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Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in SvalbardSkeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.
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800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper discovered in medieval latrine in GermanyArchaeologists recovered the 10-page wax notebook with Latin writing and its leather carrying case from a medieval latrine in Germany.
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1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains generations of human skeletonsExcavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition.
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Doctor's kit found on Mount Vesuvius victim in PompeiiA man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans reveal.
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950-year-old burial of a pet dingo reveals unique archaeological evidence of humans ritually 'feeding' a graveArchaeologists have excavated the remains of a dingo that was buried by ancestors of the Australian Aboriginal Barkindji people and "fed" for the next 500 years with river mussels.
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Daunian kyathos: A 2,700-year-old ceramic cup from Italy decorated with an exuberant-looking, bug-eyed fellowAstonishing Artifacts A pre-Roman ceramic cup or ladle that could inspire kitchenware today — this li'l dude is excited to mix!
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'We kept finding large, circular mass graves' in the Sahara predating the ancient Egyptians, archaeologists reportOpinion Archaeologists have found 260 burials in the Sahara that predate ancient Egypt.
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8-year-old African American boy from Colonial Maryland found buried with white Colonists, and it's unclear if he was enslavedA 17th-century cemetery from Colonial Maryland held the remains of an 8-year-old boy with majority African ancestry, as well as two indentured servants.
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High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists findA burial of an elite Roman-era woman who appears to have been buried with exotic resins has been discovered in Colchester.
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