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17,000-year-old stripes of red in a Welsh cave are the oldest rock art in the UK, study findsOver a century after a red-lined cave wall was discovered, scientists have determined that it represents the U.K.'s oldest rock art.
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Gessel gold hoard: A 3,300-year-old stash of gleaming treasures that's one of the largest Bronze Age hoards from EuropeAstonishing Artifacts The Gessel gold hoard is among the largest treasures ever discovered in prehistoric Europe but has only three pieces of jewelry in it.
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Bronze Age 5-year-old's skull found in Uzbekistan is the oldest known evidence of surgery in Central AsiaA child's 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in Central Asia on record.
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How many generations of humans have there been?Life's Little Mysteries Modern humans have been around 300,000 years. How many generations is that?
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Skeletal remains of Queen Elisenda, one of the most powerful rulers in medieval Europe, unearthed in Barcelona — along with several others who bore unexplained stab woundsIn honor of the 700th-anniversary founding of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, scientists opened eight 14th-century graves and studied the 25 people found inside, including a queen.
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1,200-year-old gold hoard discovered in Saudi Arabia may have been buried by a medieval pilgrimArchaeologists have unearthed a 1,200-year-old hoard of gold, silver and gemstones that was buried along a medieval pilgrimage route in Saudi Arabia.
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The Romans and Vikings left few genetic traces of their occupations of Britain, research suggestsDespite their occupations of Britain, the Romans and Vikings didn't leave much of a genetic mark on Britons. The Anglo-Saxons, though, were a different story.
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Toxic plant on Ming dynasty-era surgical tools may be world’s oldest chemical evidence of topical anestheticAn analysis of residue on centuries-old surgical tools reveals the use of a toxic anesthetic in Ming dynasty-era Chinese medicine.
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Bead net funerary shroud: A 2,500-year-old beaded veil from Egypt depicting the deceased's transformation into OsirisAstonishing Artifacts This funerary shroud was made from thousands of multicolored beads and woven to represent a human face and a large scarab beetle.
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