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Ancient Water System Found Beneath Angkor Thom
Ancient Royal Water System Discovered Beneath Angkor Thom
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Archaeologists working with Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority have unearthed the significant remains of a 12th-century hydraulic system within the ancient royal palace complex of Angkor Thom.

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Grave items from Szeleste are the center of a shield, or umbo (upper right), various brooches (center), mosaic beads, and an antler comb (top left).
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Post-Roman Society in Pannonia
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The collapse of the Western Roman Empire ushered in an era of profound transformation across Europe, a time traditionally characterized by the chaotic migrations of "barbarian" tribes.

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Arched doorways and colorful frescoes inside the Domus Liceo Cavour beneath the school gym
Students Uncover Spectacular Roman Villa Beneath Their School Gym
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For years, students at a high school near the Colosseum in Rome whispered about secret rooms hidden beneath their gymnasium.

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Cuneiform tablet administrative account with entries concerning malt and barley groats
Cuneiform: The World's Oldest Writing System and 2,000-Year Mystery to Decode It
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According to Dr.

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