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A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

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The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

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Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.