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November 17, 2016

Earliest-known Ten Commandments tablet sells at auction for $850,000

The earliest-known complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments sold at auction in Beverly Hills for $850,000 Wednesday night.

November 16, 2016

Earliest-known Ten Commandments tablet up for auction in Beverly Hills

The world’s earliest-known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments is going up for auction in Beverly Hills Wednesday evening.

November 16, 2016

Experts disagree on authenticity of new Van Gogh sketches

PARIS — Art experts are disagreeing as to whether a book of previously unpublished drawings reported to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh is authentic or fake.

November 15, 2016

Built by the Huns? Ancient stone monuments discovered along Caspian

A massive, 1,500-year-old stone complex that may have been built by nomad tribes has been discovered near the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan

November 14, 2016

3,200-year-old mummy discovered in Egyptian tomb

Archaeologists have found the well-preserved body of a 3,200-year-old nobleman inside this brightly painted sarcophagus.

November 11, 2016

Newfound ancient 'sea monster' is largest yet from Antarctica

About 66 million years ago, an ancient sea monster the height of a five-story office building once gnashed its sharp teeth as it swam around the dark waters of Antarctica, a new study finds

November 10, 2016

What triggered tsunamis that demolished Bronze-Age civilization?

The historic eruption of the Greek volcano Thera in about 1650 B.C. triggered massive tsunamis

November 9, 2016

Russian scientists unearth remains of secret Nazi Arctic base

Scientists at the Russian Arctic National Park have unearthed the remains of a secret Nazi base on the remote island of Alexandra Land that was abandoned during the latter stages of World War II.

November 9, 2016

Secret Nazi Arctic base in pictures

The remains of a secret Nazi base on the remote Arctic island of Alexandra Land have been unearthed by Russian scientists. These are some of the artifacts discovered at the site of the World War II weather station, which was abandoned by German forces in July 1944.

November 8, 2016

Skeleton of Gauguin's dad may have been discovered

Artist Paul Gauguin was a little more than a year old when his parents left Paris bound for Peru.