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Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritualAstonishing Artifacts Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discoverA papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of AragonAstonishing Artifacts A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles.
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Russian Revolution gold coin hoard worth over $500,000 discovered during house constructionArchaeologists excavating the foundation of a historic house in Russia discovered 409 coins buried before the revolution in 1917.
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Asante spider: A rare African sword ornament from Ghana's Gold Coast that later helped a man in Texas barter for his lifeAstonishing Artifacts The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for generations.
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Gold coin discovered by a metal detectorist in the UK may have been dropped by a Viking invader from the Great Heathen ArmyA gold coin featuring the son of Charlemagne may have been a keepsake from a Viking invader who fought in the Great Heathen Army.
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Medieval gold ring with dazzling blue gemstone discovered in Norway is a 'fantastically beautiful and rare specimen'The delicate gold ring was made sometime in the Middle Ages and may have belonged to a high-status woman.
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Varna Gold: Humanity's first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold 'penis sheath'Archaeologists found hundreds of burials in the Copper Age cemetery in Varna, Bulgaria, some of which were littered with gold artifacts.
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Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the PleiadesThe unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.
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