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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor mosaic, 1903, Berlin.
New Discoveries in Otto the Great’s Tomb Restoration
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The restoration of Emperor Otto the Great's tomb in Magdeburg Cathedral has yielded remarkable discoveries, confirming the identity of the remains and uncovering new details about the medieval rule

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Angkor Wat temple, first a Hindu and later a Buddhist temple complex built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II
The Hydraulic System That Built Angkor Wat — and Ultimately Destroyed It
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The ancient Khmer Empire, centered in Angkor, Cambodia, from 802 to 1431 AD, is remembered not only for its

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Stela 46. Left side, front face, and right side.
Oldest Maya Long Count Calendar Date Reveals Royal Power
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The discovery of the earliest known Maya Long Count calendar date on a crumbling stone monument in Campeche, Mexico, is shedding new light on how ancient Maya rulers used time to legitimize their

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Ancient Silver Mine Located at Laurium, Greece
Athens' Oldest Coins Reveal a Lost Ancient Silver Trade That Spanned the World
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Centuries before ancient Athens became a center for philosophy and democracy, slaves were mining precious metals in the rugged hills of Laurion, on the southeastern tip of the Attic Peninsula.

Human Origins

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Forensic facial reconstruction of a Cro-Magnon man. Source: Cicero Moraes/CC BY-SA 4.0
The Enigmatic Origins of Cro Magnon: Europe's First Humans (Video)
Human Origins, Folklore
Human Origins According to Ancient Greek Mythology
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Every culture has an explanation about how we got here. The ancient Greeks were no different. The dramatic story of the origins of humanity in Greek mythology involves love, pain, and a hefty dose of

History

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Relief of Thracian Warriors from 6th-5th century BC, Reign of Darius I. Source: Kmrakmra/CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mysterious Thracians: Unveiling Their Unique Culture and Legacy 
History, Ancient Traditions
The Therapeutae and the Secrets of Ancient Monastic Life
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The Therapeutae are an ancient Jewish ascetic community, shrouded in mystery and truly obscure. Much of what we know about them comes from the writings of Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jewish

Artifacts

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Two sides of the flask-shaped distilling vessel found at Gnandstein Castle which is partly green-glazed on the outside and yellow-glazed inside.
Medieval Distillation Vessel Found at Gnandstein Castle Points to Alchemy
Artifacts, Ancient Writings
London’s “Cant” Slang Was Wild - and It Was Meant to Save Your Skin
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Londoners have always loved a bit of verbal inventiveness, but a newly resurfaced “cant” dictionary from 1699 shows just how vivid (and rude-sounding) the capital’s underworld slang could be. The book

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Myths & Legends

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: Interior of Lovelock Cave located next to the former lakebed of Lake Lahontan in Nevada. Source: BLM Nevada / CC BY-SA 2.0
Lovelock Cave: A Tale of Giants or A Giant Tale of Fiction?
Myths & Legends, Africa
Roman Historian’s Cleopatra’s Pearl Story: Is It Fact or Fiction?
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“Cleopatra’s Pearl” is a story told by the Roman author Pliny the Elder in his famous long-read book Natural History. According to this tale, the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, drank a

Ancient Places

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Ollantaytambo aerial view, sacred valley in the Andes, Peru
Ollantaytambo: The Inca Fortress That Defied Conquistadors
Africa
Underwater Military Ship and Burials Found at Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt
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The island-city of Thonis-Heracleion and its famous Temple of Amun was located in Egypt’s Abu Qir Bay, just north of Alexandria, Egypt. Greeks later settled in Thonis-Heracleion during the late

Unexplained Phenomena

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A dramatic, atmospheric close-up of a single elongated Paracas child skull resting on a museum display block. AI-generated image created to illustrate the mysterious and striking appearance of the Paracas elongated skulls.
Paracas Skulls: Alien Mystery or Human Ingenuity?
News, History & Archaeology, Mysterious Phenomena
The Starchild Skull: Alien Hybrid or a Tragic Human Mystery?
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In the early 1930s, a teenage girl of Mexican heritage was exploring a long-abandoned mine tunnel in the Copper Canyon region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Buried beneath the dirt floor in a shallow

Weird Facts of History

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Traditional mince pies.
Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Mince Pies in England?
Artifacts, News, History & Archaeology
10 Weird Archaeological Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
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Archaeology isn’t just about dusty ruins and ancient pottery—it’s full of bizarre discoveries that challenge what we think we know about the past. From mysterious artifacts to unusual burial practices