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Ritually bent Bronze Age sword unearthed in Danish bog is 'very rare find'The sword, which has iron rivets in its handle, may be one of the earliest iron artifacts found in Denmark.
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New study reveals how ancient 'sky disc' was made, squashing claims it was a forgeryThe research details the elaborate process used to manufacture the Nebra Sky Disc during the Bronze Age.
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Early Americans ate tons of mammoth, 13,000-year-old bones from Clovis culture baby revealRadioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths.
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5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world's 1st governmentsNewly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.
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1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from 'rich women'Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.
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'It is a treasure': Wreck off Kenyan coast may be from Vasco da Gama's final voyageResearchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage.
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2 Stone Age circles discovered on English moorland may have been part of a 'sacred arc'Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an archaeologist says.
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Scientists glean new details of mysterious, centuries-old shipwreck submerged in Norway's largest lakeResearchers now think the boat was a local "føringsbåt" for passengers and cargo.
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Book of Kells: A 1,200-year-old manuscript made by monks escaping the VikingsThe Book of Kells is considered one of the finest surviving medieval manuscripts.
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'Medieval' King Arthur site is 4,000 years older than we thoughtThe discovery suggests the mysterious "King Arthur's Hall" in England is older than Stonehenge.
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Oracle bones: 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China were used to foretell the futureArchaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future.
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'A flash of copper caught our attention': 4,000-year-old dagger discovered deep in Italian caveArchaeologists say the finds will help them better understand the prehistoric people who lived or buried their dead in this Italian cave.
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian tradeResearchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.
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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias."
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7 centuries-old suits of battle armor from around the worldCountdown From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress.
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Pazyryk Swan: A 2,400-year-old plush swan from Siberia tied to the 'creation of the universe'Archaeologists think the felt figurine was used as a symbol of life by the Iron Age people of the region.
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DNA analysis of medieval man thrown into a well suggests story in Norse saga really happenedA new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history.
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Mask of Agamemnon: A gold death mask once thought to be evidence of the Trojan WarThe archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real.
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WWII British sub that sank with 64 on board finally found off Greek IslandThe discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine's fate.
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Phaistos Disk: 3,000-year-old inscriptions from Crete that have never been decipheredNone of the many interpretations of the Phaistos Disk's inscriptions are universally accepted.
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Basement renovation in home near Paris unearths cemetery spanning 700 years, with Roman-era gravesA homeowner doing a basement renovation project near Paris unexpectedly found a skeleton, which later led to the discovery of nearly 40 burials, some of them dating to Roman times.
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Nabta Playa: A mysterious stone circle that may be the world's oldest astronomical observatoryNabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way.
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'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San FranciscoThe newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.
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Medieval gold coin unearthed in ruined fortress in Bulgaria may depict Byzantine emperorArchaeologists think the coin dates to the first years of the region's rule by the Ottoman Empire.
