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Relics that could be from the city of Canopus have been sitting at the bottom of a Mediterranean bay for almost two ...

The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in deference to the overwhelming ...

The discovery challenges what is known about the materials, skills and ingenuity of ancient civilizations. Previously, archaeologists believed ancient Indonesians primarily used locally available ...