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Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 yearsDozens of pieces of bright-green rock discovered in a cave in the Pyrenees may be evidence of copper smelting 7,000 years ago.
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Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructionsStunning clothes from medieval Christian Nubia have been re-created and put on models, whose performance brought onlookers to tears.
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Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years agoAstonishing Artifacts The ornately decorated metal bowl was found as part of a hoard containing dozens of pieces of ancient Roman tableware.
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Did Japan have female samurai?Life's Little Mysteries The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?
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Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasiteChamber pots from the frontier of the Roman Empire have provided the world's earliest evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite.
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Weapons of the world: Can you identify these historical objects of war?Quiz Can you identify these millennia- to centuries-old weapons from the smallest clues? Test your eye for history by matching carved details and close-up images to the legendary tools of war they once formed.
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'The detectors never stopped beeping!' Nearly 3,000 coins discovered in field are Norway's largest Viking hoard on recordA Viking Age hoard of nearly 3,000 coins is the largest hoard of its kind ever found in Norway.
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'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggestsPrehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.
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'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of RomeBurials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell.
