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Metal Detectorist Finds a Gold Hatpin That May Have Belonged to Edward IV

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Metal Detectorist Finds a Gold Hatpin That May Have Belonged to Edward IV

Stonehenge Builders Likely Descended From Immigrants, Genetic Analysis Says

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Stonehenge Builders Likely Descended From Immigrants, Genetic Analysis Says

Unraveling the History of Human Hair

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Unraveling the History of Human Hair

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New Study Reveals Why Easter Island's Statues Are Positioned Along the Coast

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Laser Scans Detect Hidden Buildings and Tunnels Beneath Alcatraz Prison

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Scientists Solve an Ancient Stonehenge Mystery: Where the Massive Rocks Came From

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A Private Island With Ancient Ruins Just Hit the Market in Ireland

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A (Still-Sharp) Medieval Sword Was Pulled from a Sewer in Denmark

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Machu Picchu Is Wheelchair-Accessible for the First Time Ever

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Historians Studying an ‘Ancient’ Scottish Stone Circle Learn It Was Built in the 1990s

A stone circle like this one was recently shown to be a replica.

The Quest to Find—and Save—the World's Most Famous Shipwreck

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11 Facts About Robert the Bruce, King of Scots

Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn

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

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