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Pope Francis Isn’t Using His Summer House, so the Vatican Is Letting the Public in
Get a rare look at the pope’s luxurious vacation home
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Are You Descended From Witches? New Digital Document Could Help You Find Out
The Wellcome Library manuscript lists people accused of witchcraft during the Scottish witch panic of 1658-1662
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Halloween Owes Its Tricks and Treats to the Ancient Celtic New Year’s Eve
During Samhain, the deceased came to Earth in search of food and comfort, while evil spirits, faeries and gods came in search of mischief
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Cave Paintings Help Unravel the Mystery of the ‘Higgs Bison’
The hybrid bovine has been a missing link in the ancestral tree of modern European bison
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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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$25.5 Million Raphael Painting Discovered in Scottish Manor House
An art historian working for a BBC television show recognized a painting in a dark corner as the work of the Renaissance master
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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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Hear the Recreated Voice of Ötzi the Iceman
Using CT scans of the Neolithic man’s vocal tract, Italian researchers have approximated the way he pronounced his vowels
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Stolen van Gogh Paintings Recovered After 14 Years
Italian police found the two paintings stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam while investigating organized crime in Naples
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Amateur Archaeologist Discovers Significant Amount of Scotland’s Ancient Rock Art
Musician and avid walker George Currie has catalogued 670 pieces of prehistoric rock art in the Highlands
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Austria and Turkey Are Butting Heads Over an Archaeological Dig
Turkish authorities have shut down a major dig early due to international tensions
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Beneath This Medieval German Town Lie Over 25 Miles of Forgotten Tunnels
Go beneath the surface of Oppenheim
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Explore Skulls and Artifacts From a 16th-Century Warship
The Mary Rose was the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet before it sank at sea
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The Great Fire of London Was Blamed on Religious Terrorism
Why scores of Londoners thought the fire of 1666 was all part of a nefarious Catholic conspiracy
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Scholars Uncover Secret Message from Mussolini
The dictator’s self-image lives on deep beneath an obelisk he built to commemorate his own greatness
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The Remains of 400-Year-Old Scottish Soldiers Will Be Reburied in England
The soldiers were captured by Oliver Cromwell’s forces following the Battle of Dunbar
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The U.K. Bans Queen Victoria’s Coronet From Leaving British Soil
The government has placed the artifact under an export ban in hopes a collector will keep it in-country
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Publisher Set to Release Exact Replicas of the World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript
There will be 898 copies made of the coded Voynich Manuscript, which has stumped scholars for over a century
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Scan Reveals Rare, 500-Year-Old Mesoamerican Manuscript
Hyperspectral imagery reveals hidden Mixtec paintings and glyphs on the 16-foot, deer-hide Codex Selden
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Dig to Find Fabled Nazi Gold Train Begins
Explorers believe the Nazis stashed an armored train full of gold and weapons in tunnels in Poland’s Owl Mountains
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