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Revolutionary Discovery Reveals Viking Silver Hoard's Global Trade Links

New research reveals that a spectacular Viking silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire demonstrates the far-reaching trade connections between medieval England and the Islamic world.

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Subterranean World of the Paris Catacombs Has a Fascinating History

The world’s largest bone repository will have its first complete shutdown since opening to the public over two centuries ago. If you’ve been putting off

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Medieval Knight's Grave Unearthed Beneath Ice Cream Parlor

Archaeologists in Gdansk, Poland have made an extraordinary discovery beneath the floor of a beloved ice cream parlor, unearthing a rare five-foot-long medieval knight tombstone carved with

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Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor

In September 1649 ship’s surgeon John Conny was deeply relieved and praised God that ‘all our men [are] in reasonable good health’. This emotive entry

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Reduce and Seduce at the Teenage Beauty Farm

When it opened in the Malibu mountains in 1962, the ‘Teen-Age Beauty Farm’ – a combination spa, charm school, weight-loss clinic, and summer camp –

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Tezcatlipoca: Enigmatic Aztec God Who Looked Inside People’s Hearts And Observed Their Deeds On Earth

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – No doubt, Tezcatlipoca (‘Lord of the Smoking Mirror’) was one of the most powerful deities of pre-Columbian Mexico. In the

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Cursed Magical Dainsleif Sword Of King Hogni And Legendary Battle That Continues Until The Coming Of Ragnarok

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A sword similar to Tyrfing is Dainsleif. It was made by Dain, one of the dwarves mentioned in the Voluspá,

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Underwater Secrets Of Lake Lednica And The Unique Wooden Face

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Last year, during underwater research in Lake Lednica (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Polish archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University discovered a

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Large-Scale DNA Study Traces 37,000 Years of Disease History

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A research team led by Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge has made

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Mystery Of The Lost Golden Chain Of Huayna Capac: Will The Ancient Inca Treasure Ever Be Found?

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many stories of incredible ancient treasures that were deliberately hidden when the Spaniards conquered the Incas. One of