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1+ hour, 29+ min ago (391+ words) Archaeologists in Austria have analyzed a collection of 500 iron bars that were likely lost in a Danube shipwreck 2,200 years ago. More than two millennia ago, a ship carrying a wealth of iron sank in the Danube River in what is…...
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Rock paintings in Türkiye's Kars preserves ancient ways of life
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Lost Cornish village Retew remembered in 15-year labour of love
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