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For the First Time Ever, You Can Watch the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge via Livestream
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
Explore Two of Pompeii’s Excavated Homes in This Virtual Tour
10 Enchanting Places That Align with the Vernal Equinox
10 Enchanting Places That Align with the Vernal Equinox
9 Ancient Objects That Have Had DNA Tests
9 Ancient Objects That Have Had DNA Tests
Treasure Hunters Unearth 22 Spanish Coins From 1715 Shipwreck on Florida Beach
Secret Doorway Discovered in London’s House of Commons
More Than 350 Franklin Expedition Artifacts Retrieved from Shipwreck of HMS
Erebus
Mount Vesuvius's Volcanic Eruption Turned One Victim's Brain into Glass
Civil War-Era ‘Witch Bottle’ Used to Keep Evil Spirits at Bay Discovered in Virginia
A 16th-Century Shipwreck Was Discovered Under the Center of Stockholm
14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade
2000-Year-Old Roman Tweezers and Metal Ear Swab Discovered in UK
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Swedish Divers Just Discovered Two Shipwrecks That Might Be Related to the Famous
Vasa
Warship
12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones
Take a Virtual Tour of a 17th-Century Dutch Smugglers’ Shipwreck
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