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Archaeologists Unearth Traces of an Iron Age Settlement and Roman Villa in England
The excavation, which followed the discovery of two Roman swords in 2023, is providing historians with fresh insights into ...
Archaeologists Found a 6-Foot Sarcophagus at the Bottom of a Forgotten Staircase
Nine steps down a stone staircase in Egypt’s Aga Khan Mausoleum, archaeologists discovered a host of hieroglyphic ...
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Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They Found
Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...
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Archaeologists in England found terrifying evidence that Roman gladiators squared off against lions in brutal exhibitions of human vs animal combat.
In April 2025, archaeologists announced the discovery of the first hard physical evidence of gladiatorial combat head-to-head ...