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Do Canadian Carvings Depict Vikings? Removing Mammal Fat May Tell
October 16, 2018 | ArticleCarvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas.
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Viking Ship and Cemetery Found Buried in Norway
October 15, 2018 | ArticleArchaeologists discovered the anomaly using radar scans of an area in Østfold County.
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500-Year-Old Scroll Reveals King Henry VII's Extraordinary Support of Travelers to New World
October 04, 2018 | ArticleIn 1500, just a year after England sent its first British-led expedition to "Terra Nova," the so-called New World, King Henry VII gave a hefty reward to one of the explorers, new research shows.
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Medieval Germans Riddled with Tapeworms
October 04, 2018 | ArticleArchaeologists peek into the past by prodding preserved human poo.
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Airtight Iron Coffin Found in Queens Held a Mysterious 19th-Century Mummy
October 03, 2018 | ArticleHow did a 19th-century mummy in an iron coffin end up in a Queens construction site?
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Naked Servant Depicted in Newly Discovered 2,200-Year-Old Tomb Mural
October 01, 2018 | ArticleA naked man holding a wine jug and a vase is just one of many figures depicted in a 2,200-year-old mural of a banquet that's decorating a newly discovered tomb in Italy.
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Hidden Maya Civilization Revealed Beneath Guatemala's Jungle Canopy
September 29, 2018 | ArticleMore than 61,000 ancient Maya structures — from large pyramids to single houses — were lurking beneath the dense jungle canopy in Guatemala, revealing clues about the ancient culture's farming practices, infrastructure, politics and economy.
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Painted 'Comics' with 'Speech Bubbles' Found in Ancient Roman Tomb
September 28, 2018 | ArticleA colorful mural depicts comics-style scenes from a Roman city thousands of year ago.
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Renaissance Master Caravaggio Didn't Die of Syphilis, but of Sepsis
September 28, 2018 | ArticleFamed Renaissance painter Caravaggio didn't die of syphilis, as some historians long thought.
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In Photos: Artifacts Recovered from the HMS Erebus Exploration
September 28, 2018 | Image AlbumAbandoned 170 years ago, the HMS Erebus was only rediscovered in the icy waters of the Canadian Arctic in 2014.
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