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When were birthday parties invented?
Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.
2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building
Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.
2,500-year-old painted tomb with 'unique scene of smithy' discovered at Etruscan necropolis in Italy
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb that is richly decorated with wall paintings.
Gold jewelry with leopard and tiger designs unearthed in 2,400-year-old burial in Kazakhstan
The high value of the fifth-century-B.C. artifacts found in Kazakhstan indicates that wealthy or even "royal" Sarmatians were buried there.
People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds
A new study of human remains dredged from the Thames River reveals that people frequently deposited corpses there in the Bronze and Iron ages.
Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495 may finally have been discovered — hidden under a castle in Milan
Researchers may have found the hidden tunnels beneath a castle in Milan that Leonardo da Vinci sketched in 1495.
'Fascinating' Viking Age inscription reveals who owned immensely valuable 'Galloway Hoard'
A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.
Early-medieval stash of 'devil's money' found at cult site in the Netherlands
Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.
