Scientists uncover hidden ancient drawings of animals in a Paleolithic cave using a technique to make them look 3D

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Four images of a Paleolithic cave drawing of a horse in La Pasiega Cave in Spain, including two rendered in bright colors using DStretch software
The image of a horse in the La Pasiega Cave shown without and with DStretch software processing.

Raquel Asiain/Pedro Saura

A 51-year-old man stumbled across the 'gold find of the century' with a metal detector after his doctor told him to get outside more often

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A person using a metal detector.
Amazing what a metal detector can find.

Jose Luque Olmedo / Getty Images

Lasers revealed 6 ancient civilizations that were hiding in plain sight

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LiDAR captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.
Lidar captured the ruins of a civilization in the Brazilian Amazon.

Ecossistema Dakila

5,000-year-old cauldrons of the Bronze Age are so well preserved they offer archeologists the 'first evidence' of an ancient feast consisting of milk and meat

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A 5,000-year-old Bronze Age cauldron that's very oxidized and a artist rendering if what it looked like when used by the Maykop people
One of the 5,000-year-old pots where reseaerchers found animal proteins (left). An artist reconstructed what the cauldron would look like toady (right).

iScience/Wilkin et al.

Pompeii find reveals the secrets of life as a slave in Ancient Rome, frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by volcanic eruption

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Room containing two beds, one without a mattress, cabinets, urns and containers was found by archaeologists at the Civita Giuliana villa
A small bedroom used by slaves is pictured after it was discovered by archaeologists in a Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy.

Ufficio Stampa e Comunicazione MiC/Handout via REUTERS

Mystery surrounds 19th century 'vampire' found buried in New England with his thigh bones crossed over his chest

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Side by side images show a skull stained by time next to the picture of a short-haired graying middle aged main wearing 19th century garb.
Side-by-side images shows the skull and a facial reconstruction of the "Connecticut Vampire."

Sgt. Robert Trujillo Armed Forces Medical Examiner System; Parabon NanoLabs and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory.

For over 20 years, archaeologists in Germany thought a 35,000-year-old figurine they found was a horse. Now, they aren't sure whether or not it's a cave lion or cave bear.

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A small brown ivory figurine shaped like a bear or a lion in front of a black background
The Hohle Fels animal figure from left front

Ria Litzenberg, University of Tübingen

An 'exceptional' Roman shipwreck was discovered with hundreds of intact 2,000-year-old jars off the coast of Italy

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An image of a pile Ancient Roman vases at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea.
The Italian Carabinieri discovered the remains of an Ancient Roman cargo ship full of terracotta jars, or "amphorae."

Carabinieri

9 things you think you know about ancient Egyptians that are actually wrong

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A close up of King Tutankhamun's golden mask.
A close up of King Tutankhamun's golden mask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after its restoration on December 16, 2015.

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A commuter train excavation near Notre Dame Cathedral has uncovered a 2,000-year-old necropolis containing bodies buried with coins in their mouths and an entire pig skeleton

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Burial from the excavation of Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris, in 2023. The burials of a large necropolis, located south of Lutèce in the 2nd century AD, have been unearthed. © Nicolas Warmé, Inrap
Burial from the excavation of Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris, in 2023. The burials of a large necropolis, located south of Lutèce in the 2nd century AD, have been unearthed.

Nicolas Warmé, Inrap

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