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Massive Nordic Bronze Age Meeting Age Hall Discovered In Germany May Have Belonged To The Legendary King Hinz

A burial mound possibly linked to King Hinz was discovered in 1899, but there is little historical record of his rule.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 7, 2023

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Massive Nordic Bronze Age Meeting Age Hall Discovered In Germany May Have Belonged To The Legendary King Hinz

A burial mound possibly linked to King Hinz was discovered in 1899, but there is little historical record of his rule.

By Austin Harvey • November 7, 2023

Study Shows That Grammatical Errors Trigger A Stress Response In Humans

The study measured participants' heart rate variability to determine how exposure to grammatical errors affected their physiological response.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Nov 7, 2023

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Study Shows That Grammatical Errors Trigger A Stress Response In Humans

The study measured participants' heart rate variability to determine how exposure to grammatical errors affected their physiological response.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • November 7, 2023

A Real Human Skull Was Just Discovered In The Halloween Section Of A Florida Antique Store

"This is definitely different. We don't usually get a call from an antique store that there's a human skull out on the floor."

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Nov 6, 2023

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A Real Human Skull Was Just Discovered In The Halloween Section Of A Florida Antique Store

"This is definitely different. We don't usually get a call from an antique store that there's a human skull out on the floor."

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • November 6, 2023

Archaeologists Baffled By Discovery Of A Woman Buried Next To Her Husband — With Her Face Hollowed Out

Archaeologists aren't sure why the woman's 1,000-year-old skeleton, unearthed in Eisleben, Germany, is missing all of its facial bones.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 6, 2023

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Archaeologists Baffled By Discovery Of A Woman Buried Next To Her Husband — With Her Face Hollowed Out

Archaeologists aren't sure why the woman's 1,000-year-old skeleton, unearthed in Eisleben, Germany, is missing all of its facial bones.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 6, 2023

This Week In History News, Oct. 29 – Nov. 4

Ancient bull deity statue unearthed in Iraq, 7,000-year-old shark tooth knives found in Indonesia, 400-year-old prosthetic hand discovered in Germany.

By All That's Interesting • Nov 3, 2023

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This Week In History News, Oct. 29 – Nov. 4

Ancient bull deity statue unearthed in Iraq, 7,000-year-old shark tooth knives found in Indonesia, 400-year-old prosthetic hand discovered in Germany.

By All That's Interesting • November 3, 2023

Australian Woman Charged With Three Murders After Allegedly Serving Poisonous Mushrooms To Her In-Laws

Erin Patterson served her estranged husband's family beef Wellington at a family lunch in July. Days later, three of them would be dead.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Nov 3, 2023

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Australian Woman Charged With Three Murders After Allegedly Serving Poisonous Mushrooms To Her In-Laws

Erin Patterson served her estranged husband's family beef Wellington at a family lunch in July. Days later, three of them would be dead.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • November 3, 2023

Researchers Uncover Circular Temple Dedicated To Maya Serpent Deity In Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula

The temple was likely built in honor of Kukulcán, the Maya equivalent of the wind god Quetzalcóatl in Aztec mythology.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 3, 2023

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Researchers Uncover Circular Temple Dedicated To Maya Serpent Deity In Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula

The temple was likely built in honor of Kukulcán, the Maya equivalent of the wind god Quetzalcóatl in Aztec mythology.

By Austin Harvey • November 3, 2023

A Long-Lost ‘Fiend’ Was Just Uncovered During The Restoration Of An 18th-Century Painting

The Death of Cardinal Beaufort was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1789 and included a controversial demonic figure — but layers of paint and varnish added after Reynolds' death eventually obscured it.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 3, 2023

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A Long-Lost ‘Fiend’ Was Just Uncovered During The Restoration Of An 18th-Century Painting

The Death of Cardinal Beaufort was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1789 and included a controversial demonic figure — but layers of paint and varnish added after Reynolds' death eventually obscured it.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 3, 2023

Scientists In China Discover ‘Unusually Large’ Fossils Of 160-Million-Year-Old Bloodsucking Lampreys

Lamprey fossils are exceedingly rare, so these latest discoveries are helping scientists fill in an evolutionary gap between the fish that emerged 360 million years ago and those that swim in the world's oceans today.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 2, 2023

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Scientists In China Discover ‘Unusually Large’ Fossils Of 160-Million-Year-Old Bloodsucking Lampreys

Lamprey fossils are exceedingly rare, so these latest discoveries are helping scientists fill in an evolutionary gap between the fish that emerged 360 million years ago and those that swim in the world's oceans today.

By Austin Harvey • November 2, 2023

Eight-Year-Old Girl Finds 100,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Bones In Russia While Fishing With Her Father

Maryam Mirsaitova and her father stumbled across bones from a woolly mammoth, a bison, and a third animal that's yet to be identified.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 2, 2023

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Eight-Year-Old Girl Finds 100,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Bones In Russia While Fishing With Her Father

Maryam Mirsaitova and her father stumbled across bones from a woolly mammoth, a bison, and a third animal that's yet to be identified.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 2, 2023