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Were the Norse the first to settle the Azores? Seafarers may have come and gone from lush archipelago more than 1000 years ago ~humanities.history Link 7 votes
Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time ~humanities.history Link 5 votes
Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital ~humanities.history Article 2486 words, published Jun 20 2018 7 votes