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Prehistoric Rock Art Defaced in Utah
Visitors to Nine Mile Canyon decided to leave more than footprints at the longest art gallery in the world
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More Than 200 Hidden Paintings Were Discovered on the Walls of Angkor Wat
Researchers discovered the images by digitally enhancing photos of the temple’s walls
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Using GIS to Factcheck Julius Caesar’s Account of the Gallic Wars
Scientists are using modern technology to check whether Julius Caesar’s accounting of Roman history was accurate
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You Could Smell Like A Viking
York has come up with a new tourism stunt: smell like a Viking
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Europe Has Its Own Bison Species That Came Back From the Brink of Extinction
Bison were just reintroduced into a stretch of Romania where they haven’t been found for two centuries
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DNA Proves Once And for All That a Supposed Titanic Survivor Was a Fraud
Loraine Allison, a two-year-old who was on board the Titanic, almost certainly drowned
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These Archaeologists Were Looking for Tombs, But They Were Totally Psyched to Find Toilets
The discovery of toilets at a Sudanese monastery indicates that the site was an important one
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The 9/11 Memorial Museum Opens to the Public
So far, the 9/11 Memorial Museum has provoked a range of reactions. Now, you can come to your own verdict.
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The Newest National Monument Is Twice as Big as Any Obama Has Created—And It’s Beautiful
The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region is the largest Obama has created, and has ruins, rocky mountains and astronaut-training sites
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Conflicts Around the World Are Creating Shortages in the U.S.—And Not Just of Limes
While American consumers are freaking out about lime and pepper shortages, Ukraine has to worry about its wheat crop
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Wreckage of Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria Found off Haitian Coast (Maybe)
The Santa Maria ran aground off Haiti in 1492
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65 Years Ago Today, the Soviet Blockade of Berlin Ended
The first real showdown between the Soviet Union and the West ended 65 years ago today
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This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives
The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000
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Archaeologists Just Found a 5,600-Year-Old Pre-Dynastic Egyptian Tomb
This newly discovered Egyptian tomb is even older than hierogylphs
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Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites
Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor’s tomb
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The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health
Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results
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This “Lake” at Mesa Verde Is Actually a Ceremonial Structure
The old theory, that it was a reservoir, didn’t hold water
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The Area Around Stonehenge Has Been Inhabited for More Than 10,000 Years
That makes this area the oldest inhabited place in England
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