Eratosthenes became the first person to calculate the Earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy, a feat that stands as a ...

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Dr. Josef Wegner, a curator at the Penn Museum, shared insights with Fox News Digital following his recent groundbreaking discovery of a tomb belonging to an unknown pharaoh.

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“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...