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Hidden high in California’s White Mountains, a solitary bristlecone pine has survived nearly 5,000 years. Guarded in secrecy, ...

In 1922, archaeologists uncovered the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, exposing thousands of artifacts placed around the young Egyptian king for burial. Among the gold ornaments, chariots and ritual items ...

The medieval tunnel was dug into loess and cut directly through a trapezoidal ditch associated with the Baalberge culture (4th millennium BC), a landscape already reused for burials in later ...

A 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered in Spain may be the first direct evidence confirming Hannibal’s use of war ...