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Iconic Titanic memorabilia up for grabs in UK auction
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Multiple tombs lay hidden in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where royalty were buried more than 3,000 years ago, awaiting…
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Lost and found: Ancient shoes turn up in Egypt temple
More than 2,000 years ago, at a time when Egypt was ruled by a dynasty of kings of Greek descent,…
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Scientists dig for fossils in Los Angeles a century later
LOS ANGELES – Surrounded by a gooey graveyard of prehistoric beasts, a small crew diligently wades through a backlog of…
Read MoreAustralians to help look for Capt. James Cook’s historic ship in the US
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Chinese Jurassic Park yields incredible feathered dino find
A fossil bed in China that contains some of the world’s most exquisitely preserved feathered dinosaurs, early birds, reptiles and…
Read More‘Human safaris’ may be exploiting isolated tribes, advocates warn
Unscrupulous tour operators in the Amazon basin may be leading travelers alarmingly close to the territories of “uncontacted” people, according…
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Count Dracula might be a fictional character who makes the blood curdle on Halloween, but his historical namesake is not.…
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