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Stunning full-scale scan of Titanic reveals complete shipwreck for the 1st time By Ben Turner published 18 May 23 A new scan of the Titanic shipwreck made with more than 715,000 images has revealed the world's most famous shipwreck as we've never seen it before.
Remains of 7,000-year-old sunken stone road discovered off Croatia's coast By Jennifer Nalewicki published 18 May 23 Archaeologists discovered a late-Neolithic road submerged underwater off the coast of Croatia.
2 hidden male skeletons discovered under pile of rubble in Pompeii's 'House of the Chaste Lovers' By Jennifer Nalewicki published 18 May 23 Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of two men who were likely killed during a deadly earthquake that coincided with Mount Vesuvius' eruption.
1,700-year-old Roman watchtower ruins discovered in Switzerland By Owen Jarus published 17 May 23 Archaeologists in Switzerland have unearthed the remains of a fourth century A.D. watchtower built to protect the edge of the Roman Empire.
8,000-year-old rock carvings in Arabia may be world's oldest megastructure blueprints By Kristina Killgrove published 17 May 23 Around 8,000 years ago, Middle Eastern hunters carved to-scale plans of their 'desert kite' traps onto rocks.
Modern humans arose after 2 distinct groups in Africa mated over tens of thousands of years By Charles Q. Choi published 17 May 23 Modern humans may descend from two or more genetically distinct streams that split but continued to occasionally mix over time in Africa.
Neanderthals passed down their tall noses to modern humans, genetic analysis finds By Jennifer Nalewicki published 16 May 23 A new genetic analysis found that the size of Neanderthal noses was passed down to modern humans.
Ancient Romans sacrificed birds to the goddess Isis, burnt bones in Pompeii reveal By Tom Metcalfe published 16 May 23 The ancient remains of at least 10 birds have been found at a temple of Isis in the Roman city of Pompeii, indicating that birds were a key feature of worshipping the goddess.
300,000-year-old footprints reveal extinct humans went on a lakeside family outing among giant elephants and rhinos By Sascha Pare published 16 May 23 Footprints belonging to Homo heidelbergensis adults and children suggest that these human relatives foraged and played on the shores of a lake where prehistoric beasts gathered to drink.
Ancient Egyptian children were plagued with blood disorders, mummies reveal By Hannah Kate Simon published 16 May 23 A look at 21 ancient Egyptian mummified children reveals that one-third of them had a blood disorder known as anemia.
