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Hegra, Petra’s forgotten twin (video)

Like Petra, Hegra boasts stunning sandstone cliffs and carved rock formations that have withstood the test of time

Flood-Damaged Books Frozen in Italy

Books have been salvaged by volunteers and the carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Bologna

Humongous, 100-foot-long dinosaur from Argentina is so big its fossils broke the road during transport

About 90 million years ago, a ginormous long-necked dinosaur measuring nearly 100 feet (30 meters) long lumbered through what is now Patagonia, Argentina

Use of Fire in Europe Pushed Back 50,000 Years

Such a fire may have been situated in a sleeping or living area, a kitchen, or an enclosure for animals

2,000-year-old stone receipt discovered in Jerusalem

An ancient financial transaction from Jerusalem that was "set in stone" dates to the Early Roman period.

Smooching & herpes inseparable for more than 4,000 years

Troels Pank Arbøll & Sophie Lund Rasmussen examined cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq & Syria, looking for references to kissing

Mysterious white, powdery substance found inside 3,000-year-old ruins in Armenia

Archaeologists in Armenia have unearthed the remains of a 3,000-year-old bakery that still contains heaps of wheat flour.

Archaeologists discover lost world of 417 ancient Mayans cities buried in remote jungle, connected by miles of “superhighways”

The discovery of a network of roads & cities, hydraulic systems & agricultural infrastructure suggests that communities living in C. America were now more advanced than given credit for

Roman carvings of a smiley face and a phallus found in Spain

Dating back to the Bronze Age, archaeologists have recovered pottery, tools, and ornaments, suggesting this site was an ancient trading hub

Remains of 7,000-year-old sunken stone road discovered off Croatia’s coast (video)

Archaeologists discovered a late-Neolithic road submerged underwater off the coast of Croatia.

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