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11 Completely Sealed Tombs Filled with Jewelry, Copper Ingots, and Other Artifacts Found in Southern Egypt
The joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission dedicated to the restoration of the Asasif necropolis in southern Egypt ...
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Part of Math’s “Rosetta Stone” Solved: Hidden Connections Between Number Theory, Harmonic Analysis, and Geometry
Sam Raskin, a mathematician and professor at Yale University, has achieved a monumental accomplishment in mathematics by ...
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Cannae, the Catastrophic Defeat That Left Rome Defenseless Against Hannibal
The last human sacrifices carried out in Rome—beyond considering the ludi gladiatorii as an acceptable adaptation of the ...
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The New Fire Ceremony Practiced by the Mexica to Prevent the End of the World
Letting go of the old to enter the new year is a metaphorical custom that is quite rooted in some corners of Italy, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. In the transalpine country, and more specifically in ...
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How the movie ‘Frozen’ helped solve the Dyatlov Pass incident, the mysterious deaths of nine hikers in 1959
If we combined the premise of the movies Match Point and Final Destination, the result could very well be called Yuri Yudin. This was the name of a young Soviet man who, paradoxically, was saved by a ...
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A Rare Copper Age Dagger Over 4,000 Years Old Discovered in Northern Italy
Copper tang dagger dating to the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C. at the time of discovery. Credit: Federico Bernardini ...
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Numerous underground structures, cavities, corridors, and previously unknown tombs detected in the Etruscan necropolis of Sasso Pinzuto
Aerial view of the necropolis of Sasso Pinzuto. Credit: TAP (Tuscania Archaeological Project) The Etruscan necropolis of Sasso Pinzuto, located near Tuscania in the Italian region of Lazio, has been ...
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Orsippus of Megara, the First Athlete to Compete Naked in the Olympic Games
A quick glance at any artwork from Ancient Greece gives an idea of the almost religious importance of nudity, and if we interpret the images literally, how widespread its practice was in many aspects ...
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Sacred tunic of Alexander the Great identified in one of the Macedonian tombs at Vergina in Greece
A recent discovery in Tomb II at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, has revealed what appears to be the sacred “chiton” or tunic of Alexander the Great, a finding that could change the historical ...
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Qian Xuesen, the Scientist Expelled from the United States Who Brought China Into the Space Race
An image of Qian Xuesen already in China Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons On October 31, 2009, an elderly man, nearly a century old, passed away in Beijing. His name was Qian Xuesen, and in ...
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The Sicilian Wars that Pitted Carthage against Magna Graecia were the Longest-Lasting Conflict in Antiquity
The rivalry between Rome and Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean culminated in the three Punic Wars, fought between the two powers from 264 B.C. to 146 B.C., ending in Roman victory.
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New findings during the extraction of a Phoenician shipwreck in Spain, the most complete ancient vessel found in the Mediterranean Sea
Extraction works of the Phoenician ship Mazarron 2. Credit: Universitat de València The much-anticipated start of the extraction of the Phoenician shipwreck located in Mazarrón, Murcia, named Mazarrón ...