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Archaeologists Thought They’d Found a Piece of Old Farm Equipment. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Iron Age Chariot Tire
The more than 2,000-year-old tire was found among a trove of artifacts during excavations ahead of construction for a new ...
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Unclaimed urns at local funeral home spark community effort to find rightful families
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Time ticks by on earth while 27 temporary urns sit in the Elk Funeral and Cremation Services with no final resting place. After seeing a post with the names on ...
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Oldest Wine in the World Still in Liquid From Found Inside 2,000-Year-Old Roman Funeral Urn With Human Ashes
Although molecular traces of ancient wines have been found staining pottery walls, this is the oldest wine in a liquid state ...
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Human ashes, dentures unearthed by Queens gardener; NYPD investigating
A 33-year-old man gardening in his backyard in Queens unearthed a macabre discovery with his tilling — an urn containing human ashes and some dentures buried underground, a police source said ...
Archaeologists stumble upon large metal artifact, uncover country’s oldest find: “They’re a rare thing.”
Alongside the wheel, a 3,500-year-old ceremonial urn from the Bronze Age and several flint tools have also been uncovered.