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“Dead nails” used in Roman grave to protect the living from restless dead

Ancient Romans feared the “restless dead” and would take magical precautions to protect themselves from these potentially dangerous beings

Did ancient tombs really have traps inside? (video)

The tombs of the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt were often designed with hidden doors, false walls, decoy rooms & labyrinthine corridors

Is archaeology getting it wrong? “Ancient Stone Tools” accidentally made by…modern monkeys?

Until now, it had been believed that hominins like Homo sapiens (modern humans) and Neanderthals were history’s only toolmakers

Sphinx With a Smiling Face Uncovered in Upper Egypt (photos)

The sphinx was found within this basin

“The Office” actor Rainn Wilson admits there’s “Anti-Christian bias in Hollywood” following “The Last Of Us” episode

“Could there be a Bible-reading preacher on a show who is actually loving and kind?”

William Wallace’s sword being checked for damage after casing smashed in climate protest at Wallace Monument in Stirling (photos)

The incident was branded a "deplorable act of vandalism" by Stirling Council

Bronze Age craftspeople tempered steel more than 1,000 years before the Romans did it

The discovery hints at small-scale steel production during the Final Bronze Age, a century before the practice became widespread in ancient Rome

Oscars 2023 – All the winners

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” nabbed seven wins on 11 nominations

Ming Dynasty Baby Buddha statue questions Australian history

Did ancient Chinese explorers visit Australia?

Oldest inscription of Odin resets beliefs about Norse mythology

Until now, the oldest inscription mentioning the Norse God Odin was identified on a brooch found in Nordendorf, southern Germany

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