The winners of the Vesuvius Challenge grand prize used expertise to decipher a broken papyrus…
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Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in runes 1500 years ago
The Ellestad stone, inscribed between AD 500 and 700, seems to incorporate encrypted runes Unknown/Creative…
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Humans were kissing at least 4500 years ago, reveal ancient texts
A carving at Luxor Temple in Egypt depicting Pharaoh Ramses and Queen Nefertiti embracing Agung…
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Wait, What? Archaeologists Find Well-Preserved 500-Year-Old Spices
Let’s agree, all of us have a particular masala dabba in our kitchen. After all,…
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A three-year drought may have brought down the ancient Hittite empire
Wood from a burial chamber in trendy Turkey reveals there was a sudden extreme drought…
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Egyptian boy mummy was buried with a ‘second heart’ made of gold
X-rays have been used to digitally unwrap the mother of a teenage boy courting again…
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Owl-like engravings from Copper Age may have been made by children
Slate plaques from about 5000 years in the past engraved with photos of what seem…