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The Spectacular Tomb of the Ice Prince, a Medieval Child Buried in an Ancient Roman Villa, Frozen for Study
Four years ago, archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation (BLfD) discovered a child’s tomb at ...
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One of the Most Iconic Stories of British Heroic Resistance Against the Romans Debunked: It Never Happened
A new archaeological investigation casts doubt on one of the most emblematic accounts of the Roman conquest of Britain, ...
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The Earth’s Core May Be Leaking: Traces of Precious Metals Found in Hawaiian Volcanic Rocks
The world’s largest gold reserves—approximately 99.999% of all the gold on Earth—are at an unreachable depth beneath more ...
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Valencina, the Great Prehistoric City Contemporary with Stonehenge That Flourished and Collapsed Five Thousand Years Ago
Just a few kilometers from Seville lies the archaeological site of Valencina de la Concepción, which five thousand years ago ...
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Evidence of the Use of a Polybolos, the Mythical Greek Repeating Weapon, at Pompeii in 89 BCE Discovered
A team of Italian researchers has discovered markings on the walls of Pompeii that could be the first known evidence of the ...
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Benedict IX, the Youngest Pope in History, Held the Papacy Three Times and Sold the Position to Get Married
It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...
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Identity of the Owner of Luxor’s Nameless Tomb Discovered
In the 1970s, a tomb was discovered in the Al-Asasif necropolis on the west bank of Luxor, Egypt, which archaeologists ...
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What Is the Massive Spherical Plasma Bubble Astronomers Have Discovered in Our Galaxy? They Still Don’t Know Its Origin or Age
An international team of astronomers has discovered a strange cosmic object in our galaxy that they have named Teleios, a ...
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The Colossal Grande Dixence, the Tallest Dam in Europe Holding the Largest Alpine Lake Above 2,000 Meters
The Swiss canton of Valais, deep in the Alps in the southwest of the country, boasts a staggering 51 peaks that rise above ...
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Roman Roads Continued to Be Used in Medieval England for Over a Thousand Years After the Fall of the Empire
The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a ...
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The Mysterious Byzantine Bucket Found at Sutton Hoo Contains the Remains of an Anglo-Saxon Who May Have Served in the Imperial Army
In 1986, a sixth-century Byzantine copper-alloy bucket was found in the famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in ...
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Peoples of Northeastern Iberian Peninsula Refused to Adopt Greek Techniques for Producing Bronze 4,000 Years Ago
A study led by Julia Montes-Landa and an international team of archaeologists, published in the Journal of Archaeological ...