The Vatican has reopened the Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica, the Associated Press reports.

Egyptian archaeologists found the portico, or covered entryway, to the temple of a ram-headed fertility god while conducting the first-ever underwater surveys of the Nile.

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Investing heavily in desalination technology may address water shortages in the short-term, but create more problems in the long-run, analysts warn.

With Alex Trebek moderating and a live laughing kookaburra bird strutting on stage, a Nebraska sixth grader won by knowing just where Cochabamba is.

Waving machetes and clubs, painted Kayapo Indians attacked and may have slashed an official over a proposed dam that may displace them and ruin fishing grounds.

The tiny grooming tool discovered on the seafloor off Key West, Florida, is just the latest treasure revealed during the hunt for the shipwrecked Spanish galleon Santa Margarita.

The marble bust of the Roman emperor—possibly the oldest ever found—was discovered by divers in a French river.

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Cyclone Nargis stripped gold panels and precious gems from parts of the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon Paya temple complex, one of the world's largest Buddhist sites.

A small, fragile piece of a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scroll was shown briefly to visitors at a Jerusalem conference.

One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week—more than four decades after it was last seen by the public.

Dangerous skull surgery was commonly and successfully performed among the Inca, likely as a treatment for head injuries suffered during combat, a new study finds.

The massive burial site contains a treasure trove of artifacts and information about two little-known South American civilizations, experts said.

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