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1,000-Year-Old Tomb of Maya King Discovered in GuatemalaArchaeologists opened a royal Maya tomb in Guatemala and found a jade mask and bones covered in bright red paint.
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Nothing to See Here: India's Oldest Use of Zero IdentifiedThe concept of zero as a number was revolutionary in mathematics. Historians have long known the idea came from India, but its exact origins remain murky.
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Alleged Massacre of Uncontacted Tribe Members Spurs Probe in BrazilTwo illegal gold miners were allegedly overheard talking about the attack in a bar.
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Ancient Action Figures: Toy Swords Unearthed at Roman FortMilitary brats of ancient Rome probably played soldier to pass the time.
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Photos: Discoveries at Roman Fort VindolandaArchaeologists in England are excavating the ruins of the fort of Vindolanda, which was once at the northern edge of the Roman Empire.
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Looted Skeleton Could Be Among the Oldest in the AmericasBy analyzing what's left of an ice age grave site, researchers determined that a human skeleton could be up to 13,000 years old, making it "one of the oldest human skeletons from America."
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Well-Aged: Oldest Traces of Italian Wine DiscoveredArchaeologists discovered residues of wine in a steamy cave in Sicily.
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Lost Alan Turing Letters Reveal He Hated AmericaOne letter offers a candid opinion on the United States: "I detest America."
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Archaeologists Map Famed Shipwrecks and War Graves in ScotlandMaine archaeologists completed a mission to map World War I wrecks and British war graves off the coast of Orkney.
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More than Myth: Ancient DNA Reveals Roots of 1st Greek CivilizationsScientists took DNA from Bronze Age skeletons to learn more about the origins of the Minoan and Mycenaean people, who built the first advanced civilizations in Greece.
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Iconic Photo of Einstein Sticking Out His Tongue Sells for $125,000The image of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out is probably one of most ubiquitous (and memorable) photos of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
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Telegraph from WWI Lusitania Shipwreck Hauled Up from the DeepDivers have recovered the main telegraph machine from the Lusitania, the wreck at the center of one of the most infamous maritime disasters of the 20th century.
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3,500-Year-Old 'Lunch Box' with Traces of Grain Found in Swiss AlpsArchaeologists found a lost lunch box near the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps. They were even able to identify its 3,500-year-old contents.
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Dangerous Dance: Hurricanes' Dalliance May End in 'Cannibalism'Hurricanes swirling in the Pacific Ocean could lock arms in a dance step meteorologists call the Fujiwhara effect. The do-si-do may lead in Hurricane Hilary cannibalizing Irwin.
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Archaeologists Return to Legendary Birthplace of King ArthurThe legendary birthplace of King Arthur could give up its secrets about early medieval life in Britain.
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What Could Space Archaeologists Tell Us about Astronaut Culture?Space archaeologists want to understand the "microsociety" of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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Possible Human Remains Recovered from Sunken WWII BomberDivers completed a recovery mission to the wreck of the Tulsamerican, an American bomber that crashed off the coast of Croatia in 1944.
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Divers Find 8 More Wrecks at Sunken-Ship Hotspot in GreeceEight sunken ships have been found around Fourni, a cluster of Greek islands that's a hotspot for wrecks, a team of underwater archaeologists announced.
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In Photos: 8 New Shipwrecks Discovered in GreeceA cluster of Greek islands called Fourni is a hotspot for shipwrecks, the oldest of which date back as early as the sixth century B.C.
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Hobby Lobby to Pay $3 Million, Give Up Artifacts Smuggled from IraqHobby Lobby bought thousands of objects, including cuneiform tablets and and clay stamp seals, that were smuggled out of Iraq, according to federal authorities.
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Bone-Sniffing Dog Detectives Join the Hunt for Amelia Earhart's RemainsThis summer marks the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance. In the latest search for clues, archaeologists and dogs will go to a remote Pacific island to look for bones.
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This Volcano-Shaped Pyramid in Peru Has Experts StumpedArchaeologists are trying to make sense of an artificial "volcano" built in Peru.
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In Photos: Century-Old Sunken Ship FoundDuring an underwater search off the coast of California, researchers found the wreck a U.S. Coast Guard ship that sank 100 years ago.
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100-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off California CoastThe U.S. Coast Guard discovered one of its lost ships 100 years after the vessel sank off the coast of California.
