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2,100-year-old skeleton of warrior nicknamed 'Lord of Sakar,' buried in a stunning gold wreath, unearthed in BulgariaThe second century B.C. burial mound is the richest ever found in Bulgaria.
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'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in PeruA multicolored mural discovered in Peru is shedding light on pre-Inca coastal artistic traditions.
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An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in VietnamA man who died 12,000 years ago in Vietnam had a "bonus" rib — and it was broken when he was shot by an exotic arrow.
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Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan 'pit of gold'This extremely detailed depiction of insects holds clues to the natural world of the ancient Minoans.
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'We never had concrete proof': Archaeologists discover Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, proving 1,400-year-old site was a monasteryThe discovery of a Christian cross proves that eighth-century houses found in the United Arab Emirates were part of a monastery.
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Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian 'demon' god who inspired 'The Exorcist'Statues of the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu are often found at archaeological sites, and his cultural relevance is seen in recent comparisons to creepy-looking Labubu dolls.
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Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in PolandArchaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.
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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thoughtHundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.
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Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real timeScientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus.
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A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolvedEvidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree.
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'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our speciesAs experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.
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DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA.
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Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavationAn archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.
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Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coastFour shipwrecks newly discovered on the North Carolina coast date to colonial times, including one that blew up during an attack.
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1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies revealA DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.
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Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcapThis unique disk-shaped bowl, found in a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, has puzzled archaeologists for nearly a century.
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'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study findsA Stone Age skull discovered in a cave in Italy is the oldest evidence of artificial cranial modification ever found in Europe.
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1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existedA handful of stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the date that human relatives arrived in the region.
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300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new studyA study of a handful of 300,000-year-old teeth revealed an ancient human group had a mix of archaic and modern tooth features.
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Roman Britain quiz: What do you know about the Empire's conquest of the British Isles?The Romans took over a large chunk of Great Britain 2,000 years ago. The conquest was anything but smooth sailing.
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Hadrian's Wall: The defensive Roman wall that protected the frontier in Britain for 300 yearsThe wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire.
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Hornelund Brooches: Viking age gold ornaments mysteriously buried in Denmark 1,000 years agoTwo brooches from Denmark are unique examples of Viking Age goldwork that includes Christian and Norse designs.
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Shroud of Turin wasn't laid on Jesus' body, but rather a sculpture, modeling study suggestsA 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was not based on a real person.
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2,300-year-old arm tats on mummified woman reveal new insights about tattooing technique in ancient SiberiaA new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron Age Pazyryk culture.
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