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Traces of first millennium BC Assyrian war; ancient child labor; Maya captive animals; Danish treasure trove
Ancient eye cream jar; Serpent Kingdom Maya altar; medieval copper coin cache in India; ceramic jar maker in Crete
Early Neolithic village in Nile Delta; early antler arrowhead in the Yukon; early Medieval German warrior burials; lavish Minoan cemetery in eastern Crete
Maya mask at Palenque; Bronze Age hemp in Italy; historic Native American fort in Connecticut; Scottish clan seal in island castle
Wall relief in ancient city on Peruvian coast; Golden horse head from Roman town in Germany; cheese in ancient Egyptian tomb; lost city in Kansas
Animal fat and drought at Catalhuyuk; ancient Egyptian medical texts; Chinese tomb with tales about elderly; trophy heads in Peru
Wooden pipes in Edinburgh; Great Lakes copper in Georgia; Bronze Age citadel in Romania; Greek bathhouse mosaic
Roman library in Germany; Contact period site in Quebec; Bronze Age chariot in India; on-site spa and game room at Roman workshop in Israel
Toxic wrap on Inca mummies; lavish Greek burial in hidden grave; British soldiers recover ancient warrior; remarkable cave painting in Yucatan.
Ancient American farmers and fungus; mummy workshop in Egypt; King Richard III DNA; Persian arrowheads at Sardis battle site
Roman hunting of now-extinct whales; very early human migration to China; new possible origin for famous Mexican temply style; earliest written fragment of Homer’s Odyssey
Medieval game board in Scotland; new analysis of Roanoke stone; unopened granite sarcophagus in Alexandria; Peruvian tomb complex in desert valley