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The silver plate showing the goddess Argimpasa along with griffons and other creatures was found in a Scythian tomb.

Silver plate showing topless Scythian goddess unearthed in Russia

By Owen Jarus

Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a Scythian-crafted silver plate depicting a fertility goddess.

The Stonehenge circle of stones in the early morning light.

Was Stonehenge constructed by builders fueled on 'energy bars'?

By Mindy Weisberger

Historians have found tasty new evidence that the people who built Stonehenge supplemented their meat and dairy diets with nut and fruit "energy bars" made with animal fat.

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This model of Laetoli Site A shows five hominin footprints (a), along with the corresponding contour map (b) of the site in Tanzania.

Unknown human ancestor may have walked a bit like a bear on its hind legs

By Charles Q. Choi

Ancient footprints reveal a mysterious relative of humans may have lived at the same time and in the same area as the famous human ancestor "Lucy" in Tanzania.

History of computers: Apple I computer 1976

History of computers: A brief timeline

By Timothy Williamson

Reference The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

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Video clip captured by a drone shows archaeologists excavating a roman mosasic

UK man stumbles upon 800-square-foot Roman mosaic on his father's farm

By Nicoletta Lanese

A Roman villa was discovered beneath a U.K. farm.

The digital facial reconstruction of the Bronze Age woman wearing the diadem.

Facial reconstruction shows powerful Bronze Age woman's serene expression and huge earrings

By Laura Geggel

A scientific illustrator has made a facial reconstruction of a powerful woman who lived during the Bronze Age in what is now Spain.

Here, one of the Denisovan bones found in Denisova Cave in Siberia.

Oldest-known fossils of mysterious human lineage uncovered in Siberian cave

By Charles Q. Choi

Scientists have unearthed the oldest fossils to date of the mysterious human lineage known as the Denisovans.

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The pyramids of Egypt.

Why did ancient Egyptian pharaohs stop building pyramids?

By Owen Jarus

Modern Egyptologists have several ideas as to why the ancient Egyptians stopped building pyramids.

Two different views of the pendant, crafted from mammoth ivory. The scale bar is 1 centimeter.

41,500-year-old ivory pendant may be oldest human-decorated jewelry in Eurasia

By Owen Jarus

Archaeologists have found the oldest jewelry decorated by anatomically modern humans in Eurasia on record.

Did Benjamin Franklin really want the turkey to be the national bird?

Did Benjamin Franklin really want the turkey to be the US national bird?

By Ashley P. Taylor

Franklin was being sarcastic. But dig into the story of how the myth arose and it just gets weirder and weirder.

A picture taken on November 22, 2021 shows pages of one of the preparatory manuscript to the theory of general relativity of Albert Einstein, during their presention a day before being auctionned at Christie's auction house in Paris.

Rare Einstein manuscript sells for record-smashing $13 million at auction

By Brandon Specktor

A 54-page document co-written with engineer Michele Besso sold for a record-breaking $13 million at auction on Tuesday, Nov 23.

A portrait of Catherine the Great by Dmitry Levitsky and a letter from Catherine the Great on smallpox vaccination will go up for auction at MacDougall's Fine Art Auctions in London.

Empress Catherine the Great's letter on smallpox vaccination to go up for auction

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

A letter written by Russian empress Catherine the Great on April 20, 1787, stressing the importance of the smallpox vaccine will go up for auction in London.

The Menlo Park lab of Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, is shown here after its relocation to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. The arrow on the vacuum pump (center) marks the site of Edison's recreation of the lighting of the incandescent bulb on Oct. 21, 1929.

Who invented the lightbulb?

By Elizabeth Palermo, Callum McKelvie

Reference Though Thomas Edison credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, this revolutionary technology was in fact developed by several inventors.

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The excavation in Lachish Forest, aerial view.

Evidence of Hanukkah's Maccabee rebellion unearthed in Israel

By Mindy Weisberger

More than 2,000 years ago, a guerrilla army of Jewish rebels stormed and defeated a stronghold of the occupying Seleucid Empire.

The 54-page document shows Einstein setting the foundation for his legendary theory of relativity.

Rare Einstein manuscript is 'most valuable' ever to come to auction

By Brandon Specktor

A rare 54-page manuscript written by Albert Einstein and Michele Besso could earn a record sum at auction on Tuesday, Nov. 23

Battle of the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo: Background, events and aftermath

By Ailsa Harvey

Reference In the Battle of the Alamo, outnumbered Texan rebels defended against a Mexican army during the Texas Revolution

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Boomerangs are made from wood, so it is unusual for them to survive intact for very long unless they are protected by water or some soils.

5 non-returning Aboriginal boomerangs discovered in dried-up riverbed

By Tom Metcalfe

Five rare "non-returning" boomerangs found in dry riverbed in South Australia were probably used hundreds of years ago to hunt waterbirds, according to a new study.

Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa went missing in 1975. The FBI is once again on the hunt for his body in a former New jersey landfill.

FBI searching one-time New Jersey waste dump for body of Jimmy Hoffa

By Brandon Specktor

The former waste dump, condemned as an environmental disaster site in the 1980s, could be the resting place of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa, a recent deathbed confession revealed.