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Tuesday, June 12
June 12, 2012

Belgian archaeologists have unearthed the complete remains of a soldier on the Waterloo battlefield. The young man is thought to have been killed on June 18, 1815. His skeleton, a musket ball in his ribs, a spoon, a coin, a leather strap, and a piece of wood carved with the initials C.B. were covered by […]

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Monday, June 11
June 11, 2012

During the past three years, archaeologists in China’s northern Xi’an province have unearthed 110 warriors and 12 horses fashioned of terracotta, in addition to parts of chariots, weapons, and tools, from the area surrounding the tomb of China’s first emperor. “The most significant discovery this time around is that the relics that were found were well-preserved […]

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