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1,400-year-old skeleton found in underground channel in Peru may have belonged to human sacrifice victim
A mysterious burial in an underground water channel may help archaeologists understand a pre-Inca ritual in Peru.
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500-year-old Inca mummies prove that European colonists brought devastating smallpox to the Americas
Ancient DNA from Chilean mummies is the first ever molecular evidence that European colonizers brought smallpox to the Americas, decimating Indigenous populations.
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Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago
A new lidar survey of dense Amazonian rainforest has revealed hundreds of earthworks made by a mysterious civilization two millennia ago.
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Archaeologists find 2,800-year-old burial of person clutching sea turtle vessel in El Salvador
An unusual 2,800-year-old Mesoamerican burial found in El Salvador included a face-down skeleton clutching a sea turtle vessel.
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Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds
A new look at three children who died in the Inca human sacrifice ceremony known as Capacocha reveals their last few months and moments.
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Mummy mask with wig: A 1,000-year-old 'false head' found in Peru that was crafted with real human hair and toxic red cinnabar
Astonishing Artifacts Stylized masks like this one adorned pre-Inca mummies in Peru hundreds of years ago.
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'One of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America' discovered in Boston
Experts have identified the gravestone of Boston, a free Black man who died in 1729.
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'It's a huge deal': Archaeologists discover second cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo, and it was likely fired by Texans
Archaeologists have discovered a second cannonball from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and now they have one from each side.
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Mask of Mictlantecuhtli: A 500-year-old mask of the Aztec god of the underworld, who tore apart the dead as they entered his realm
Astonishing Artifacts This skull-shaped mask was made to be used in a ritual involving the Aztec god of death.
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