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This Carved, Painted Zapotec Tomb Is Mexico's Most Important Archaeological Discovery in a Decade

This Carved, Painted Zapotec Tomb Is Mexico's Most Important Archaeological Discovery in a Decade

The tomb features the carvings of a huge owl head and at least three probable ancestors

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Archaeologists Are Finally Unraveling the Secrets of the Shipwreck Discovered 20 Feet Below the S...

Archaeologists Are Finally Unraveling the Secrets of the Shipwreck Discovered 20 Feet Below the S...

Researchers are opening a new investigation into the timbers, which may have once belonged to the "Tyger," a …

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The City That Never Sleeps … or Shops in Person

The City That Never Sleeps … or Shops in Person

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Deep Inside a Spanish Cave, Roman Women May Have Worshipped a Mysterious Goddess

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Best known for its Paleolithic art, Valencia’s Cova de les Dones also contains a Roman sanctuary where researchers say women appear to have played an active role in the worship of a female deity Spain’s Cova de les Dones has surprised archaeologists time and again, revealing traces of human activity spanning thousands of years. In the 1960s, archaeologists identified Iron Age materials at the site, leading to its classification as an Iberian cave sanctuary.
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Freddie Mercury’s Boundary-Pushing Costumes Take Center Stage at the Victoria and Albert Museum to Mark the 80th Anniversary of His Birth

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Eight ensembles from the Queen frontman’s career will be displayed across six stops in the London museum’s permanent galleries, offering a glimpse into the clothes behind his legendary stage persona On August 9, 1986, the rock band Queen performed live at Knebworth Park in England.
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A Brittle Coating on a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Reveals How Ancient Sailors Kept Their Ships Afloat

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Traces of pine tar and beeswax preserved on the vessel reveal the painstaking techniques shipbuilders millennia ago used to protect their ships from the briny deep More than two millennia ago, a Roman Republic ship carrying timber and wine sank in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of what is now Croatia. Remarkably, the wreck offers clear evidence of an elaborate effort to waterproof its wooden hull, shielding the vessel from the corrosive effects of seawater.
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