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Pompeii's famous body casts are plaster poured into human-shaped holes

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The Rosetta Stone unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphs by repeating one decree in three scripts

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Gobekli Tepe's stone temples predate Stonehenge, farming and pottery

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Otzi the Iceman is a 5,300-year-old murder victim preserved in glacier ice

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Radiocarbon dating reads a built-in clock that starts ticking at death

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Tutankhamun's tomb was found nearly intact in 1922 — with about 5,000 objects

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26 Nov 1922

History Archaeology

Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb and saw "wonderful things"

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16 Feb 1923

History Archaeology

Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's burial chamber

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15 Jul 1799

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Soldiers discovered the Rosetta Stone in Egypt

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12 Sep 1940

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Teenagers discovered the Lascaux cave paintings

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19 Sep 1991

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Hikers stumbled on a 5,000-year-old murder victim

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29 Mar 1974

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The Terracotta Army was discovered in China

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24 Jul 1911

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Hiram Bingham reached Machu Picchu and brought it to world attention

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26 Sep 1687

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An explosion wrecked the Parthenon during a siege

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24 Nov 1859

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Darwin's 'Origin of Species' appeared in a print run of 1,250 copies

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