Turin shroud 'older than thought'
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The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by 1980s radiocarbon dating, a new chemical study suggests.
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New papers cast doubt on Vatican claims about when it learned of the atrocities at Auschwitz.
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A 1,800-year-old sealed pot of ointment found in London last year was most probably a cosmetic foundation, say scientists.
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been given some 300 years more of life, Italian experts announced. Reporting on the present conditions of the monument at
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An unknown painting by old master El Greco, discovered by chance in a brown envelope in a flat in Spain, will be offered for sale in December with a starting price of 600,000 pounds (&#36;1.1 million).
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Scientific testing of recently-found paintings supposedly by Jackson Pollock has cast doubt on their authenticity.
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CAIRO, Egypt - A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect they have found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urged Egypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test their theory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old structure.    Jean Yves Verd'hurt and fellow Frenchman Gilles Dormion, who has studied pyramid construction for more than 20 years, are expected to raise their views during the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists in Grenoble, France, which starts Monday...
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ACAPULCO, Mexico _ There's a new extraterrestrial suspect in the mysterious, highly debated disappearance of the woolly mammoth some 12,900 years ago. A team of two dozen scientists say the culprit was likely a comet that exploded in the atmosphere above North America.
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SHIPKA, Bulgaria  - A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed an ancient gold mask and a ring featuring an &quot;Olympic&quot; rower in what he called an unrivalled find in the study of classical antiquity.
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The remains of the 'Red Lady,' the UK's earliest known human burial, are even older than first thought say scientists.
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A stone slab bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed a 2,400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king - a find he says is unrivalled in the study of classical antiquity.
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A team revives the debate over whether a Bronze Age disc from Germany is one of the earliest known calendars.
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A study of 7,000-year-old pig remains gives new insight into the migration of Middle Eastern people into Europe.
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Thu 25th Nov, 11:25 AM. Orienteers love a puzzle and a fascinating new theory has highlighted a centuries old enigma on the doorstep of next yearâs JK.
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Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a 2 400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king, a newspaper said on Friday.