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Ancient home shows evidence of how Pompeiians tried to shelter from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Excavations in Pompeii revealed that four people, including a child, tried to seek shelter from the eruption of Mount ...
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4,000-year-old burial site in Tangier peninsula rewrites Bronze Age connections
New archaeological research on the Tangier Peninsula reveals significant cultural links between Europe and Africa during the Bronze Age.
From MrBeast in Mexico to HIV treatments from the Vikings: Here’s the latest
Researchers traced a genetic mutation that provides resistance to HIV back to a single individual near the Black Sea 6,700 to 9,000 years ago. This mutation, found in 18-25% of Denmark’s population, ...
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The Joys of Discovering the Roman Underground, From the Colosseum to What’s Beneath the Trevi Foundation
Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...
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Hitting a wall, mechanical failures and stars of Indy 500 open testing's first day
A wall tap and mechanical failures were the biggest Day 1 issues among the 34-car field. INDIANAPOLIS — As teams kicked off on-track preparation for next month’s Indianapolis 500, it was a ...
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4,000-year-old stone-lined burial discovered in Morocco
Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula, in northwest Morocco, have discovered ancient cemeteries, rock art and ...
In a Routine Excavation, Archaeologists Accidentally Uncovered a Secret Pope’s Palace
Archaeologists uncovered walls that date back to between the 9th and 13th century, be part of the Patriarchate. The discovery ...
Deliberations begin in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in northern England ...
Jury begins deliberating in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in northern England ...
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Prosecutor says Sycamore Gap tree cutters committed ‘arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery’
A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian’s Wall near Bardon Mill, ...
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Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Here's a look at how it got its name
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, an albatross is considered a sign ... tools fashioned from ...
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Irish American Catholic organization calls on Trump to apologize for AI Pope image
US President Donald Trump's AI Pope image is "offensive," the AOH, the oldest and largest Irish Catholic organization in the ...