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A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.

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This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

Learn how chemical signatures in the Hjortspring boat’s caulking pointed researchers toward its Baltic origins.

A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has yielded clues to its ...

Yale Law grad who worked in the Reagan administration as an assistant attorney general. Switched to the State Department in the first Bush administration as assistant secretary for international ...

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A study of a mosaic discovered on an English farm in 2020 shows that the Romans knew more than just Homer's version of the Trojan War story.