The Rosetta Stone is a large stone tablet (ca. 196 BCE) that was discovered in Egypt in 1799. It is important because it allowed researchers to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing for the first time.
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Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous of all the henges, vast circular monuments constructed from wood or stone that litter the British countryside.
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A sunken temple that feels like it could be straight out of an Indiana Jones movie has been discovered off the coast of Italy.
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Beginning in the late 19th century, around a dozen carved skulls made of clear or milky white quartz—also known as rock crystal—made their way into private and public collections around the globe.
An ancient man and woman have been found locked in a loving embrace for 3,000 years in a grave in Ukraine.The woman was willingly entombed alive in order to accompany her husband to the next world, archeologists believe.
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