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Silver Coins Unearthed In Poland May Have Been A 9th-Century Ransom Payment To Viking Invaders

The 118 silver coins were found buried in a farmer's field in the Polish town of Biskupiec, and are believed to have been connected to the Siege of Paris in 845 A.D.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 9, 2021

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Silver Coins Unearthed In Poland May Have Been A 9th-Century Ransom Payment To Viking Invaders

The 118 silver coins were found buried in a farmer's field in the Polish town of Biskupiec, and are believed to have been connected to the Siege of Paris in 845 A.D.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 9, 2021

Archaeologists Have Discovered An Ancient Greek Jar Used To Curse 55 People In Athens

The jar contained the dismembered head and feet of a seven-month-old chicken and was pierced with a nine-inch long iron nail before being buried at the commercial heart of ancient Athens.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 8, 2021

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Archaeologists Have Discovered An Ancient Greek Jar Used To Curse 55 People In Athens

The jar contained the dismembered head and feet of a seven-month-old chicken and was pierced with a nine-inch long iron nail before being buried at the commercial heart of ancient Athens.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 8, 2021

Scientists Thaw Live Organisms That Have Been Frozen In Siberian Permafrost For 24,000 Years

"They're the world's most resistant animal to just about any form of torture ... They're probably the only animals we know that could do pretty well in outer space."

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 8, 2021

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Scientists Thaw Live Organisms That Have Been Frozen In Siberian Permafrost For 24,000 Years

"They're the world's most resistant animal to just about any form of torture ... They're probably the only animals we know that could do pretty well in outer space."

By Marco Margaritoff • June 8, 2021

Discovery Of Skeleton In Shackles Identified As Rare Example Of Roman-Era Slavery

Archaeologists are certain that the remains belong to a Roman-era slave but can only speculate about why someone buried him in shackles.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 7, 2021

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Discovery Of Skeleton In Shackles Identified As Rare Example Of Roman-Era Slavery

Archaeologists are certain that the remains belong to a Roman-era slave but can only speculate about why someone buried him in shackles.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 7, 2021

Yemeni Fishermen Find And Sell 280 Pound Chunk Of Whale Vomit — For $1.5 Million

The 35 fishermen followed their noses to a whale carcass in the Gulf of Aden and discovered to their delight that it contained the rare substance ambergris.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 7, 2021

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Yemeni Fishermen Find And Sell 280 Pound Chunk Of Whale Vomit — For $1.5 Million

The 35 fishermen followed their noses to a whale carcass in the Gulf of Aden and discovered to their delight that it contained the rare substance ambergris.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 7, 2021

This Week In History News, May 30 – Jun. 5

Century-old message in a beer bottle discovered in Detroit, the earliest animal carvings ever found in Scotland, and Roman-era decapitations uncovered in England.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 4, 2021

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This Week In History News, May 30 – Jun. 5

Century-old message in a beer bottle discovered in Detroit, the earliest animal carvings ever found in Scotland, and Roman-era decapitations uncovered in England.

By All That's Interesting • June 4, 2021

Remains Of Children Uncovered At Former Indigenous School Site In Canada

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation found 215 bodies on the grounds of the defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 4, 2021

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Remains Of Children Uncovered At Former Indigenous School Site In Canada

The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation found 215 bodies on the grounds of the defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 4, 2021

Discovery In Mexico Indicates The First Americans Arrived 20,000 Years Before We Thought

Researchers dated a set of animal bones found in Coxcatlán Cave to around 30,000 years ago — completely upending previous estimates of when humans first arrived in the Americas.

By Leah Silverman • Jun 4, 2021

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Discovery In Mexico Indicates The First Americans Arrived 20,000 Years Before We Thought

Researchers dated a set of animal bones found in Coxcatlán Cave to around 30,000 years ago — completely upending previous estimates of when humans first arrived in the Americas.

By Leah Silverman • June 4, 2021

Arizona Plans To Execute Death Row Prisoners With ‘Zyklon B’ — The Gas The Nazis Used At Auschwitz

Arizona has quietly gathered the ingredients to make the lethal gas, triggering outrage in Germany.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 4, 2021

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Arizona Plans To Execute Death Row Prisoners With ‘Zyklon B’ — The Gas The Nazis Used At Auschwitz

Arizona has quietly gathered the ingredients to make the lethal gas, triggering outrage in Germany.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 4, 2021

Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal History Of Racist Hiring Practices At Buckingham Palace

The documents, discovered in the National Archives, show the royal family barred people of color from serving as office or clerical staff as late as 1968.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 3, 2021

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Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal History Of Racist Hiring Practices At Buckingham Palace

The documents, discovered in the National Archives, show the royal family barred people of color from serving as office or clerical staff as late as 1968.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 3, 2021

This Isolated Bolivian Tribe Has The Healthiest Brains And Hearts On Earth

Scientists were surprised to find that the Tsimané people in Bolivia experience less brain atrophy than Westerners since the tribe has no access to modern medicine.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 3, 2021

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This Isolated Bolivian Tribe Has The Healthiest Brains And Hearts On Earth

Scientists were surprised to find that the Tsimané people in Bolivia experience less brain atrophy than Westerners since the tribe has no access to modern medicine.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 3, 2021

Single 16mm Frame Of ‘Alien Autopsy’ Allegedly Shot In Roswell Up For Auction As A $1 Million NFT

The footage has purportedly been authenticated by the CIA and the winning bidder will also receive a memo from a scientist affiliated with the agency that verifies the negative.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 2, 2021

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Single 16mm Frame Of ‘Alien Autopsy’ Allegedly Shot In Roswell Up For Auction As A $1 Million NFT

The footage has purportedly been authenticated by the CIA and the winning bidder will also receive a memo from a scientist affiliated with the agency that verifies the negative.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 2, 2021