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Severed bow of US warship blown off by Japanese torpedo finally found in South Pacific
More than 180 lives were lost in the WWII attack, but the U.S. ship stayed afloat.
Stunning facial reconstructions of 'hobbit,' Neanderthal and Homo erectus bring human relatives to life
A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.
Extraordinary 'sacrificial ass' with severed head discovered from Bronze Age Israel — and it was from a faraway land
The nearly 5,000-year-old remains of a "sacrificial ass" and three other donkeys from a faraway land have been discovered under a Bronze Age house in Israel.
Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the Mediterranean
French and Egyptian researchers are making a "digital twin" of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt after lifting its ancient submerged blocks out of the Mediterranean Sea.
Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4,000-year-old bones suggest
Roughly 4,000-year-old bones from Chile contain genetic evidence of leprosy, suggesting that a rare form of the bacteria that causes the disease may have been circulating in the Americas and long before the Europeans arrived.
Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru
A rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them.
What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...
We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.
Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants
The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes.
