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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Americas ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/speculation-and-egregious-failure-30-researchers-publish-scathing-critiques-of-study-that-questioned-date-of-early-human-occupation-of-monte-verde-in-chile</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T8YUbGzeiqhUP5MUfC9BSo-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologist Tom Dillehay has worked at the site of Monte Verde for decades. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a light-skinned man in sunglasses and a fabric hat lies on the ground next to an excavated balk with a stadia rod]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:12:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8sc3a7hyhcFmbcQ3qPNSV-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977; Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain)]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:09:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqWbqyRASUQi68ntV4bUtc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers sequenced DNA from modern Indigenous groups in the Americas, including the Quechua, who live in the Andes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three women wearing red shirts and hats walk through a grassy field towards a mountain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the Americas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 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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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFnbxikUBjuXAuGWY8Z638-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The mummy was found in a tomb called a chullpa on the Bolivian Altiplano.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three brick tombs in the Bolivian desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 16th-century silver coin discovered near Strait of Magellan marks the spot of a doomed Spanish colony  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newfound coin dates to the 1584 founding of a doomed Spanish settlement in southern Chile. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:58:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CxonZi8Msyj2KdqLaX3XWd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 16th-century coin is a silver &quot;real de a ocho&quot; — a Spanish coin known to pirates as a &quot;piece of eight.&quot; One side shows a Jerusalem cross.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images from a recent study that unearthed a silver coin]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Remains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:53:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sandee Oster ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ze3oZZoW3KU6zcY92nVPKh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Skeletal lesions consistent with congenital treponemal disease on a 5-year-old child from Man Bac, Vietnam. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a skull with white arrows pointing to various areas on its bony cheeks with a dark background behind]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:41:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KE7saYj343zgk4VN83GGJh-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A series of Native American dice discovered at archaeological sites in the western U.S.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of two-sided bone artifacts on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,000-year-old altar and human sacrifices from Toltec Empire discovered in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists 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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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/acbtcasre8jQCZVUfKrCaj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gerardo Peña/INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists discovered the altar and sacrificed human body parts in Tula, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a square stone altar with human skulls surrounding it is being excavated by archaeologists]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cannonball dating to the Alamo battle unearthed 1 day before 190th anniversary of the conflict that killed Davy Crockett ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:49:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:02:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fpqctnRZw7KmSWFeUJRUua-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists unearthed a 190-year-old cannonball at the Alamo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[alamo at twilight with a cannon in the foreground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 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.' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:37:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TQXt3VwF76AZx4BcWrqCfQ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the Monte Verde archaeological site along the Chinchihuapi Creek in Chile, which was taken in 2012. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a view of a creek with green grass on the banks and cows in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First Americans quiz: How much do you know about the first people to reach the Americas? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first Americans came over during the last ice age, but how much do you know about them? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:35:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DJuDkPx9AZkfRhjAxEUDwM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A painted totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large black, red and white wood carved totem pole shows a large face with black eyes and white teeth with feathers on either side. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pre-Inca culture acquired Amazonian parrots from hundreds of miles away to use their feathers to decorate the dead, new analysis reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4cEhDFghXdxvkm6oGYzjHc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ancient feathers were found at the Temple of Pachacamac near Lima, Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small pile of ancient feathers shows purple and blue and yellow colors amidst the ornaments]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New World ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and not a coastal path. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FxdyuHxH4j3rxMSKq6qfcS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Excavation of a 13,700-year-old mammoth ivory workstation at the Holzman site. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a rocky excavation site, with light brown rock covered in tools and signs. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old depiction of an aged man with wrinkles struck fear in people because it held 'the power' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tumaco-Tolita artists were known for their intense realism in sculpting clay representations of humans. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BzbDn99mSSFjDdSyLRRoo4-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The clay figurine depicts an elder of the Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived near the border of Ecuador and Colombia more than 2,000 years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a broken ceramic figurine depicting an elderly man seated on a stool]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ World's oldest known sewn clothing may be stitched pieces of ice age hide unearthed in Oregon cave ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The sewn hide, cordage and needles show how Indigenous Americans used complex technology to survive the freezing temperatures at the end of the last ice age and as a means of social expression. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pGvmLYJkUh6aRGTtc3LdL7-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The sewn hide, hide fiber, braided cords and knotted bark were originally uncovered in 1958.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Composite of prehistoric animal hide and plant fiber braided cordage]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CT scans reveal the last moments of Inca children sacrificed as 'messengers to the gods' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New CT scans reveal the last moments of the Inca children who were sacrificed and mummified about 500 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VLp4Ep4cC7CKjNqhCyJFbf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The most famous ice mummy from Mount Ampato is the &quot;Ice Maiden&quot; or &quot;Juanita,&quot; shown here in a reconstruction. She was sacrificed when she was about 14 years old.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A model reconstruction shows a woman with short dark hair brushed under a red flat-top cap with a red and yellow dark veil behind it and a white and red cloak pinned to her body]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeological 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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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jprtcCYZqcCuthSVkvDHSA-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Study co-author Mari Kleist documents an Early Paleo-Inuit tent ring on Isbjørne Island, Kitsissut.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a person stands amid a rocky beach in the Arctic]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 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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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/He4CwyZirFBjdsVzWyvkr8-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A sculpted owl, whose beak covers the painted face of a Zapotec lord, decorates the front of a 1,400-year-old tomb in Oaxaca.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a side view of an ancient tomb with a large owl sculpture with a human head in its beak]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected:  southern Brazil. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdBUmTFp4MJkKuvSkhBABG-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An 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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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vUphn2tN9dM7cfE49bJqz9-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Angélica Triana]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The archaeological rock shelter site where the &lt;em&gt;Treponema&lt;/em&gt; genome was recovered, at the border of the Bogotá Savanna (Sabana de Bogotá) in Colombia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[grassy landscape with a tall, thin tree and a rock shelter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,100-year-old mummy found in Chile died of extensive injuries when a turquoise mine caved in, CT scans reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a tragic occupational accident. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bHGuR9WVHdHAj72edhoyy9-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Francisco Garrido and Catalina Morales]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A CT scan of the mummified miner revealed traumatic injuries to his back, ribs, collarbones, shoulder blades and lower limb bones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CT scan of a human mummy revealing bones]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SYSkiTAaxk8pq4VMTz9ezC-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A ceramic vessel depicting a man with a cleft lip that is attributed to the Peruvian Moche culture and dates to around A.D. 100 to 500.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A ceramic vessel depicting a man with a cleft lip.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lost Indigenous settlements described by Jamestown colonist John Smith finally found ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by John Smith. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3MGPW2aCXyp6t2Mr9WMJHM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Julia King]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archeologists have unearthed thousands of Indigenous American artifacts at two sites in the Fones Cliffs region of Virginia&#039;s Rappahannock River.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An excavator is in an excavated rectangular area in the woods]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discovered an unusually flat-topped skull at a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican site. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rjVkmbjVdvFLd4M2qzQwz4-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The man&#039;s skull (seen here from the back as a photo and a 3D scan and point cloud) was flattened on the top, giving it a cube-shaped appearance.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three views of the back of a cube-shaped human skull]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous lineage that lived in Argentina for nearly 8,500 years — but rarely interacted with others ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A previously unknown Indigenous population lived in central Argentina for nearly 8,500 years, a new genetic study finds. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aufYwJceiwFDukJ7XREi3H-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A series of fishtail projectile points found in Argentina and Chile.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of stone points of varying natural colors shaped a bit like goldfish crackers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Canada has lost its 'measles elimination status' — here's what that means ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large, ongoing outbreak that began in Canada in 2024 has cost the country its measles elimination status. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XRpTfuRSojdUsPfKxAbEL7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Measles can be deadly, and in survivors, it can cause long-term health consequences. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Young child with measles having his heart checked by a doctor]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty South American god ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Moche made human sacrifices to their gods, including Ai Apaec, the Decapitator. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jzqaQ7vnDY6oPK6HEb5nk3-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,400-year-old hieroglyphs reveal name of powerful Maya queen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JBqjArfiEQiyKyTEcJ3TVB-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The stela at Cobá that mentions the Maya queen.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a standing stone from the Maya world decorated with a person and hieroglyphs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:33:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2qTnM8foptVqmbw4GYTjij-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Johnica Winter; CC-BY 4.0 ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Desiccated fecal material from the Cave of the Dead Children in Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a piece of dried feces sits on a table with a scale bar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Wari used beer mixed with psychedelics to help build an empire in Peru around 1,200 years ago, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u33GUq8jbNzXQEEHV7WeVX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This jar was found at the Wari site of Conchopata and may have held beer during feasts. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A jar painted with human figures]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Salvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:58:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:57:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QFJ2ALauj3CvtWw8Ydeuz6-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Divers discovered more than 1,000 silver reales from the 1715 &quot;Treasure Fleet&quot; shipwreck this summer.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a person with light skin holds three silver coins]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in Peru ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/a-truly-unprecedented-discovery-3-000-year-old-multicolored-mural-with-fish-stars-and-gods-discovered-in-peru</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A multicolored mural discovered in Peru is shedding light on pre-Inca coastal artistic traditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:50:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:56:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xzxXoQGK3s9eXLRcQ4GhU3-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the south face of the pre-Inca mural discovered at Huaca Yolanda in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an archaeological dig revealing a large 3D mural with a backdrop of the Andes mountains]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W6sgC6wNcPPdg5KKtLwtXC-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maria Avila Arcos]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher inspects a human jawbone from a pre-Hispanic individual from what is now Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[black-and-white image of a person handling a human jaw carefully while gloved]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coast ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Four shipwrecks newly discovered on the North Carolina coast date to colonial times, including one that blew up during an attack. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:55:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jbeYySXrq7U2JbVq88azk-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A large section of the possible La Fortuna shipwreck sits on a North Carolina beach.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[several pieces of old wood sit on a beach]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:53:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qvfaLZPbt3G5gbiUvmUZMR-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This penguin-shaped vessel from Peru was made by the Nazca people.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A conical pot that is brown, orange, and cream colored has a tiny beak and arms, representing a Humboldt penguin]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien' skull of toddler is actually evidence of long-standing practice of head shaping ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Workers digging a pipeline in Argentina found the flattened skull of an ancient toddler, raising questions about its asymmetrical shape. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aNdgdkE7TnGVu2kHK5isxJ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skull of a child who died in the 15th or 16th century was found by workers digging a pipeline in northwest Argentina.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two views of a child&#039;s skull that has been flattened at the back, on black backgrounds in a lab]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke may have assimilated into Indigenous society, archaeologist claims — but not everyone is convinced ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a 16th-century "Lost Colony." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:50:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9AqBjgCkXQhszW2JrqcaCQ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists have discovered 16th-century artifacts on Hatteras Island.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two people in blue stand in the foreground on an archaeological site. Another person stands in the background at a screen, identifying artifacts.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ​​3 ancient Maya cities discovered in Guatemala, 1 with an 'astronomical complex' likely used for predicting solstices ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three ancient Maya cities have been discovered by archaeologists in Guatemala. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:38:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:45:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KYM9svgdDastbk8urVSo53-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This reconstruction shows part of Los Abuelos, one of the three newly found ancient Maya cities in Guatemala. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a digital reconstruction of an ancient Maya city]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 17:51:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:45:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWJQ24HL4uwq7aLFCP9UY4-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers analyzed the genome of the skeleton of a &quot;dynastic ruler&quot; buried at Copán.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fragment of an upturned skull along with jade objects rest on the ground in a burial]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When two spelunkers investigated what they thought was trash in a cave in Mexico, they discovered more than a dozen artifacts dating back centuries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:48:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fKNS9NdcWEquTDDsvKiixd-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Katiya Pavlova]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[About 500 years ago, someone placed a shell bracelet on a stalagmite in a Mexican cave.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small phallic stalagmite is encircled by a 500-year-old bracelet carved from shell with Maya-like imagery]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Maya quiz: What do you know about the civilization that built pyramids across Mesoamerica? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 13:47:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:45:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H5NCyL6xfGBsGqxcanejPg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Diego Grandi via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Maya temples at Tikal National Park in Guatemala.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of two pyramid-shaped temples at Tikal National park]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare face tattoos on 800-year-old mystery mummy baffle archaeologists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special black ink. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 16:41:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w78WVJCfT86T7b3hyDNmfk-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Right cheek of the mummy showing tattoos of three horizontal black lines.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Right side view of a mummy with dark hair in a bowl cut. There are three black horizontal lines on the cheek.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p8pWiGe87sh58z6ZDrVLi9-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Quechua women in the Andes spin alpaca wool and weave traditional fabric.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Four women dressed in red are sitting on green grass. In the foreground, we see another person&#039;s hands spinning wool into yarn.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Maya 'blood cave' discovered in Guatemala baffles archaeologists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 20:56:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c4VD6e3MLFSNg5h54dzNJk-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Michele M. Bleuze]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fragment of a human skull found in Cueva de Sangre in Guatemala.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fragment of a skull with white arrows showing where it was cut]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret of ancient Maya blue pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TuQdV66eZUwaFczXp3V24T-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mural in Bonampak, Mexico, showcases a Maya blue background.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of a wall mural with dark-skinned people facing right, dressed in fancy outfits; the background is a stunning turquoise color called Maya blue]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A8HUnQeCMJ8CtjJyKUdZNn-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Miguel G. Ortiz Mestanza]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A rendering of the room where numerous snuff tubes were discovered at the Chavín archaeological site in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Drawing of the inside of an ancient room showing two people taking drugs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mass grave of Black Union soldiers slaughtered during the Civil War may lie under a Kentucky soybean field, high-tech scans reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:55:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:41:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zqbGHPp7NGxj3QbqQ5N7r7-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Brian Mabelitini, Kentucky Office of State Archaeology]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologist Brian Mabelitini collects ground-penetrating radar data over the area marked as a Civil War burial mound on a 1936 map.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man in a blaze yellow vest pushes a contraption that looks like a vacuum with four wheels in a field.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:40:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ María de los Ángeles Orfila ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nutCx9nuFWZhT3kcF4qC8P-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Cavan Images via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The plains viscacha, which is found in South America, has a pointy nose, stiff whiskers and two black stripes on its face.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a Plains vizcacha]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive circular tomb filled with battle-scarred people unearthed in Peru ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Human skeletons from a large stone tomb may help archaeologists understand a mysterious pre-Inca population in Peru. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:03:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:40:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w8z4ZFBm3MmQZwXQ58xvVQ-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jósef Szykulski / University of Wrocław]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A skull from one of the people buried at El Curaca in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A human skull stares at the viewer. It is wrapped in thick cords and covered in an ancient textile. Its jaws hang open.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the past 150 years." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:49:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/znLXSi66ocUvi2RqyyYeUV-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Arizona State University / SETI Institute.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 146-gram fragment of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite fall.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An irregularly shaped chunk of mineral on a black fabric.]]></media:text>
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