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Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

In a quiet museum case, a Roman glass cup that had sat in plain sight for generations has yielded a secret message that was never meant for imperial eyes. The discovery of a tiny, hidden note ...

Soil from 7,000-year-old Swedish graves reveals hidden feathers and fur, showing some Stone Age people were fully dressed at their burial.

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD before the Vatican seat was established. In preparation ...

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Previously hidden structures in an ancient Greek city were revealed by the devastating flooding that struck Libya last month. The structures unexpectedly appeared at the archaeological site of Cyrene, ...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery: a faint object nearly invisible is holding a collection of star clusters together. This represents the intriguing presence of a hidden galaxy that is ...

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MEXICO CITY Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular pyramid, now ...