About 46 million years ago, a mosquito sunk its proboscis into some animal, perhaps a bird or a mammal, and…
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Museum exhibit stars Indiana’s prehistoric beasts
INDIANAPOLIS – From the shadows of the partially lit gallery, a monster emerged. Massive, curving tusks jut out like steel…
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3,300-year-old Egyptian cemetery revealed
While an Egyptian pharaoh built majestic temples filled with sparkling treasures, the lower classes performed backbreaking work on meager diets,…
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Oldest globe to show the Americas found
The oldest known globe to represent the New World has been discovered, researchers say. Dated to the early 1500s, the…
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Farmer stumbles across 2,000-year-old sarcophagus while planting coffee in Bali
A man in Bali stumbled across a two-millennia-old sarcophagus on Thursday while plowing land to plant coffee seeds, the Jakarta…
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Ancient puppy paw prints found on Roman tiles
The paw prints and hoof prints of a few meddlesome animals have been preserved for posterity on ancient Roman tiles…
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Scientists say Indonesia cave drawings the same age as those in Europe
WASHINGTON – Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new…
Read MoreAncient skeletons dug up at Florence’s Uffizi
ROME – Work to expand the Uffizi Gallery’s exhibit space has unearthed an ancient cemetery with dozens of skeletons archaeologists…
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