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• When Your Ancestral Forefather Is a Mummy: 19 Descendants of 5,300-Year-Old Ötzi the Iceman Identified In Austria | Ancient Origins

  Those who are lucky enough to have well-kept family records may be able to trace their history back several generations. Some can even track family connections going back a few centuries. But what if you were told that you are a descendant of a Stone Age man that was brutally murdered around 5,300 years ago? Such is the case for 19 males in Austria,

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• Bayeux Tapestry: Was This Medieval Masterpiece Designed for Monks' Mealtimes? | Ancient Origins

  New research reveals the Bayeux Tapestry may have been designed as mealtime reading for medieval monks at St Augustine's Abbey, solving mysteries about its original purpose and location.

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• Will The Lost Fleet of Hernán Cortés And Its Treasures of the Aztec Finally be Found? | Ancient Origins

  The search for the lost fleet of Hernán Cortés – the man who invaded and conquered Central America – is about to launch soon. Archaeologists suggest that the lost ships probably lie at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and may contain countless treasures stolen from the Aztecs.

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• Dead Viking Dynasty Invade Scottish Neolithic Tombs | Ancient Origins

  The old Viking Earls of Orkney, Thorfinn Skulsplitter and his sons, were buried at Neolithic sites in the north of Scotland.

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• Massive 7,000-Year-Old Wall Found Underwater Off French Coast | Ancient Origins

  Marine archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old underwater wall off the Brittany coast dating to 5000 BC. The massive granite structure predates region's famous megaliths.

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