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Mystery of how man's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption possibly solvedThe new study on the "glass brain" from Herculaneum is the latest episode in a long-running academic dispute.
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Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains'Archaeologists have brought to light an enormous fresco depicting a secretive cult practice in Pompeii.
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2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office buildingRemains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.
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'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrollA 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now decipher thanks to AI and a particle accelerator.
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1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary and coin found in flooded Spanish caveArchaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring a cave called the Cova de les Dones in eastern Spain.
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1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it's tinyA miniature gold lock dated to the third to fourth centuries was found by a metal detectorist in Germany.
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1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
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More than 1,300 coins buried during Roman emperor Nero's reign found in EnglandA hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, was discovered in England. Why they were buried is a mystery.
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Archaeologists discover rare liquid gypsum burial of 'high-status individual' from Roman BritainA Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.
