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Lego Superfans Built This Epic Model of Hadrian’s Wall
The edge of the Roman Empire, recreated with tiny toy blocks
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The Origins of the King James Bible
A handwritten draft of the world’s most famous bible has been discovered in England
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This Halloween, Who Wants to Spend a Night in the Paris Catacombs?
Airbnb is looking for two brave souls to sleep with the dead
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Fossilized Teeth Reveal Humans Were in Asia Long Before Europe
Early humans might have been more inclined to roam than scientists previously thought
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There’s a Fake Egyptian City Buried in California
The incredible, nearly forgotten story behind one of Hollywood’s most expensive movie sets
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The Oldest Chemistry Lab in America?
A classroom designed by Thomas Jefferson was rediscovered
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The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ
New evidence that Neolithic settlers roasted pork and beef
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America’s in the Midst of a Lobster Boom
With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?
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How the Journalist Who Broke the News of World War II Got Her Scoop
Somebody needs to make a movie about Clare Hollingworth
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These Brave Playwrights Want to Rewrite Shakespeare
“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.”
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A Woman Bought a House For $100,000, Then Learned Frank Lloyd Wright Built It
She had no idea her Madison, Wisconsin, home was part of the famous architect’s affordable housing project
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The Only Eyewitness Painting of Lincoln’s Assassination Is Finally Being Restored
How a forgotten portrait of the president’s dying hours was saved
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Ancient Romans in Pompeii Had ‘Perfect Teeth’
A new study reveals what life was like in Pompeii — and how it ended when Mount Vesuvius erupted
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Iraqi Museum Discovers Missing Lines From the Epic of Gilgamesh
One of the world’s first great stories just got a new chapter
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ISIS Demolished Yet Another Priceless Syrian Monument
The 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph was destroyed on Sunday
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In Vietnam, the C.I.A. Paid Spies With Stuff From Sears
Nothing says “clandestine espionage” like a mail-order catalog
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A Lunch Menu From the Titanic Just Sold for $88,000
The “unsinkable” ship served corned beef, mutton chops and custard pudding
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