The 1794 copper coin served as a prototype for the famed "Flowing Hair" silver dollar
The fourth- or fifth-century artwork was probably part of a large mansion near an industrial zone
Outrage erupted over the revelation that the likely remains of two young victims were held in and studied at Ivy League institutions
The 1,800-year-old arena housed up to 20,000 spectators eager to bet on the bloody battles
A new handwriting analysis suggests that two scribes collaborated on a key ancient manuscript
The Underground Railroad conductor's father, Ben Ross, received the land where the cabin once stood in the early 1840s
A piece of jewelry found on the Isle of Man may honor James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who was beheaded in 1651
Born in 1904 or 1905, the supercentenarian lived through two World Wars, the civil rights movement and two major pandemics
Archaeologists think the well-preserved burial dates to the Bronze Age—or perhaps even earlier
The space's central feature, a 60-foot-long wall of remembrance, remains unfinished
The inferno destroyed much of the University of Cape Town's special collections, including rare books, films, photographs and records
Investigators seized the cache of illegally imported objects in 2016
Rome's "Area Sacra," a sunken square home to the ruins of four ancient temples, doubles as a sanctuary for stray cats
The well-preserved artifacts bear inscriptions such as "Eternal Joy," "Family Wealth" and "Long Memory"
Some of the imprints appear to have been left by a child "jumping irregularly as though dancing," researchers say
An inscription found on a 3,500-year-old vessel suggests that a standardized script arrived in Canaan earlier than previously thought
A new study challenges the theory that resource exploitation led to the Mississippian metropolis' demise
An ancient complex in Yorkshire may have been a luxury villa, a religious sanctuary or a mixture of both
Researchers are unsure of the unusual funerary practice's purpose but point out that such burials were typically reserved for children
Ruins found in the Maya metropolis of Tikal appear to be an outpost of the distant Teotihuacán
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