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Weapons of the world: Can you identify these historical objects of war?Quiz Can you identify these millennia- to centuries-old weapons from the smallest clues? Test your eye for history by matching carved details and close-up images to the legendary tools of war they once formed.
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'The detectors never stopped beeping!' Nearly 3,000 coins discovered in field are Norway's largest Viking hoard on recordA Viking Age hoard of nearly 3,000 coins is the largest hoard of its kind ever found in Norway.
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1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in SpainArchaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England.
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Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggestsResearchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains differed from modern humans', calling into question the reason our evolutionary cousins mysteriously disappeared.
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Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritualAstonishing Artifacts Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.
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DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestryNew genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a "ghost lineage."
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Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, probably because of the harsh environment they evolved inA new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of modern humans.
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Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritualAstonishing Artifacts This unique carved altar represents the triumph of light over darkness in ancient Roman religion.
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700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the AmericasA DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat was present in the Americas prior to European colonization.
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Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water ritualsThe temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.
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Anglo-Saxon burial holds an older sister cradling her little brother after they both died 1,400 years ago, possibly of an infectious diseaseAn ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister.
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'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldnessOver the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study.
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Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descent' among male relativesAn analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead.
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Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-old fertility figurine from Cyprus that wears a miniature version of herself on a necklaceAstonishing Artifacts The cross-shaped figurine has become a potent symbol of Cyprus' contribution to prehistory.
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Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers findA genomic analysis of dozens of ancient Korean skeletons revealed a special "sacrificial caste" of people.
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Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old KingdomAstonishing Artifacts This rare example of an ancient Egyptian beaded dress was likely crafted specifically for a woman's funeral.
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Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study revealsA new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought.
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Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of AragonAstonishing Artifacts A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles.
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1,000-year-old altar and human sacrifices from Toltec Empire discovered in MexicoArchaeologists found the altar and human bones during a construction project near Tula, an ancient city that was the capital of the pre-Hispanic Toltec Empire.
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Chemistry student develops clear polish that turns your fingernail into a touch-screen stylusResearchers have developed a prototype nail polish to help more people access electrically-charged touch screens.
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Urfa Man: An 11,500-year-old life-size statue of a man holding his penisAstonishing Artifacts Discovered in a city in southern Turkey, this life-size male statue may represent an important deceased ancestor.
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Cannonball dating to the Alamo battle unearthed 1 day before 190th anniversary of the conflict that killed Davy CrockettAn intact bronze cannonball unearthed near the Alamo was likely used in the 1836 battle between Mexico and the Republic of Texas.
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Unusual burials of Celtic 'warriors' discovered in France point to violent deathsArchaeologists have unearthed a Celtic cemetery in France that holds 18 unusual seated burials.
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Monte Verde, one of the earliest Indigenous sites in South America, is much younger than thought, study claims. But others call it 'egregiously poor geological work.'A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally proposed. But many experts point to errors in the methods.
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