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Over 2,050 years old: Meet the massive coral that predates the Roman empire
In 2009, an unemployed Terry Herbert scanned a farmer's field and stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found
In 1922, Howard Carter convinced his patron to fund one final dig and stumbled upon a tomb sealed for over 3,000 years
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A 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals a secret history of emergency repairs that kept ancient trade alive across the Adriatic
A 13-year-old boy took a walk in a Berlin field and found an ancient Greek coin lost for 2,000 years
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In 1950, a routine cut through a Danish bog revealed a face so fresh it looked alive until it was dated to 300 BCE
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In 1945, an Egyptian farmer's shovel struck a buried jar and released a "forbidden" library lost for 1,600 years
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MIT scientists turn messy laser into a brain imaging tool that is 25 times faster to study neurological diseases
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In 1992, a Dover roadworks crew struck dark timber and unearthed a prehistoric ship lost for 3,500 years
In 2007, a routine search of a Harrogate field uncovered an intact Viking fortune hidden since the 10th century
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