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For the First Time Ever, You Can Watch the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge via Livestream

Sunrise at Stonehenge.

For the First Time Ever, You Can Watch the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge via Livestream

Explore Two of Pompeii’s Excavated Homes in This Virtual Tour

A photo of the Pompeii ruins from November 2019.

Explore Two of Pompeii’s Excavated Homes in This Virtual Tour

10 Enchanting Places That Align with the Vernal Equinox

A shadowy serpent appears at Chichen Itza on the equinox.

10 Enchanting Places That Align with the Vernal Equinox

9 Ancient Objects That Have Had DNA Tests

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9 Ancient Objects That Have Had DNA Tests

Treasure Hunters Unearth 22 Spanish Coins From 1715 Shipwreck on Florida Beach

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Secret Doorway Discovered in London’s House of Commons

Historian Liz Hallam Smith shows off the a-door-able opening in the wall of Westminster Hall.

More Than 350 Franklin Expedition Artifacts Retrieved from Shipwreck of HMS Erebus

Drone image above the HMS Erebus shipwreck.

Mount Vesuvius's Volcanic Eruption Turned One Victim's Brain into Glass

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Civil War-Era ‘Witch Bottle’ Used to Keep Evil Spirits at Bay Discovered in Virginia

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A 16th-Century Shipwreck Was Discovered Under the Center of Stockholm

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14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade

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2000-Year-Old Roman Tweezers and Metal Ear Swab Discovered in UK

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Archaeologists Uncover Infant Remains Wearing Skulls of Older Children

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Swedish Divers Just Discovered Two Shipwrecks That Might Be Related to the Famous Vasa Warship

The Vasa shipwreck displayed in Sweden's Vasa Museum.

12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones

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Take a Virtual Tour of a 17th-Century Dutch Smugglers’ Shipwreck

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