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Homeowner Found a 1,100-Year-Old Viking Treasure Trove With 40 Pounds of Silver in Their Yard in Denmark
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (909+ words) Hidden for centuries, the hoard reveals a Viking world where silver crossed borders, and its weight could matter more than its shape. A Danish homeowner was digging out a few stubborn stones for a new terrace in their garden when…...
Ancient Burial Jars in Laos Have Been Running a 2,000-Year Natural Experiment
1+ week, 5+ day ago (613+ words) No one planned this experiment but giant jars in Laos have been running it for 2,000 years. No ecologist designed the experiment. No one decided which stone vessels should sit beneath trees or out in the open. And no scientist planned…...
Scientists Found a Real Mummy’s Curse Hiding in the Online Trade in Human Remains – ZME Science
1+ week, 6+ day ago (984+ words) Online sales of mummified remains may expose buyers, sellers and postal workers to hidden hazards. Disturb the dead and disaster may follow. Such is the pharaohs’ curse, the old legend that opening a tomb or handling a mummy could bring…...
Scientists Found a Real Mummy’s Curse Hiding in the Online Trade in Human Remains
2+ week, 2+ day ago (620+ words) Online sales of mummified remains may expose buyers, sellers and postal workers to hidden hazards....
A Fisherman Thought He Found a Rock Off Sicily. It Turned Out to be a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck
4+ week, 2+ day ago (184+ words) Hundreds of ancient jars reveal a Mediterranean trade route frozen in time....
Tiny Roman Bullets Carry the Name of the General Who Defeated Catalonia’s Mountain Rebels
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (604+ words) Inscribed sling bullets may pinpoint Rome’s final fight against the Ceretani. The message was small enough to fit on a lump of lead: CN D. But the message was meant to be seen, and it was clear as day: this…...
This Italian Man Built a Fake Roman Theater — and Charged Tourists $45 to See It
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (873+ words) It's not clear what's going to happen with the structure now. For €40, visitors to a hillside in northern Italy could enter a lost world where Julius Caesar had travelled with Cleopatra and ancient civilisations had left behind a monumental arena....
Norwegian First Grader Went Looking for Craft Rocks. He Found a Viking Sword Instead
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (294+ words) The rare blade may have belonged to a high-status warrior in Norway....
This 1,000-Year-Old Dingo Was So Loved People Brought Offerings To His Grave for Centuries
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (836+ words) The dingo would have only been between 4 and 7 years old but clearly left a lasting impression. For nearly 1,000 years, the bones of a dingo lay hidden in a riverside midden on Barkindji Country, in western New South Wales, Australia. Then…...
Humans in the Andes Evolved a Defense Against Arsenic After Being Exposed to Poisoned Water for Thousands of Years
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (769+ words) Some Andean communities carry genetic variants that help detoxify poisoned water. For thousands of years, water in the high Andes carried a mortal hidden danger. The water gushing from streams and groundwater around the volcanic landscape looked clear enough. It…...