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A three-dimensional reconstruction of Zosia's face, a woman buried as a vampire, is pictured, in this undated handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden. Oscar Nilsson - Project Pien/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.
Oscar Nilsson/Project Pien/Handout/Reuters
Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck
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Archaeological Park of Pompeii
DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade, Late Uruk, ca. 3500-3100 B.C., Mesopotamia, Bituminous limestone, H. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.), Stone-Cylinder Seals, Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C. to stamp impressions in clay, the invention in the fourth millennium B.C. of carved cylinders that could be rolled over clay allowed the development of more complex seal designs. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
Ancient buildings and landscape modifications (including public plazas, agricultural terraces, and field walls) blanket uplands, while low-lying areas that flood seasonally were mostly unmodified save for the construction of reservoirs.
Courtesy Luke Auld-Thomas
Lost Maya city discovered in Mexico
The wreckage of the Mary Rose at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, England.
The Mary Rose Trust
A Tudor warship sank nearly 500 years ago. The bones of its crew reveal what life was like
The United States’ oldest surviving tombstone from 17th century Jamestown has been identified as black limestone originally from Europe.
Courtesy Marcus Key, Dickinson College Geosciences Professor
Scientists find new piece in puzzle of America’s oldest tombstone
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courtesy Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran
Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species
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Åge Hojem NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
Scientists say skeletal remains found in castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga
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Courtesy Professor Chenyang Cai
Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs
Using drone-borne light detection and ranging equipment, archaeologists have mapped two abandoned cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan.
Michael Frachetti
Lost Silk Road cities mapped using remote sensing
The hoard of coins was valued at more than $5 million.
The British Museum
Hoard of silver coins dating from Norman Conquest is Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever
Deposit reflecting the passage of a tsunami initiated by the S2 meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago.
Nadja Drabon/Harvard University
A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
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Lheritier et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadp6362 (2024)
World’s largest arthropod lived 300 million years ago. Now, fossils show what it really looked like
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Discovery’s Expedition Unknown
Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location in Petra
A sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine," along with a boot, has been discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. This is the first possible proof of Irvine’s death since disappearing during a 1924 expedition.
Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/PA Media
Human foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries
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Alamy Stock Photo
‘It went horribly wrong’: DNA analysis sheds light on lost Arctic expedition’s grisly end