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Scholars will take a fresh look at the authenticity of a rock purporting to reveal the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke ...

Analysis of bone arrowheads from prehistoric Argentina has unveiled evidence of sophisticated craft production among communities that thrived over 700 years ago. The study demonstrates that Late ...

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Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

According to a statement released by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, people living some 5,000 years ago in the ...

Throughout human history, people have appealed, through prayer, to a divine power or powers for hope, solace, counsel, omens, and forgiveness. For Roman Catholics, one of the central rituals of their ...

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