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See how an Incan 'Ice Maiden' comes alive in this step-by-step guide to creating a facial approximationForensic artist Oscar Nilsson explains how he created a facial approximation of an Incan "Ice Maiden" 500 years after she died.
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'Spectacular' hall, likely used by Nordic Bronze Age royalty, unearthed in GermanyThe massive hall was built roughly 3,000 years ago and would have been used by royalty.
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Incan 'Ice Maiden' who died in sacrifice 500 years ago revealed in hyper-realistic facial reconstructionA new facial approximation brings to life an Incan girl who was killed 500 years ago as part of a sacrificial ritual.
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Circular temple dedicated to Maya serpent deity discovered in MexicoThe recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200.
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Sacrificial pits filled with 120 horse skeletons found in Bronze Age city in ChinaThe walled city likely served as a political and cultural hub in Bronze Age China.
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Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humansResearchers recorded hundreds of facial expressions in cats, finding they're not quite as aloof as previously thought.
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Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpentPaleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago.
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Eerie 'face' haunts Jupiter in creepy photo from NASA's Juno probeJupiter's swirling clouds form an eerie image that resembles a face.
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Rare lake forms in Death ValleyThere's still time to see a rare oasis that formed in Death Valley.
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Rare cross-shaped reliquary unearthed from medieval knight's home in PolandArchaeologists in Poland have discovered the remnants of a medieval knight's residence, along with numerous artifacts.
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5,000-year-old tomb holding hugging skeletons in Scotland is Neolithic 'feat of engineering'Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a hidden Neolithic tomb containing 14 skeletons.
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2,000-year-old decorated Roman sandal unearthed in SpainArchaeologists in Spain used a pulley system to reach the bottom of a well, where they found a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal and other artifacts.
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Man digs up 1,000-year-old sword from Swedish Crusades in his yard in FinlandIn addition to finding a Crusader sword, archaeologists in Finland have discovered a cemetery that could potentially contain hundreds of graves.
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Stash of 'eye-catching' Bronze Age jewelry discovered by metal detectorist in Swiss carrot fieldArchaeologists have dated Bronze Age artifacts unearthed in Switzerland to roughly 1500 B.C.
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Toxic pigment that causes red hair discovered in 10 million-year-old frog fossilPaleontologists have discovered the first molecular evidence of pheomelanin, a pigment that causes red hair, in the fossil record.
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'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice in Norway could date to Viking AgeArchaeologists in Norway have discovered a horseshoe and bridle that could be from the Viking Age.
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9,500-year-old baskets and 6,200-year-old shoes discovered in Spanish bat caveRadiocarbon dating of woven baskets and sandals found in a cave in Spain make them the oldest artifacts of their kind found in southern Europe.
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1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan templeArchaeologists in Norway unearthed dozens of tiny gold-foil figures at a former pagan temple.
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8 pre-Inca mummies and artifacts unearthed just beneath the streets of Lima, PeruWhile installing new gas lines in Peru, workers unearthed nearly a dozen pre-Inca mummies buried alongside a variety of artifacts.
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Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desertLife-size carvings of camels have been found in the Saudi Arabian desert, but archaeologists aren't sure who created them and when.
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125 million-year-old dinosaur feathers were remarkably similar to modern bird feathers, analysis revealsA new X-ray analysis of dinosaur feathers shows that their chemical structure is similar to that of modern bird feathers.
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2 rare Roman cavalry swords from 1,800 years ago discovered by UK metal detectoristA metal detectorist unearthed a pair of swords once used by the Roman cavalry.
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Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt found brimming with 'treasures and secrets'Archaeologists discovered a cache of treasure inside a sunken underwater temple and sanctuary in Egypt.
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See the stunning facial approximation of a medieval man with dwarfismResearchers used 3D scans of a medieval man's skull to recreate a facial approximation of what he may have looked like when he was alive centuries ago.
