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Down With the Ship
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (296+ words) A newly analyzed ship burial in Norway is rewriting the timeline of one of the Viking Age's most iconic rituals. Archaeologists studying a 65-foot-long vessel buried inside a massive mound known as Herlaugshaugen, on the island of Leka, used radiocarbon…...
The Iliad, Entombed
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (410+ words) Some of the world's greatest works have endured in the most unlikely places. From buried libraries to charred scrolls, literature has often survived by chance. Now, archaeologists say a fragment of the Iliad has been uncovered inside a 1, 600-year-old mummy…...
US Rapper Ye, Formerly Kanye West, Banned From Britain Over Antisemitic Remarks
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (427+ words) The United Kingdom barred US rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, from entering the country over his past antisemitic remarks, forcing the cancellation of a summer music festival he had been set to headline. A Home Office official said…...