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Archaeologists diving near Kekova Island off Turkey's Mediterranean coast discovered a 4,700-year-old shipwreck that's ...

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Archaeologists excavating a 1,200-year-old grave in Latvia discovered the remains of six people who may have been brutally ...

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Researchers studying remains from the royal cemetery of Umm el-Qaab in Abydos found that the pharaohs were buried alongside ...

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Archaeologists exploring the waters off Egypt's Mediterranean coast discovered a 1,900-year-old ring emblazoned with an image of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

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In March 1809, on the precipice of war with the Austrian Empire, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte sent a message to his senior general, Auguste de Marmont. The first line was in standard French: “You ...