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Family ‘should get Ned Kelly’s remains’
The remains of 43 executed prisoners, possibly including bushranger Ned Kelly have been found at Melbourne’s old Pentridge Prison, prompting discussion on what to do with the remains. The discovery of...
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King’s grave uncovered during construction in Turkey
The final resting place of a historic king was accidentally uncovered in Turkey when a digger struck a rock that was part of the grave. The landlord of the building next to the excavated area, ?lker...
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Silver coins and skeleton found in Sweden
A collection of 100 silver coins from the 12th century have been found in a grave dating from the 14th century in Sweden. “It is fantastic that we have found silver coins in a grave,” said the...
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The Balkans’ oldest burial site
One of the oldest burial sites in the Balkans, a grave belonged to a child, has been found in Bulgaria. The site, discovered by Nedko Elenski, an archaeologist from the Regional History Museum of...
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Underage WWI soldier’s remains recovered from mass grave
The remains of 15-year-old James Gorden, a boy who lied about his age to enlist, may have been found amoungst hundreds of remains in a mass grave in Fromelles, France. Forensic archaeologist Richard...
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Unique Bronze Age burial uncovered in Scotland
Archaeologists have discovered an 4,000-year-old Bronze Age grave and artifacts in Perthshire, Scotland. Few remains of the body were found, but the archaeologists said it would have lain on a bed of...
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The grave of Charles Dickinson
An archaeologists in Tennessee beleives he has found the grave of Charles Dickinson, who was killed by Andrew Jackson during a duel in 1806. “History sort of turned at that duel, and it should have...
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WWII Navy vessel sunk by u-boat found off coast of North Carolina
A navy patrol boat, sunk by a German sub in 1942, has been found under 325 feet of water off the coast of Hatteras. Footage of the wreck shows a skeletal vessel with numerous artifacts – light...
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1,800-year-old grave found in Vietnam
A, 1,800-year-old grave has been unearthed in the city of Hai Phong, Vietnam. The grave was discovered at depth of more than five meters underground while a construction crew dug on the side of the...
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4th-century Roman burial found in Budapest
A Roman grave dating to the last period of Roman rule has been found in Hungary. Archaeologist Gabor Lassanyi told that the grave had been dated based on a bone comb it contained. The comb, made with...
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2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem contains first known case of leprosy
A first-century tomb found near the Old City in Jerusalem contains the first known case of leprosy. The man was buried in a shroud made up of a simple two-way weave, which is nothing like the complex...
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Human remains found on North Carolina golf course
Archaeologists have been called in to examine human remains, dating back to the late 1800s, which were found during renovations on a golf course on Bald Head Island. A local anthropologist who...
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Texas Ranger Jim Coryell’s grave found
Archaeologists believe they may have found the final resting place of Texas Ranger Jim Coryell who was killed by Caddo Indians in 1837 and buried in an unmarked grave. In May 1837, when the Republic...
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1,700-year-old grave found in Austria
A gravesite dating back 1,700 years has been unearthed during railroad construction in Carinthia, Austria. A sarcophagus containing the bodies of two individuals has been found in Azerbaijan. “An...
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Family ‘should get Ned Kelly’s remains’
The remains of 43 executed prisoners, possibly including bushranger Ned Kelly have been found at Melbourne’s old Pentridge Prison, prompting discussion on what to do with the remains. The discovery of...
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King’s grave uncovered during construction in Turkey
The final resting place of a historic king was accidentally uncovered in Turkey when a digger struck a rock that was part of the grave. The landlord of the building next to the excavated area, ?lker...
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Silver coins and skeleton found in Sweden
A collection of 100 silver coins from the 12th century have been found in a grave dating from the 14th century in Sweden. “It is fantastic that we have found silver coins in a grave,” said the...
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The Balkans’ oldest burial site
One of the oldest burial sites in the Balkans, a grave belonged to a child, has been found in Bulgaria. The site, discovered by Nedko Elenski, an archaeologist from the Regional History Museum of...
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Underage WWI soldier’s remains recovered from mass grave
The remains of 15-year-old James Gorden, a boy who lied about his age to enlist, may have been found amoungst hundreds of remains in a mass grave in Fromelles, France. Forensic archaeologist Richard...
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Unique Bronze Age burial uncovered in Scotland
Archaeologists have discovered an 4,000-year-old Bronze Age grave and artifacts in Perthshire, Scotland. Few remains of the body were found, but the archaeologists said it would have lain on a bed of...
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