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A funerary bundle of a recently found child mummy from the Cajamarquilla Archaeological Complex in Peru. The discovery was presented by archaeologists at the Royal College of the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM).

Remains of ancient child sacrifice victims found near 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru

By Owen Jarus published

Archaeologists have found 20 additional mummies near a previously discovered mummified man in Peru.

The burial mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is shown during an exhibit on April 2, 2015 in Munich, Germany.

King Tut's 'dagger from outer space' may have been a gift from abroad

By Owen Jarus published

A "meteor" dagger found in the tomb of King Tut may have been a gift from abroad, but not everyone agrees.

A red bicycle is chained to a bridge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Who invented the bicycle?

By Elizabeth Palermo published

Reference The bicycle has a complicated past fraught with controversy and misinformation.

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Only five leopard coins have been found to date.

Rare 14th-century gold 'leopard' coin could sell for 140,000 British pounds

By Mindy Weisberger published

When a rare 23-karat gold coin from 1344 hits the auction block in the U.K., it could fetch up to 140,000 British pounds.

Bas-relief carved on the walls of old buildings from the Persian city of Persepolis _Delbars via Shutterstock

Who were the ancient Persians?

By Tom Garlinghouse published

Reference The Persians, originally a semi-nomadic people from central Asia, settled on the Iranian plateau and founded the Achaemenid Empire.

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Archaeologists are shown here excavating the well-preserved surface at an archaeological site called Xiamabei in northern China, revealing stone tools, fossils, ochre and red pigments.

Old Stone Age culture discovered in China

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Modern humans and now-extinct human relatives may have mingled at the site.

Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast.

Stonehenge may have been used as a solar calendar

By Owen Jarus published

Stonehenge may have been used as a solar calendar, with each of the stones representing a day and sections of the circle of stones possibly corresponding to weeks.

Propaganda poster : Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and Stalin, 1953.

Soviet Union: History, leaders and legacy

By Owen Jarus published

Reference The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on the 20th century — and still has an influence today.

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The original Venus from Willendorf. Left: lateral view. Right top: hemispherical cavities on the right haunch and leg. Right bottom: existing hole enlarged to form the navel.

Voluptuous 'Venus' of the Ice Age originated in Italy

By Mindy Weisberger published

The 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf figure is named for the site in Austria where it was discovered in 1908, but new analysis reveals that the stone came from northern Italy.

The newfound Roman coin in Hungary features a bearded Emperor Volusianus on one side and Libertas, the personification of freedom, on the other.

Rare gold coin found in Hungary shows assassinated Roman emperor

By Laura Geggel published

A rare gold Roman coin featuring the bearded face of Emperor Volusianus, a young ruler who was assassinated by his own soldiers, has been found in Hungary.

Illustration of two woolly mammoths fighting during an ice age.

Pleistocene epoch: The last ice age

By Patrick Pester, Kim Ann Zimmermann published

The Pleistocene epoch lasted from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago and included the last ice age, when glaciers and giant megafauna dominated the landscape.

Kyiv residents and volunteers prepare a post with trenches and boxes of molotov cocktails, on Feb. 28, 2022.

How did 'Molotov cocktails' get their name?

By Tom Metcalfe published

Molotov cocktails — improvised, handheld firebombs — are emblematic of civil unrest and revolution.

Archaeologists unearthed the skeleton in a coastal area near Chile's Atacama Desert.

Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory

By Mindy Weisberger published

Tiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water.

Elizabeth Taylor playing one of her most famous roles, that of Cleopatra in the 1963 film of the same name

Did Elizabeth Taylor really have violet eyes?

By Remy Melina, Callum McKelvie published

reference Elizabeth Taylor was one of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, but did she really had violet eyes?

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Photos from Sutton Hoo in 1939

Photos: Snapshots of mysterious Sutton Hoo burial excavation revealed

By James Price published

Two photographers, Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff, recorded the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939, and their images have now been digitized.

diagram of the earth with inferred movements of human ancestors traced over it

Largest human family tree ever created retraces the history of our species

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The tree shows how modern and ancient humans are related.

King John of England

Was King John really the worst monarch in England's history?

By Jonathan Gordon published

Inside All About History 114: Was the maligned monarch really the monster history remembers.

Flag of NATO

NATO: Organization, mission and members

By Marc Lallanilla published

Reference NATO is an alliance of 30 member states, each with a pledge to protect other members if attacked.

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photo of the newfound shrine with a large carved stone in the foreground; the stone has human-like facial features carved into it

'Almost intact' shrine found in Jordanian desert is 9,000 years old

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The shrine contained a variety of artifacts.

Archaeologists found a set of empty canopic jars during the excavation.

Ancient Egyptian cache of mummification supplies unearthed

By Owen Jarus published

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian cache of embalming supplies for mummification in Abusir.