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A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

In a remote part of Alaska, global warming is being blamed for endangering a treasure trove of Indigenous artifacts.

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Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...