Off the Norwegian island of Fedje lies a German World War II submarine believed to contain a huge load of mercury – why salvaging it has become a race against time
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Denmark's largest Viking Age silver hoard, consisting of around 700 pieces, discovered in backyard according to Danish cultural organization Nordjyske Museer
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Archaeologists in Denmark discover rare fragments of 1,300-year-old clothing preserved inside a Viking age grave
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Thunder mug and tea voider: understanding the chamber pot in early America
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'Exceptionally rare' Roman lead blocks found on farmland in Wales
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Five unusual ways people in different cultures used lead—and suffered for it
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Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America
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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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Iron, how did they make it? Part I, Mining
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A bronze cauldron dating back to the Roman Age has been unearthed in a burial cairn in central Norway
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