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Why We Have Leap Years
Time via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCredit - Lon Tweeten for TIME It would seem awfully hard to lose track of 0.24219 of a day. That not-inconsiderable amount adds up to five hours, 48...
Greece Is Getting Back Hundreds of Antiquities After a 17-Year Legal Battle
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHundreds of items are being repatriated to Greece after a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated...
Dozens of 2,500-year-old skeletons unearthed at ancient crossroads in Negev desert
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo square tombs in the desert build with rock bricks Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a...
Lines through history: uncovering the secrets of lost Roman roads
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere has never been a better time for lovers of Roman roads – those seeking, and seeking to...
Stone age women in Europe were buried alive with legs tied in ritual sacrifices
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMurdering sacrificial victims by tying their necks to their legs bent behind their backs may have...
Mysterious 'Seahenge' Structure in UK May Finally Be Explained
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWhen tidal erosion exposed a mysterious Bronze Age structure on a beach in Norfolk, England, it...
Early humans carved old skeletal remains from burial caves into tools
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA view of the Cueva de los Marmoles entrance from the inside. Skeletal remains from at least 12...
Archaeologists in Peru Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Priest's Burial Site
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA team of Japanese and Peruvian archaeologists working in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region have...
Brooklyn Museum Reveals Fall Exhibition With a Focus on Gold
WWD via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoGold in all its glory will be the focus of the Brooklyn Museum’s fall exhibition “Solid Gold.”...
Mysterious remains of 3,000-year-old 'Priest of Pacopampa' found buried face down with accessories...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe remains were buried alongside artifacts believed to be made of human bone and symbols possibly...