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Cover Stories
Behind the Spectacle
World’s Oldest Synagogue Found to Be Part of Ancient Jewish Quarter
Deciphering the Untold of the Ancients
USF study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals
Humans burned vegetation to change the landscape as they moved into Lutruwita (Tasmania) 41,000 years ago
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
Location of the world’s oldest ochre mine detected
Penn Cultural Heritage Center Launches First-of-Its- Kind National Study on Collecting Practices, Paving Pathways for the Future of U.S. Museums
DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii
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