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A bundle of 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy remains stored in a Hungarian museum collection spent years carrying the wrong ...

In March 1999, archaeologists climbing one of the highest volcanoes in the Andes discovered something never seen before. Near ...

The surprising discovery of a Persian princess mummy fascinated the archaeological community in 2000. It took experts months ...

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For more than a century, a mysterious mummy was believed to be the preserved body of a legendary Wild West gunslinger. But when forensic experts used modern CT scans, ballistics testing, and ...

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Opening up an ancient tomb shaft that had been buried for years was not just one more find in Egypt's long list of excavations. Extracting decorated coffins and wrapped remains was an important ...