Denmark's National Museum unveils gaming piece which is believed to be the first portrait of a Viking – figurine depicts man with imperial moustache, braided beard and a neatly-groomed hairstyle
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Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
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Two geologists who found a meteorite that had fallen onto a plot of land outside Enköping are entitled to the stone, the Swedish Supreme Court rules
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Scientists uncover 75,000-year-old Arctic animal remains in Norwegian cave
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At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a math mystery
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Mexico's butterfly warriors: Day of the Dead?
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The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country's past in extraordinary detail.
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‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family tree
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10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark
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First intact Roman pot found in Ireland reveals ancient trade relations
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In 1903, a Norwegian farmer discovered an ornate piece of wood sticking out of the mud – one year later, an almost totally intact Viking ship burial had been uncovered
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Mayan site with pyramid and canal system discovered in Guatemala
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Jerry Lewis' lost 1972 comedy film on Nazism discovered in Sweden
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Ancient Roman wooden water pipe made from hollow tree trunks unearthed beneath a street in Belgium
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Extremely metal "bone collector" caterpillar cloaks itself in the shattered exoskeletons of its vanquished foes
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A college student accidentally broke the laws of thermodynamics while attempting to mix fluids
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Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch
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Danish archaeological discovery has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought for decades to have links to Sweden
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Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark – archaeologists suggest ‘woodhenge’ was built between 2600 and 1600BC on similar axis to English stone circle
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Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
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Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement
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Archaeologists discover stash of 1,500-year-old weapons – includes the only known Roman helmet ever found in Denmark
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Hidden pyramid structure discovered near Caral, Peru
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World’s oldest 3D map discovered
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Archaeological dig at Notre-Dame unearths 2,000 years of history
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Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered using new tech - high altitude communities challenge previous consensus about life in Central Asia
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Mathematicians discover a new kind of shape that’s all over nature (3D tessellating forms)
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A ‘yoga pill’ to end anxiety? Scientists find a brain circuit that instantly deflates stress.
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A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet rather than hieroglyphs or cuneiform
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Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle
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Hear a Chopin waltz unearthed after nearly 200 years
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Yes, we did discover the Higgs!
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Lost Silk Road cities unearthed in Uzbekistan's high mountains
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US study discovers toothbrushes and showerheads covered in viruses new to science
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Long-lost Bram Stoker story discovered in Dublin
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Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ holy grail filming location in Petra
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Remains of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine believed to have been found on Everest
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Over 300 new 'Nazca Lines' geoglyphs have been revealed by AI
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Scientists receive Ig Nobel Prize for discovering mammals can breathe through anuses
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Is accidentally stumbling across the unknown a key part of science?
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Beyond Bilbo: J.R.R. Tolkien’s long-lost poetry to be published
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Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus
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Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It's just too deep to tap.
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100 million times more difficult: revolutionary dual action antibiotic makes bacterial resistance nearly impossible
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Hidden water reserve twice the size of Loch Ness discovered in drought-stricken Sicily
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New antidote for cobra bites discovered
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Extraordinary Roman marble floor discovered in ancient sunken city
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Divers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the Swedish coast loaded to the brim with champagne
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Discovery of a new primitive microcontinent between Greenland and Canada could help scientists understand how microcontinents form
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Curiosity rover discovers sulfur crystals
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