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Urartian Bronze Artifacts Dedicated to God Haldi Unearthed

Three bronze shields and a ceremonial bronze helmet, dedicated to Haldi, the chief god of the Urartians, were recently discovered

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Underground Chambers and Tunnels Confirmed at Mitla

Recent archaeological investigations at Mitla, a significant Zapotec site in Oaxaca, Mexico, have confirmed the existence of a vast network

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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships

Some 2,000 war and merchant ships were sunk in the waters of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, constituting

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How the South Became Republican

On the evening of 1 August 1952 General Dwight D.Eisenhower, the newly nominated Republican presidential nominee, met with his advisers

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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon

The Franco-Ottoman alliance, formed in the 1530s between the king of France, François I, and the Turkish ruler of the

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3,800-Year-Old Water Cult Temple Discovered in Peru

In the ancient, high desert lands of northwest Peru, it’s easy to see why water was more than just a

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New Ice Age Mammoth Hunting Technique Proposed By Researchers

Jason Pohl/UC Berkeley While the dominant narrative and popular culture view Clovis points and tipped spears as a throwing weapon,

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12th-Century Christian Figure Depiction Uncovered

During a routine construction project in the small village in Germany’s Klotzow, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, a 12th-century boulder with

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3,000-Year-Old Goddess Figurine Discovered in Italian Lake, With Fingerprints of Maker

Lake Bolsena, a volcanic lake in central Italy, has yielded a 3,000-year-old clay figurine, believed to represent an ancient goddess.

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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union

We like to think that we know what the Second World War was fought for: freedom, democracy and the defeat