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Subterranean tunnel, possibly used for medieval cult rituals, discovered in Stone Age tomb in GermanyA tunnel system discovered in a Stone Age tomb in Germany suggests medieval people created hiding places for their cultic rituals.
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Medieval gold ring with dazzling blue gemstone discovered in Norway is a 'fantastically beautiful and rare specimen'The delicate gold ring was made sometime in the Middle Ages and may have belonged to a high-status woman.
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Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgeryArchaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.
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Sandals of Tutankhamun: 3,300-year-old footwear that let King Tut walk all over his enemiesAmong the sandals discovered in Tut's tomb is a pair whose insoles were decorated with images of the boy king's enemies.
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Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discoverArchaeological remains on the Kitsissut islands off the coast of Greenland reveal that whole communities regularly journeyed across the dangerous Arctic waters.
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'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sportsA meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.
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Remote region in Greece has one of the most genetically distinct populations in EuropeA genetic analysis of the Deep Maniots living in Greece's southern Peloponnese region has revealed a close-knit, patriarchal community with roots in the Bronze Age.
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Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th centuryA new study reveals the dramatic decrease in lead exposure in the U.S. following the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency 55 years ago.
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Ribchester Helmet: A rare 'face mask' helmet worn by a Roman cavalry officer 1,900 years agoThe helmet has been a powerful symbol of Roman Britain since it was discovered over 200 years ago.
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Rare medieval seal discovered in UK is inscribed with 'Richard's secret' and bears a Roman-period gemstoneThe Gosfield seal is made of a medieval silver seal bezel surrounding an ancient Roman gemstone.
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Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirmsThe mystery of a Stone Age teenager's death has been solved — 80 years after he was found in an ancient burial ground in Italy.
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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smellA new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
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1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing deathThe president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological discovery in a decade."
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Varna Gold: Humanity's first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold 'penis sheath'Archaeologists found hundreds of burials in the Copper Age cemetery in Varna, Bulgaria, some of which were littered with gold artifacts.
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2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study findsA study of dog bones across several Iron Age sites in Bulgaria has shown that people ate dog meat.
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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the AmericasAn ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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2.6 million-year-old jaw from extinct 'Nutcracker Man' is found where we didn't expect itA fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution.
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Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human fecesA novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos.
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Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the PleiadesThe unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.
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Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study findsA study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per day.
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Woolly rhino flesh pulled from ancient wolf stomach gives clues to ice age giant's extinctionMore than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
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Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like featuresScientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.
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Tumba Madžari Great Mother: A boxy goddess figurine from North Macedonia designed to protect Stone Age houses 7,800 years agoStone Age people in Macedonia created goddess figurines whose bottom half was a house.
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Dionysus and his erect penis depicted on 2,500-year-old bone stylus found in SicilyArchaeologists in Sicily found a unique writing implement featuring a grumpy-faced god and his erect penis.
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