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archaeology
Swedish Divers Just Discovered Two Shipwrecks That Might Be Related to the Famous
Vasa
Warship
Swedish Divers Just Discovered Two Shipwrecks That Might Be Related to the Famous
Vasa
Warship
12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones
12 Surprising Facts About Viking Runestones
Take a Virtual Tour of a 17th-Century Dutch Smugglers’ Shipwreck
Take a Virtual Tour of a 17th-Century Dutch Smugglers’ Shipwreck
Mapping Technology Reveals 'Lost Cities' on National Geographic
Mapping Technology Reveals 'Lost Cities' on National Geographic
A ‘Lost’ Viking Graveyard Was Discovered in Norway
A Lost Japanese Village Has Been Uncovered in the British Columbia Wilderness
Watch Groundbreaking Underwater Footage of the Franklin Expedition’s HMS
Terror
Shipwreck
Could Gigantic Coconut Crabs Have Played a Part in Amelia Earhart’s Mysterious Disappearance? At Least One Scientist Thinks So
Scientists Are Creating a 3D Model of an 18th-Century ‘Vampire Witch’ Who Was Tortured to Death
The Bizarre Tale of the
Orca II
, the Stunt Boat from
Jaws
5 Rules for the Paleo Diet from Actual Paleolithic Humans
15th-Century Cannonballs Likely Used by Vlad the Impaler Discovered in Bulgaria
Easter Island Statues Are Being Threatened By Nose-Picking Selfie-Seekers
13 Facts About the Chauvet Cave Paintings
A Piece of Stonehenge, Missing for 60 Years, Was Just Returned to the Site
Metal Detectorist Finds a Gold Hatpin That May Have Belonged to Edward IV
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