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Hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church in Istanbul

Archaeologists have excavated subterranean rooms and a tunnel under an early church in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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Stunning full-scale scan of Titanic reveals complete shipwreck for the 1st time

A new scan of the Titanic shipwreck made with more than 715,000 images has revealed the world's most famous shipwreck as we've never seen it before.

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'Haphazard' burial of 400-year-old skeleton from Colonial Maryland points to tragic fate of 'indentured' teenager

Researchers in Maryland discovered the grave of a teenager who may have been one of the first European colonists to come to the New World.

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1st-century burial holds Roman doctor buried with medical tools, including 'top-quality' scalpels

Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed a 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, including forceps and scalpels.

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Mysterious 'painted people' of Scotland are long gone, but their DNA lives on

A new look at eight skeletons from two Pictish cemeteries reveals that the enigmatic Picts weren't from afar, as medieval historians suggested, but that they had local roots.

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Hidden symbols and 'anomalies' discovered in 800-year-old 'Stone of Destiny' to be used in Charles III's coronation

A new look at the 13th-century Stone of Destiny reveals mysterious markings and other 'anomalies' that previously went unnoticed.

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Who ruled ancient Egypt after King Tut died?

When the pharaoh Tutankhamun died young, his widow may have tried to remain on the ancient Egyptian throne, ancient letters reveal.

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh-sphinx statues unearthed at sun temple

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

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Cosmic rays reveal 'hidden' 30-foot-long corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid

For years, scientists have known there was something hidden above the entrance to the Great Pyramid. Now, they've finally revealed it.

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No, archaeologists haven't found 'elite housing' at Chichen Itza

Archaeologists haven't uncovered an elite housing complex at Chichen Itza, but there is news; a previously closed off area at the site will open to the public in 2023.