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Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist
Morton Allport earned his scientific reputation by grave robbing human remains and killing soon-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tigers before shipping them to Europe.
1,000-year-old skeleton of noblewoman with hollowed-out skull found buried next to 'husband' in Germany
Archaeologists in Germany unearthed a male skeleton and a female skeleton. One was missing a significant chunk of the skull.
73 pre-Incan mummies, some with 'false heads,' unearthed from Wari Empire in Peru
Several dozen burials from the Wari culture, which prospered in the region before the Inca took over, were unearthed in Peru.
Ancient 20-inch-long hand ax discovered in Saudi Arabia may be world's largest
What may be the world's largest prehistoric hand ax, measuring over 20 inches long, was found in Saudi Arabia.
Why didn't Alexander the Great invade Rome?
If Alexander the Great had invaded Rome, would he have won?
Scottish boy digging for potatoes found 'masterpiece of Egyptian sculpture' on his school grounds. How did it end up there?
Archaeologists in Scotland may have finally solved the mystery of how ancient Egyptian artifacts that were unearthed in school grounds between 1952 and 1984 became buried there.
Chiseled obsidian recovered from Neolithic shipwreck near Capri's 'Blue Grotto'
Divers off the coast of Naples, Italy have recovered a large chunk of chiseled obsidian that likely went down in a Stone Age shipwreck more than 5,000 years ago.
Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA reveals
The research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California.
