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Beneath a public square in Athens lies an engineering marvel that has been dormant for centuries. A part of it passes under a ...

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This description of the teething process comes from a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia. The ...

These discoveries represent the earliest definitive example of human cannibalism in Europe. Earlier claims exist ...

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Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay. Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places. He ...