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Today, we take a look at the Rosetta Stone. Discovered on July 15, 1799
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Micro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby
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A spiral formation of human remains has been unearthed in an ancient burial pit during excavations at a Pre-Aztec village in the south of Mexico City.
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