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Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's Ark
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood.
![An ancient tablet carved with drawings of warriors.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PhgG2i8jNKgvtGWqC6vKNn-320-80.jpg)
2,500-year-old slate containing drawings of battle scenes and paleo-alphabet discovered in Spain
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists discovered the stone tablet at a Tartessian site in southwestern Spain.
![A bird's-eye view of the 4,000-year-old structure](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xrHSWeXGrZ7uFCt2Mc7ukE-320-80.jpg)
Mysterious 4,000-year-old 'palace' with maze-like walls found on Greek island of Crete
By Kristina Killgrove published
Archaeologists in Crete have discovered a 4,000-year-old structure that the Minoans may have used for rituals.
![An ancient stone temple in Mexico as seen at sunset.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ypAn2ydVcgz5QSWZ2PQ5rd-320-80.jpg)
Chichén Itzá: Maya temples in the Yucatán
By Owen Jarus last updated
The ruins of Chichén Itzá in eastern Mexico were built about 1,200 years ago.
![Facials reconstruction of two boys created by an artist](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b85CPaUJAvSPYe2JwPubmM-320-80.jpg)
1,600-year-old Hun burial in Poland contains 2 boys, including one with a deformed skull
By Soumya Sagar published
Archaeologists in Poland used DNA to identify a double burial that contained the skeletons of two boys who were unrelated.
![A Maya pyramid in Mexico that includes tourists in the foreground.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4KsV7foHLBqMxFXfcVzTa9-320-80.jpg)
More than 100 Maya boys — some as young as 3 — were sacrificed and buried in a pit in Chichen Itza, DNA study reveals
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers analyzed the DNA of 64 individuals and discovered they were all male, including two sets of twins.
![people excavating seahenge on a beach](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ifT2j6zoFS3jrUYYXjoCn-320-80.jpg)
4,000-year-old 'Seahenge' in UK was built to 'extend summer,' archaeologist suggests
By Tom Metcalfe published
The construction of the monument and another beside it more than 4,000 years ago corresponds to a time of bitter cold.
![A pile of silver coins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9CCpuNY23mf7tUVE7zra7E-320-80.jpg)
Hundreds of centuries-old coins unearthed in Germany likely belonged to wealthy 17th-century mayor
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Construction workers have unearthed a collection of 285 silver coins hidden in a trench.
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