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New Discovery at Pompeii: Lavishly Decorated “Tiny House” Uncovered

Archaeologists working in Pompeii’s ancient Amanti Island district have unveiled a unique small residence with vibrant, intricate frescoes that rival

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Sacred Tunic of Alexander the Great Found in an Ancient Macedonian Tomb?

A fragment of purple fabric, a sacred chiton (tunic), found in a royal tomb in Vergina, Macedonia, northern Greece, could

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Jewish Cemetery Lost Since 1290 Found in London

A hidden medieval Jewish cemetery, once believed to be lost, has been rediscovered beneath the Barbican Estates in London, close

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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial

Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be

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Ancient Humans Survived the Last Ice Age Without Migrating Like Other Species

John Stewart & Jeremy Searle/The Conversation Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways

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Insights into Early Modern Human Activity in the Jungles of Southeast Asia

Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pà Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team

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Machines of War from 2000 BC Unearthed in Elite Burial Ground in India

Archaeologists performing excavations at a site known as Sinauli in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India unearthed a

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Chief Little Turtle & Battle of Kekionga

In October 1790, a significant event unfolded near what we now call the Lakeside neighborhoods of Fort Wayne—the Battle of

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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis

In 1866 James Hole, a writer from Leeds, called for ‘a little wholesome despotism’ in tackling the problems of housing

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Monumental Unearthed at Battle of Malazgirt Site

In addition to the 700 plus objects unearthed exactly a year ago, and along with arrowheads discovered in the last