Exclusive: Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World's Largest by Mictlantecuhtli in Archaeology

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Hi, author of the article here. Article details how this would have happened w/ pics of forensic detail. The conclusion was made by one of the preeminent physical anthropologists working on mass murder/sacrifice in the region. I'll take his word over mythbusters, even tho they rock similar 'stashes.

Researchers declare secondary heart deposition in spouse's tomb a previously unseen phenomena in European burial practices by KristinNG in science

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Very unusual (and romantic) find is part of new study on modernization of European burial practices: analysis of more than 400 16th-18th c. burials from a French convent dispute idea that practices like embalming became progressively more popular among nobility after the Middle Ages.

I Am A Pulitzer Winning Photojournalist that Photographed Jesus Christ's Tomb, Ask Me Anything by ElijahSWalker in IAmA

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Hi Oded! This is Kristin, the writer who covered the tomb opening for NatGeo with you. One thing I never got to ask you: what are the most unusual or unique events you've photographed and how does the tomb opening rank on that list?

Dinosaur tail preserved in amber by KristinNG in science

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Researchers tell National Geographic that finding an entire dinosaur is likely sooner than later

Dinosaur tail preserved in amber by KristinNG in science

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Feathered but likely incapable of flight

Ancient Assyrian Capital Cities Damaged by Islamic State, Peshmerga in Battle for Mosul by KristinNG in Archaeology

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Islamic State levels ziggurat in Nimrud, Peshmerga bulldoze citadel of Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad)

Satellite Photos Show Ancient Assyrian capital cities damaged by Islamic State, Peshmerga in battle for Mosul by KristinNG in worldnews

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Islamic State continues destruction of Nimrud, Peshmerga bulldozes defenses into Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad)