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A glimpse of lost language

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A glimpse of lost language

In the early 1600s in northern Peru, a curious Spaniard jotted down some notes on the back of a letter. Four hundred years later, archaeologists dug up and studied the paper, revealing what appear to be the first traces...

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Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images

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Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images

The BBC Reports–Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt. More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images...

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Underground Pyramid-shaped Structure Found in Italy

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Underground Pyramid-shaped Structure Found in Italy

Archaeologists are scratching their heads about an underground pyramid-shaped structure they have been excavating beneath the historic medieval town of Orvieto in Italy...

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