A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She's finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.

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A girl in a plaid dress and braids excavated an Ancient Roman town in the 1930s
At 13, Helen Carlton-Smith took part in excavating Verulamium and kept a diary of the dig.

Photographs from the Verulamium Excavations of the 1930s ©St Albans Museums

A 13-year-old built a 'death ray' using a 2,000-year-old concept from Greek inventor Archimedes

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Brenden Sener stands in a kitchen with his Archimedes Death Ray science fair project on the counter
Brenden Sener won several awards for his science fair project recreating Archimedes' death ray.

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AI is setting humanity on the path to a new age of discovery

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Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge used AI to decipher 2,000-year old papyrus scrolls.
Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge used AI to decipher 2,000-year-old papyrus scrolls.

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A discovery of more than 30,000 ancient Roman coins may point the way to a hidden shipwreck

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Divers unearth the coins from the seabed off the coast of Sardinia, Italy.

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The 3,000-year history of tunnel warfare shows how hard it's going to be for Israel to root out Hamas

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The commanding officer of an armored unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel.

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How climate change contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire and 7 other ancient civilizations

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A photo of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Tunisia.
An ancient Roman amphitheater in Tunisia.

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4 Roman-era swords were found perfectly preserved in their scabbards in a cave. They were as sharp as if they were hidden today, scientists said.

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A still from a video shows researchers smiling widely as they pull the sword from the rock.
Scientists discovered four perfectly preserved Roman swords hiding in a cave near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.

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