100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help ‘dissolve’ clumps of spreading cancer cells
(Image credit: CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY through Getty Images) By separating clusters of cancer cells, an old heart drug called digoxin might assist stop growths from infecting other organs, a…
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7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons — the oldest of their kind on record
In 1983 archaeologists excavating a collapse South Africa found an uncommon thigh bone. It came from an undefined antelope and was discovered to be 7,000 years of ages. X-rays exposed…
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1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it’s tiny
The little gold lock system found in northwest Germany (Image credit: LWL/ S. Brentführer ) A metal detectorist in Germany has actually found a 1,600-year-old mini gold lock that’s one…
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1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals Criminal Case from Roman Empire
Composed in Greek, this papyrus is a memorandum for a judicial hearing before a Roman authorities in the province of Judea or Arabia in the reign of the Roman emperor…
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1,200-year-old remains of dismembered pregnant woman in Ecuador hint at ‘enigmatic’ sacrifice to thwart El Niño
The burial of a pregnant lady and fetus from Ecuador’s Manteño duration might have been a sacrifice. (Image credit: Sara Juengst/ UNC Charlotte) Archaeologists excavating in Ecuador have actually found…
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2,800-year-old structure unearthed in Israel was likely used for cultic practices and sacrifice, archaeologists say
An illustration of the recently discovered structure as it most likely stood 2,800 years earlier. (Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority ) Archaeologists in Israel have actually discovered a series of…
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20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we thought
A stock picture of a bear fossil. (Image credit: Fabio Di Natale by means of Alamy Stock Photo) The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of “Ushikawa Man,” believed to be a few…
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1,000-Year-Old Hoard of Silver Coins Unearthed in UK
Archaeologists from the Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) have actually found a stockpile of 321 mint-condition silver coins (319 complete cents plus 2 cut halfpence) dating to the 11th century CE…
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2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman
A birthday invite penned on a thin wood tablet was discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in the U.K. (Image credit: The Print Collector/ Alamy Stock Photo ) Call:…
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40-year-old ‘mega’ iceberg — the largest on Earth — is on the move after being trapped in a giant vortex for months
A23a is a massive iceberg with an area more than 3 times higher than New York City. ( Image credit: Samuel J Cole/Getty Images ) The world’s biggest iceberg is…
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