A rare discovery reveals that a fragment of Homer's Iliad was placed on a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy during burial, puzzling archaeologists.

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A 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton made history this week, selling for an astonishing $50.1 million (£37.4 ...

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Paleontologists in China have discovered the oldest chemically verified amber ever found, dating to 385 million years ago.

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