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Did the Greeks Help Sculpt China’s Terra Cotta Warriors?
New analysis and DNA evidence suggests the 8,000 life-sized figures in emperor Qin Shi Huang’s necropolis owe their inspiration to the Greeks
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Five Things to Know About Bob Dylan
When it comes to awards, the times are a’ changin’—and now the iconic musician is a Nobel laureate
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Discover One of History’s Most Ambitious Maps
Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 map was the oldest document to use “America” to describe the body of land between Africa and Asia
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Capsules Reveal Once Highly Classified Pieces of WWII Air Campaign
Two shipping barrels opened by the Commemorative Air Force contain one of the more intriguing technologies of the second world war
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Australian Researchers Brew Beer With Yeast Believed to Be from a 220-Year-Old Shipwreck
A glimpse into the boozy past
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Five Things to Know About Ada Lovelace
The “Countess of Computing” didn’t just create the world’s first computer program—she foresaw a digital future
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1,600-Year-Old Feast Unearthed in Alberta
Archeologists at Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump have excavated a rare roasting pit with the meal still left inside
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Civil War-Era Cannonballs Unearthed by Hurricane Matthew
The destructive storm dug up some old history
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Why Ethiopia Just Declared a State of Emergency
Anti-government protests have roiled the fast-growing country
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Why a Ghanaian University Is Getting Rid of a Statue of Gandhi
The civil rights leader’s legacy is complicated
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How to Save Family Heirlooms from Natural Disasters
It isn’t easy to save cultural heritage from the ravages of nature, but a national task force thinks it’s worth trying
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This Is What 18th-Century Paris Sounded Like
A bygone age comes back to life in this painstaking reconstruction of the sounds of 1739
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Check Out This 3D Tour of a Villa in Ancient Pompeii
The Swedish Pompeii Project has digitally recreated a wealthy bankers villa and an entire city block using 3D scans from the devastated city
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Colombian President Who Got Guerillas to Come to the Table
As Colombia faces an uncertain future, the Nobel Committee recognizes its president who has worked to broker peace
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How the Reno Gang Launched the Era of American Train Robberies
150 years ago today, the first-ever train robbery took place in Indiana, setting off decades of shoot outs and bloodshed
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Channel Edward Hopper With a Night in His Bedroom
Stay in the childhood home of one of history’s greatest painters
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Tour the World’s Biggest Manmade Cave in China
The 816 Nuclear Plant stands as a reminder of a paranoid past
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Gold Rings Found in Warrior’s Tomb Connect Two Ancient Greek Cultures
Analysis of four gold rings and some 2,000 other recently uncovered objects points to the exchange of ideas and goods between two ancient peoples
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Campsite Places Humans in Argentina 14,000 Years Ago
Excavations at the site Arroyo Seco 2 include stone tools and evidence that humans were hunting giant sloths, giant armadillos and extinct horse species
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People Really Hate a Newly Repaired Stretch of the Great Wall of China
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