A new study suggests the Mediterranean Sea was the warmest during the Roman Empire than any other time in the…
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Newly discovered dinosaur flaunts its feathers
The remains of an ostrich-like creature with preserved feathers and soft tissue is shedding light on how dinosaurs used their…
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Ancient kingdom discovered beneath mound in Iraq
In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound. Cuneiform…
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Long-forgotten remains of a giant dolphin-shaped crocodilian “super-predator” that could devour ancient beasts its size and larger have now been…
Read MoreAncient Egyptian king’s unique sphinx found in Israel
A group of researchers is trying to determine how part of an ancient Egyptian king’s unique sphinx ended up buried…
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Medieval Spanish gold hunters’ fort found in North Carolina
Before there was Jamestown and even before there was Roanoke, there was Spain’s Fort San Juan, in the Appalachian foothills…
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Knobby-headed beast roamed ancient desert
More than 200 million years ago a bumpy-faced, cow-size creature, roamed the central desert of what was then the supercontinent…
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As Pompeii crumbles, Italy OKs urgent repairs
ROME – Citing “utmost urgency,” Italy has approved work to repair walls in ancient Pompeii that collapsed after heavy rains,…
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Missing sphinx head found in ancient Greek tomb
Archaeologists have discovered the missing head of one of the two marble sphinxes guarding a huge Macedonian tomb under excavation…
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