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Miguel Ángel Blanco de la Rubia
Neolithic engineers built megalithic monument with stones that weighed as much as two jumbo jets
Circa 1610, English born colonial administrator Baron Thomas West De La Warr (1577 - 1618). (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
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Long-hidden family scandal in Jamestown colony revealed 400 years later by ancient DNA
Mt. Zion Baptist Church burns after being torched by white mobs during the 1921 Tulsa race riot. On Monday, Aug. 9, 1999, the Tulsa Race Riot Commission will meet in its continuing investigation to determine exactly what happened during the two days of rioting and whether reparations should be paid to survivors. (AP Photo/Greenwood Cultural Center via Tulsa World)
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Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot wounds
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Archaeologists unearth tiny 3,500-year-old clay tablet following an earthquake
EMBARGOED 00.01 TUESDAY 13 AUGUST: Astonishing depictions of dolphins and fish in striking white, red, blue and yellow tiles surprised English Heritage and archaeologists at Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire, as a remarkable 2000-year-old Roman mosaic was uncovered during excavation at the ancient city. The excavations, originally seeking a possible location for the city’s main Civic Temple, revealed a number of important discoveries including coins, pottery fragments, the mosaic and a possible shrine.
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Mosaic buried for thousands of years uncovered by archaeologists
Archaeologists have uncovered the bodies of a man and a woman with their treasure in Pompeii.
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Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and their treasure
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New excavations reveal missing pieces of intriguing artifact at Sutton Hoo
Daric with Kneeling King, Achaemenid Persian, 550–331 BC, 450–330 BC, Gold, Sardis, Manisa province, Turkey, Asia, Coins & currency, metalwork, 8.34 grams. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say
EGYPT - FEBRUARY 22: The stepped pyramid of Djoser (Zozer) at Saqqara, Memphis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979), Egypt. Egyptian civilisation, Old Kingdom, Dynasty III. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory
Workers sift through soil at the Oaklawn Cemetery during a 2020 excavation of a potential mass grave from the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Tulsa Race Massacre: Archaeologists searching for graves find third set of remains with gunshot wound
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Sahar Saleem
Scientists digitally dissect ancient Egyptian ‘screaming’ mummy
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Excavation in Egyptian necropolis uncovers 63 ancient tombs and a trove of gold artifacts
An exhibit shows the life of a Neanderthal family in a cave in a Neanderthal museum in Krapina, Croatia.
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How did Neanderthals disappear? New DNA analysis sheds light on the mystery
Scene of accident at a entrance to the Angkor Thom temple in the Angkor archaeological site in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, on July 23, 2024.
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Fierce storm topples tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, killing 1 and damaging statues
Dana Moore loaned the tent scrap to the Museum of the American Revolution where it is currently on display in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington
This handout image from the Italian Ministry of Culture shows a recently unearthed complex architectural structure outside the Archbasilica of St John Lateran in Rome, Italy on July 16, 2024.
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Remains of ancient Papal palace believed to have been found in Rome