Viking queen exhumed to discover mystery companion
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Archaeologists exhumed the body of a Viking queen on Monday, hoping to solve a riddle about whether a woman buried with her 1,200 years ago was a servant killed to be a companion into the afterlife.
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Molly Campbell was last seen on the Western Isles on Friday The British High Commission in Pakistan has joined the investigation into missing schoolgirl Molly Campbell.
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A previously unknown creature has been roaming the Kenai Peninsula's Mystery Hills &#151; or at least its alpine rock crevices.
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Cosmetic face cream used by fashionable Roman women was discovered at an ongoing archaeological dig in London, in a metal container, complete with the lid and contents.
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Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist.
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An archaeologist using radar technology said Monday he has found the outline of what he believes is a 1,000-year-old Viking longship under a pub car park in north-west England.
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A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago - which changed the course of human knowledge - has just yielded a further discovery: the companion star that triggered the great event.
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French scientists and historians are trying to unravel the secrets behind a cache of documents hidden nearly two centuries ago inside one of Paris's best-known equestrian statues.
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Plans to raise unique surviving wooden hull A team from Nottingham University's archaeology department believes it has rediscovered the remains of an intact Viking boat under a Merseyside pub - originally unearthed in the 1930s by builders excavating the boozer's basement, but quickly reburied because they feared "an archaeological dig would disrupt their work".â¦
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A 1,000-year-old Viking longship may have been discovered buried under a pub car park in Wirral.
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What could be the oldest known remains of a polar bear are uncovered on the Svalbard archipelago.
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The parents of the British girl who went missing in Portugal are now under suspicion, but much about the case remains a baffling mystery. A look at the chief unanswered questions
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A hoard of Viking treasure unearthed by a father and son is the most important find in 150 years, experts say.
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Archaeologists identify long-lost mummy of Egypt's most famous female pharaoh.
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A copy of the warrant that was used for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots has been bought by the Archbishop of Canterbury's library.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A mutilated body found at an abbey has been identified as that of Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger, one of the most reviled medieval courtiers and reputed gay lover of the Plantagenet king, Edward II.
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When the passengers and crew of the British European Airways Viking took off into the skies above London 55 years ago, they could not have known that the fate of the aircraft would become an enduring mystery.