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A section of the mosaic, which was 4 by 4 feet.
art

Found: A Mosaic From Caligula's Ceremonial Ship, Turned Into a Coffee Table

It's now being sent back to Italy.
Sarah Laskow October 20, 2017
The jacket was found in a Goodwill.
collections

Found: A Stolen Soldier's Jacket From World War II

It was being sold for $4.99 at a Goodwill in Minnesota.
Sarah Laskow October 19, 2017
A 5,000-year-old toy chariot and wheels, found in the ancient city of Sogmatar, in southeastern Turkey
cars

Found: A 5,000-Year-Old Toy Chariot

Kids have been playing with miniature vehicles since the Bronze Age.
Sarah Laskow October 18, 2017
Excavation of the temple.
temples

Found: The Foundations of an Ancient Temple of Ramses II

The remnants date back 3,200 years
Sarah Laskow October 17, 2017
The word Allah is mirrored in the pattern.
vikings

Found: Viking Clothes With 'Allah' Embroidered in Silk

The designs were overlooked by researchers in the 1940s.
Sarah Laskow October 13, 2017
The coal buckles are extremely rare.
archaeology

Found: The Elaborate Coal Belt Buckles of First-Century Women Warriors

Only 10 examples of these type of accessories are known in the world.
Sarah Laskow October 12, 2017
In Switzerland, they just throw this stuff away.
sewers

There's Gold in Switzerland's Sewage

Also, a whole lot of silver.
Sarah Laskow October 11, 2017
Hello, durian.
genetics

Found: The Cause of Durian’s Oh-So-Unique Smell

The fruit's genes work overtime to pump out sulphuric compounds.
Sarah Laskow October 10, 2017
Apollo 15 astronauts collected the samples now analyzed.
volcanoes

Found: Evidence the Moon Had an Atmosphere for 70 Million Years

It would have been at its thickest about 3.5 billon years ago.
Sarah Laskow October 9, 2017
Selena, in 1994.
television

Found: Long-Lost Footage of Selena, the Pioneering Tejano Singer

A project documenting the overlooked history of Spanish-language TV turned up this haunting tape.
Sarah Laskow October 6, 2017
A dugout canoe circa 1918.
boats

Florida Has More Archaeological Canoes Than Anywhere Else in the World

The oldest dugout ever found there is almost 7,000 years old.
Sarah Laskow October 5, 2017
The SS Athenia in 1933.
shipwrecks

Found: The Wreck of the Very First Ship Sunk in World War II

The Athenia was torpedoed the day England and Germany went to war.
Sarah Laskow October 5, 2017
Lend a hand.
shipwrecks

Found: A Giant Bronze Arm From the Antikythera Shipwreck

The world's most intriguing shipwreck keeps giving up more secrets.
Sarah Laskow October 4, 2017
The newly discovered orchid.
news

Found: An Orchid With Large Flowers and a Scent Like Champagne

What a beaut!
Sarah Laskow October 4, 2017
Pig Nose!
monsters

A Legendary Fish Named ‘Pig Nose’ Was Caught for the Second Year in a Row

He had gained about 50 pounds.
Sarah Laskow October 3, 2017
Hemingway eventually did make it to Europe; here he is in Paris, in 1924.
books

Found: The Earliest Known Work of Fiction by Ernest Hemingway

Two researchers discovered a story written by the author when he was just 10 years old.
Sarah Laskow October 2, 2017
The last image Rosetta captured.
news

Found: The Last, Hidden Image That Rosetta Sent Back From a Comet's Surface

The data was waiting on the server, unnoticed.
Sarah Laskow September 29, 2017
The graphite was found in this area of Labrador.
science

Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back 3.95 Billion Years

The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.
Sarah Laskow September 28, 2017