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Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by DNA analysis
By Ben Turner published
A study reveals the likely origins of 27,000 Africans left on the island of St. Helena as part of Britain's attempt to eliminate the transatlantic slave trade.
Mysterious 17th-century 'cauldron' may be primitive submarine used to salvage treasure from a sunken galleon
By Tom Metcalfe published
The object was found on the seafloor off Florida, near the wreck of a Spanish treasure galleon.
'It's a dream': 4 Roman swords likely stolen as war booty 1,900 years ago discovered in Israeli cave
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists discovered four well-preserved Roman swords that were likely hidden in a cave in Israel during a revolt.
Bronze Age girl buried with more than 150 animal ankle bones, potentially to help her to the next world
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have unearthed a burial mound of a Bronze Age girl surrounded by a variety of grave goods.
Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art
By Kristina Killgrove published
The hidden animals were revealed on cave walls in Spain with 'Magic Eye'-style techniques.
2,800-year-old figurines unearthed at Greek temple may be offerings to Poseidon
By Owen Jarus published
Excavation of an ancient Greek temple has yielded a variety of figurines, possibly offerings to Poseidon.
3,000-year-old tomb of shaman who may have mediated 'between spiritual and earthly worlds' found in Peru
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists have unearthed the tomb and grave goods of a shaman who lived 3,000 years ago in what is now Peru.
Humans faced a 'close call with extinction' nearly a million years ago
By Charles Q. Choi published
The human population may have lingered at about 1,300 for more than 100,000 years, and that population bottleneck could have fueled the divergence between modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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