The settlement is centuries older than historians once believed.

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The text is a snapshot of Hungary's Jewish middle class in the mid-1800s.

Patterns in 1,000-year-old stalagmite formation connect the fall of empires, kingdoms, and industries to long and deadly dry periods.

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When a sledgehammer isn't really an option.

Scores of ancient paintings and other works will soon succumb to the sea—but a passionate team is determined to preserve this 'bubble of memory.'

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Gold miners made themselves sick on smelly, hard loaves.

But they didn’t eat our ancestors—probably.

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Lamprey pie is a coronation tradition.

Lake Superior's Slate Islands are home to what's likely the world's largest shatter cone, evidence of an explosive event 450 million years ago.

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They're saving food history for the future.

For centuries, hundreds of shrines have preserved crucial information about the marine mammals' diversity and distribution.

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