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A Strange Hole In The Skeleton Of An Ancient Greek Man Helps Researchers To Solve Murder Mystery

A Strange Hole In The Skeleton Of An Ancient Greek Man Helps Researchers To Solve Murder Mystery

At first they thought he had a rare birth defect. They then realized that they were dealing with a murder case.
Gargantuan 500-Year-Old Jug Uncovered In Mexico Is A Fermentation Jar For Corn Beer

Gargantuan 500-Year-Old Jug Uncovered In Mexico Is A Fermentation Jar For Corn Beer

Experts originally thought the jugs were funerary urns, but 12 years of restoration and testing have shown that they were actually meant for beer.
A Secret Knights Templar Crypt Was Found Beneath A Polish Church — And It Could Contain The Holy Grail

A Secret Knights Templar Crypt Was Found Beneath A Polish Church — And It Could Contain The Holy Grail

The mysterious band of Catholic warriors was said to be keepers of the Holy Grail — the cup of Christ that they purportedly found during the Crusades.
Scientists Able To See Preserved Dinosaur Embryos Inside 200-Million-Year-Old Eggs

Scientists Able To See Preserved Dinosaur Embryos Inside 200-Million-Year-Old Eggs

"It's incredible that in more than 250 million years of reptile evolution, the way the skull develops in the egg remains more or less the same. Goes to show — you don't mess with a good thing."
Researchers In Russia Find The Remains Of What Could Be One Of The World’s Last Woolly Rhinos In The Stomach Of An Ice Age Puppy

Researchers In Russia Find The Remains Of What Could Be One Of The World’s Last Woolly Rhinos In The Stomach Of An Ice Age Puppy

The wolf-dog hybrid was dated at 14,000 years old — and woolly rhinos are believed to have gone extinct around the same time.
66-Million-Year-Old Mystery Fossil Known Only As ‘The Thing’ Turns Out To Be A Prehistoric Sea Lizard Egg

66-Million-Year-Old Mystery Fossil Known Only As ‘The Thing’ Turns Out To Be A Prehistoric Sea Lizard Egg

It's the largest reptile egg ever discovered, and the creature who laid it was at least 200 feet long.
The Rise And Fall Of The Bellamy Salute, The Nazi-Like Gesture That Americans Once Used To Pledge Allegiance To The Flag

The Rise And Fall Of The Bellamy Salute, The Nazi-Like Gesture That Americans Once Used To Pledge Allegiance To The Flag

Named for the author of the Pledge of Allegiance, Francis J. Bellamy, the Bellamy Salute was used from the 1890s until 1942.
Archaeologists Unearth 119 Skulls At 14th-Century Aztec Temple In Mexico City

Archaeologists Unearth 119 Skulls At 14th-Century Aztec Temple In Mexico City

"They were all made sacred. Turned into gifts for the gods or even personifications of deities themselves."
Explore 9 Of The World’s Scariest Abandoned Hospitals, From A ‘Haunted’ Asylum To A Radioactive Clinic

Explore 9 Of The World’s Scariest Abandoned Hospitals, From A ‘Haunted’ Asylum To A Radioactive Clinic

Though these hospitals once saw countless patients pass through their doors, they're now ghostly shells of their former selves.
This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."