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People Have Been Dining on Caviar Since the Stone Age

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People Have Been Dining on Caviar Since the Stone Age

Dozens of Cat Mummies, Plus 100 Cat Statues, Discovered in 4500-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb

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Dozens of Cat Mummies, Plus 100 Cat Statues, Discovered in 4500-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb

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

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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

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

Jenny Romell, et al./Radiology

Archaeologists Uncover World's Oldest Known Brewery in Israel

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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

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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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