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Wreckage of a World War II Nazi 'Flying Bomb' Found in English Forest

A. R. Coster, Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Wreckage of a World War II Nazi 'Flying Bomb' Found in English Forest

How Fossil Fuel Use Is Making Carbon Dating Less Accurate

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How Fossil Fuel Use Is Making Carbon Dating Less Accurate

Scientists Find Fossil of 150-Million-Year-Old Flesh-Eating Fish—Plus a Few of Its Prey

M. Ebert and T. Nohl

Scientists Find Fossil of 150-Million-Year-Old Flesh-Eating Fish—Plus a Few of Its Prey

Advanced CT Scans Reveal Blood Vessels and Skin Layers in a Mummy's Hand

Jenny Romell, et al./Radiology

Advanced CT Scans Reveal Blood Vessels and Skin Layers in a Mummy's Hand

Archaeologists Uncover World's Oldest Known Brewery in Israel

Dani Nadel, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0

Endeavour, Captain Cook's Lost Ship, Might Have Been Found—Solving a Centuries-Old Mystery

Wellcome Images, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

Ice Age Wolf Pup and Caribou Mummies Discovered in Yukon

Government of Yukon

4000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Opens to the Public for the First Time

Khaled Desouki, AFP/Getty Images

How Long Does Something Have to Be In the Ground Before It's Considered a Fossil?

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Construction Workers in Italy Uncover a Jar of 5th-Century Gold Coins Potentially Worth Millions

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Explore Mexico's Ancient Mayan Sites on a New Train Line

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7 Ancient Roman Curses You Can Work into Modern Life

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Homo Erectus Might Have Been Really 'Lazy'

Shipton et. al,

Intriguing New Theory Might Explain the Fate of Easter Island's Civilization

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The Mysterious Bronze Objects That Have Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries

The Roman dodecahedron Brian Campbell found in East London

German Court Awards Farmer $1 Million for 2000-Year-Old Bronzed Horse Head Found in His Well

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