The Florentine Diamond resurfaces after 100 years in hiding. Legendary jewel of the Habsburgs not seen since 1919 and thought lost, has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades. (gifted link)
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The real truth about the Tudor succession comes to light
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What it takes to be a revolutionary war enactor
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Babies’ brains recognize foreign languages they heard before birth
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Monumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition
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The mysteries of Roman inscriptions are being solved with a new AI tool
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AI’s ability to read and summarize is making it a useful tool for scholarship
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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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Pope Leo XIV is the first pope with an online footprint
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Re-enacting the 1492 papal conclave for college credit
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Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been excavating since a metal detectorist found it in 2021
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Book review of Robert Ferguson's fascinating history of the experiences of the Norwegians during the five years of German occupation
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