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Wind Farm Construction In England Has Turned Up Ancient Ruins Including A Roman Villa And A Neolithic Burial Mound

During surveys ahead of the construction of a wind farm, archaeologists in Norfolk found the remains of a 2,000-year-old ...
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Archaeologists Unearthed A 2,500-Year-Old Mass Grave Filled With As Many As 89 Infants And Children Near Jerusalem

During excavations of an ancient cistern in Azekah, archaeologists came across a 2,500-year-old mass grave for dozens of ...
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Mount Everest Hikers Exploited In $20 Million Insurance Scam Involving Dozens Of Conspirators

Dozens of trekking guides, helicopter operators, and hospital officials were charged with fabricating hiker emergencies to ...
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Dave Toschi, The San Francisco Detective Who Hunted The Zodiac Killer

In the 2007 film Zodiac, directed by David Fincher, actor Mark Ruffalo plays Toschi, capturing the detective’s determination ...
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A Metal Detectorist In England Has Uncovered A ‘Bizarre’ 1,100-Year-Old Coin Depicting John The Baptist

According to the BBC, the coin pendant was found by a metal detectorist in Dunton, a small village in Norfolk. It is a gold ...
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A Metal Detectorist In Switzerland Just Found A Nine-Inch Bronze Axe That Dates Back 3,500 Years

The Bronze Age axe found in Burg im Leimental, Switzerland, is more than 3,000 years old, and may have been left as a ...
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The Remains Of A Danish Warship Were Just Found In Copenhagen Harbor 225 Years After It Was Sunk By The British

The wreck of the Danish flagship Dannebroge, which was sunk by the British during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, has been ...
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‘It Was Just Bones All Over The Floor’: Dozens Of Ice Age Fossils Found Inside A Cave In Texas

A paleontologist snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Bender's Cave found the remains of a giant tortoise and a massive ...
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A Rare Roman Phallus That May Have Been Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Was Just Found In A Dutch Museum

This eight-inch Roman phallus carved from bone was found among relics being cataloged by the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, ...
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The Incredible Life Of Hugh Glass, The 19th-Century Frontiersman Whose Story Inspired ‘The Revenant’

Hugh Glass dragged himself over 200 miles to the nearest fort after being mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his fellow fur trappers. Then he began his quest for revenge. The two men who ...
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The Pear Of Anguish And Its Alleged Use As A Torture Device In Early Modern Europe

A rumored torture device developed in 17th-century Europe, the pear of anguish combined sexual violation and horrifying physical pain, making it one of history's most brutal instruments of agony.
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Meet Giulia Tofana, The 17th-Century Professional Poisoner Said To Have Killed 600 Men

If Giulia Tofana's confessions are to be believed, then the lethal potion maker is among the most prolific serial killers in history. Giulia Tofana was a 17th-century professional poisoner who sold ...