeleton of two medieval friars buried on the former grounds of the Augustinian friary in Cambridge

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Medieval Monks "Riddled With Parasites" Due To Dodgy Poop PractisesThe skeleton of two medieval friars buried on the former grounds of the Augustinian friary in Cambridge
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Medieval Monks "Riddled With Parasites" Due To Dodgy Poop Practises

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"Magical" Quartz Buried In "Halls Of The Dead" Finally ExplainedA specimen of rock crystal exhibiting the refractive qualities of a small internal structure within the crystal.

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"Magical" Quartz Buried In "Halls Of The Dead" Finally ExplainedA specimen of rock crystal exhibiting the refractive qualities of a small internal structure within the crystal.
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"Magical" Quartz Buried In "Halls Of The Dead" Finally Explained

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