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Medieval Knight's Grave Unearthed Beneath Ice Cream Parlor

Archaeologists in Gdansk, Poland have made an extraordinary discovery beneath the floor of a beloved ice cream parlor, unearthing a

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Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor

In September 1649 ship’s surgeon John Conny was deeply relieved and praised God that ‘all our men [are] in reasonable

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Reduce and Seduce at the Teenage Beauty Farm

When it opened in the Malibu mountains in 1962, the ‘Teen-Age Beauty Farm’ – a combination spa, charm school, weight-loss

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Tezcatlipoca: Enigmatic Aztec God Who Looked Inside People’s Hearts And Observed Their Deeds On Earth

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – No doubt, Tezcatlipoca (‘Lord of the Smoking Mirror’) was one of the most powerful deities

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Neanderthals Carried A Specific AMPD1 Variant Absent In Other Species

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The enzyme AMPD1 is crucial for muscle energy production and maintaining normal muscular function. Genetic mutations

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Underwater Secrets Of Lake Lednica And The Unique Wooden Face

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Last year, during underwater research in Lake Lednica (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Polish archaeologists from

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Large-Scale DNA Study Traces 37,000 Years of Disease History

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A research team led by Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen and the

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Mystery Of The Lost Golden Chain Of Huayna Capac: Will The Ancient Inca Treasure Ever Be Found?

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many stories of incredible ancient treasures that were deliberately hidden when the Spaniards

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What Were The Most Important Medieval Marketplace Rules?

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Visiting a Medieval marketplace could be a pleasant experience. However, honesty was crucial because practices

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The Battle for Britain’s First Book of the Month Club

In October 1929 thousands of members of Britain’s Book Society received a new hardback through the post. Whiteoaks, by an