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2,000 Year Old Seed Discovered in Ancient Israeli Site

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2,000 Year Old Seed Discovered in Ancient Israeli Site

This article first appeared as Smart News on Smithsonian.com  and is written by Laura Clark. Methuselah, a Judean date palm tree that was grown from a 2,000 year old seed, has become a papa plant...

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Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Mayan Citadel in Belize

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Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Mayan Citadel in Belize

Recent findings in Belize have Archaeologists scratching their heads. Researchers have been exploring the ancient Mayan city of El Pilar in Belize for years...

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5,000 Year Old Brewery Discovered In Israel

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5,000 Year Old Brewery Discovered In Israel

This past Sunday, the Israel Antiquities Authority said a 5,000-year-old brewery has been unearthed in Tel Aviv. The excavation site is on Hamasger Street, right int the heart of the city...

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Science Is Bringing The Extinct Ancient Mammoth Back To Life

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Science Is Bringing The Extinct Ancient Mammoth Back To Life

By successfully inserting some sequences of mammoth DNA into an elephant genome, scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing the ancient Woolly mammoth back to life...

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The Magical Ancient Druids Of Ireland

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The Magical Ancient Druids Of Ireland

Who were the Druids? Very little is known about the ancient druids. They left no written accounts of themselves, and the only evidence is a few descriptions left by Greek, Roman, and various scattered authors and artists...

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