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Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist — and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelryThe largest Viking Age silver hoard ever found in Finland was unearthed by a metal detectorist north of Helsinki.
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World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to IndonesiaHunter-gatherers from the last ice age sucked on betel nuts to soothe their toothaches, a new study reveals.
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Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools revealAnthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in southwest China, which also held thousands of prehistoric animal bones and stone tools.
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Guldhøj folding chair: The only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age EuropeAstonishing Artifacts The remarkably preserved wooden folding chair was likely a status symbol and was found in the grave of a Bronze Age chieftain.
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Ancient Egyptian tomb holding the king's 'keeper of secrets' unearthed at SaqqaraThe tomb of a pyramid-age official has been found at Saqqara in Egypt.
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Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dogA cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.
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Excavation in Poland reveals Stone Age man buried with decapitated heads and a tooth necklaceA Stone Age burial of a man with a toothy necklace and human skulls surprised archaeologists excavating in Poland.
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How did the Romans build their towering aqueducts?Life's Little Mysteries The ancient Romans are well known for their aqueducts. But how did they build these impressive structures?
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3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses IIAn inscription written in the time of Ramesses II may indicate the location of a lost ancient Egyptian city.
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