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2,000 years ago, a bridge in Switzerland collapsed on top of Celtic sacrifice victims, new study suggests
A bridge that collapsed 2,000 years ago in what is now Switzerland may have fallen on Celtic sacrifice victims, a new study finds.
Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil find reveals
The unique shape of an ear bone belonging to a Neanderthal child found in a cave in Spain suggests that she had Down syndrome.
Antikythera mechanism, world's oldest computer, followed Greek lunar calendar
Researchers previously thought the calendar ring on the Antikythera mechanism tracked the ancient Egyptian calendar, but new research suggests it tracked the Greek lunar calendar instead.
When did humans start wearing clothes?
Clothes don't survive the way artifacts made of stone, bone and other hard materials do, so scientists have to get creative to answer this question.
2,000-year-old funerary urn found in Spain contains the world's oldest known liquid wine
Scientists discovered the oldest known wine in liquid form inside a Roman-era tomb in Spain.
Viking Age ship burial may be hiding beneath Norwegian farm, iron rivets hint
A scattering of rivets found in a field in Norway could be evidence of a Viking Age ship burial.
Ancient Egyptian 'office workers' had terrible posture just like us, disfigured skeletons reveal
The development of osteoarthritis was more common among scribes than their ancient Egyptian peers, a study finds.
'Exceptional' discovery reveals more than 30 ancient Egyptian tombs built into hillside
The more than 30 tombs include family burials, such as children buried with their parents, in a hillside in Aswan, Egypt.
