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Newly deciphered papyrus describes 'miracle' performed by 5-year-old Jesus
A manuscript written in the fourth or fifth century describes how Jesus brought clay birds to life as a child.
1,700-year-old 'emergency hoard' of coins dates to last revolt of Jews against Roman rule
Many of the silver and bronze coins were minted during the Gallus Revolt during the Roman era.
Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two 16th-century toddler burials with evidence of smallpox, indicating that the foreign illness spread quickly with European contact.
Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's Ark
The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood.
2,500-year-old slate containing drawings of battle scenes and paleo-alphabet discovered in Spain
Archaeologists discovered the stone tablet at a Tartessian site in southwestern Spain.
Mysterious 4,000-year-old 'palace' with maze-like walls found on Greek island of Crete
Archaeologists in Crete have discovered a 4,000-year-old structure that the Minoans may have used for rituals.
Chichén Itzá: Maya temples in the Yucatán
The ruins of Chichén Itzá in eastern Mexico were built about 1,200 years ago.
1,600-year-old Hun burial in Poland contains 2 boys, including one with a deformed skull
Archaeologists in Poland used DNA to identify a double burial that contained the skeletons of two boys who were unrelated.
