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Viking ship carved into a cliff

Ancient Boat Carvings Suggest Bronze Age Europe Was More Connected Than We Thought

Tall and grassy Merlin or Marlborough Mound

Marlborough Mound Is the Second-Largest Neolithic Structure in Britain — and Legend Claims It Contains Merlin's Bones

Artistic reconstruction of the Bad Dürrenberg shaman with ornate animal headdress

Skeletal Clues of a 9,000-Year-Old Woman Shaman Show How She Induced Ecstatic Behavior During Spiritual Rituals

People viewing Manhattanhenge in New York

The Best Mushrooms for Beginner Foragers, How to Protect Baby Turtles, Where to Catch the Next Solar Eclipse, and How to View Manhattanhenge 

Herculaneum scroll from the Vesuvius eruption

A Herculaneum Scroll Is Readable Again Nearly 2,000 Years After Vesuvius Buried It

Excavation of old viking pit house

82 Viking Workshop Huts Found Near Aarhus May Have Supplied a Major Trading City

Dog walking alongside owner

From Mongolia to Madagascar, Dogs Form Remarkably Similar Bonds With Humans

Excavation near Rome of Castel di Guido

Illegal Excavation Near Rome Uncovers Villa Linked to the Antonine Age

Ancient cave art

What Is the Origin Story of Language? Our Ancient Ancestors May Have Developed Communication Rapidly

penguin nesting near a cruise ship

Tourism in Antarctica Is Growing — Along With Its Carbon Footprint and Potential Long-Term Risks 

Gold and coins from the 17th-century shipwreck

400 Gold Coins Recovered From 17th-Century Shipwreck Shed Light on Dutch Trading History 

Monument of Mozart

Hidden Mozart Manuscript Reveals Rare Lesson Notes and Music Never Performed Publicly Before

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