Archaeology

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Man knocked down wall in his house to find underground city that once had 20,000 people living there

A man found an underground city where 20,000 people used to live in his basement while looking for his disappearing chickens.

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https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155701113/mary-queen-of-scots-ciphers-prison-letters

 

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Rare whiskey could be salvaged from 170-year-old shipwreck

The Westmoreland, which sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1854, could contain more than US$20 million worth of gold and rare whiskey.

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Peru’s Lost Temple - Archaeology Magazine

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Escaping the Mongols: A Survivor's Account from the 13th century

In the year 1241, a Mongol army invaded eastern Europe, ravaging Poland, Hungary, Croatia and Romania.

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https://www.npr.org/2023/02/19/1158172361/uss-albacore-missing-world-war-ii-submarine-found-japan

 

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Searchers locate two of three shipwrecks from 1914 Lake Superior tragedy

Three ships from a giant lumber company’s fleet foundered in a Lake Superior storm in 1914, with the loss of all 28 crew members. Now, more than a century after the tragedy, searchers have found two of the three vessels.

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It had to start somewhere.

Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting

Experts say the flatbread depicted in the 2,000 year-old fresco may be a precursor to the Italian dish.

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It got better over time.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/style/article/marble-head-rome-scli-intl/index.html

 

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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191071151/maya-city-ocomtun-lasers

How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers​

 

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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/04/1197480909/shipwreck-trinidad-found-lake-michigan-wisconsin

Shipwreck hunters discover a schooner's 142-year-old remains in Lake Michigan​

 

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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1198032134/archeologists-norway-arrow-stoneage-4000-years-old

Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years​

 

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Harrowing stories resurface in newly discovered Lake Superior shipwreck

Seventy years after sinking with the loss of more than half its crew in a Lake Superior storm, the freighter Henry Steinbrenner was found this month by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck hunters. With the discovery, a tale of tragedy, survival and heroism on the big lake once lost to time and fading...

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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/michelangelo-secret-room-florence/index.html

‘Secret room’ decorated by Michelangelo to open to the public in Italy​

It is believed that the artist hid in the claustrophobic space for several weeks in 1530 when pope Clement VII – a member of the Medici family, who had recently returned to power in Florence, having been kicked out by a republican government for whom Michelangelo had worked – ordered his death. The death sentence was rescinded after two months, and Michelangelo returned to work in Florence, before moving to Rome four years later.


It’s believed the drawings are sketches for future works, including the legs of one of the statues in the New Sacristy.

 

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https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210861222/lost-french-love-letters-1750s-seven-years-war

Lost French love letters from the 1750s reveal what life was like during wartime​

 

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Jelling Stone: 3D scans reveal power of Viking queen - BBC Reel

New analysis of the world-famous Jelling Stone in Denmark suggests that a Viking queen was much more powerful than previously thought. Queen Thyra is best known as the wife and mother of early rulers Gorm the Old, and Harald Bluetooth. But now researchers believe she was important in her own...

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https://www.npr.org/2023/12/18/1220100389/father-daughter-shipwreck-discovery-peshtigo-fire

A father and daughter went fishing. What they found was a 152-year-old shipwreck​

 

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Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon

The city was built 2,500 years ago but may have been abandoned after a volcanic eruption.

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