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1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in GermanyArchaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment.
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Urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler's arrival to the Maya underworldAstonishing Artifacts This 1,400-year-old Maya urn features skulls, underworld gods, and a deceased ancestor dressed like a jaguar.
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The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggestsThe first people in the Americas arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, but "there are huge gaps in our genetic dataset," a new study reports.
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13,000-year-old butchered bones of long-tusked beast found in Chile give more evidence of early first AmericansArchaeological excavations in the Lake Tagua Tagua basin in central Chile have revealed stone tools and animal bones with cut marks dated to 13,000 years ago.
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Battersea Shield: A 2,000-year-old Celtic shield that may have been 'sacrificed' in a ritual in the River ThamesAstonishing Artifacts The Battersea Shield was discovered in the 19th century at the bottom of the Thames. Archaeologists still aren't sure how it ended up there.
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Archaeologists discover 'tomb of the very highest rank' in 2,700-year-old Etruscan cemeteryArchaeologists have discovered a massive Etruscan burial mound with a vast assortment of grave goods north of Rome.
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Missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar finally found under Paris hospitalArchaeologists in Paris have discovered the remains of a missing Celtic fort sacked by Julius Caesar in 52 B.C.
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Fragment of world's oldest peace treaty unearthed in TurkeyArchaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C.
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700-year-old skull from China is first ever skeletal evidence of nose amputationA face-down burial of a middle-aged woman who died around 700 years ago in China is the world's first evidence of punitive nasal amputation.
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Funeral mask: A 2,000-year-old gold face covering designed to confuse the deceased's spirit so it didn't torment the livingAstonishing Artifacts This death mask is a spectacular example of goldwork from prehistoric Java, Indonesia.
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'Nothing short of a minor miracle': 'Rusty treasure' found in the Danube is full of 2,200-year-old iron bars that could equip an entire army with weaponsArchaeologists in Austria have analyzed a collection of 500 iron bars that were likely lost in a Danube shipwreck 2,200 years ago.
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1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in RussiaArchaeologists discovered the two-sided pendant, which features a snake-slaying saint and a snake-haired woman, during an excavation in northwestern Russia.
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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch libraryAn expert in ancient Greek literature identified a fragment of the "Odyssey" among a collection of manuscripts in a Dutch university library.
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Ancestral commemorative head: A 500-year-old brass bust depicting an African kingAstonishing Artifacts A striking depiction of an African king wearing coral necklaces and braids is one of the thousands of Benin Bronzes that the British looted from Nigeria in 1897.
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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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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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Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in SerbiaThe ancient bath complex was tucked in a tower in the corner of the royal palace and reveals unique architecture.
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Crown of Kerch: A 1,600-year-old gold, gem-studded diadem found in the grave of a Hun noblewomanAstonishing Artifacts This crown depicts two birds of prey and was discovered in the grave of a fifth-century noblewoman in Crimea.
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2,600 silver coins found in the outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victimA hoard of silver coins has been unearthed near Moscow, revealing new information about money minting in the 15th century.
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Strange 'hobbit' species walked more like us than like 'Lucy,' hip bones revealAnthropologists studying the hip bones of Homo floresiensis have discovered that its pelvis was human-like, raising new questions about the origin of the enigmatic species.
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'Unlike anything seen before': Archaeologists unearth a unique, 11,000-year-old statue of a person riding a leopard from one of the world's earliest settlementsArchaeologists in southern Turkey discovered a unique statue of a person on the back of a leopard.
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Front face of a stela: A 1,300-year-old carving of a powerful Maya 'Lady Supreme Warlord' that weighs over 1 tonAstonishing Artifacts This monumental carving depicts a powerful Maya queen called Lady K'abel, who ruled an ancient city in Guatemala at the end of the seventh century.
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