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This Week In History News, May 9 – 15

Napoléon's deadly cologne obsession, Neanderthals killed by hyenas, and a Salvador Dalí painting found in a thrift store.

By All That's Interesting May 14, 2021

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This Week In History News, May 9 – 15

Napoléon's deadly cologne obsession, Neanderthals killed by hyenas, and a Salvador Dalí painting found in a thrift store.

By All That's Interesting May 14, 2021

Scientists Have Finally Solved The Mystery Of This Naked Chalk Giant Carved Into An English Hillside

Recent studies on the Cerne Abbas Giant suggest that it was first drawn in the Late Anglo-Saxon period, centuries earlier than previously thought.

By Kaleena Fraga May 13, 2021

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Scientists Have Finally Solved The Mystery Of This Naked Chalk Giant Carved Into An English Hillside

Recent studies on the Cerne Abbas Giant suggest that it was first drawn in the Late Anglo-Saxon period, centuries earlier than previously thought.

By Kaleena Fraga May 13, 2021

Cave Near Rome Yields Nine Neanderthals That Were Hunted And Eaten By Stone Age Hyenas

When the first Neanderthal skull was discovered with a hole carved in it, paleontologists thought it was a sign of ritual cannibalism — but now know hyenas were the predators.

By Marco Margaritoff May 10, 2021

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Cave Near Rome Yields Nine Neanderthals That Were Hunted And Eaten By Stone Age Hyenas

When the first Neanderthal skull was discovered with a hole carved in it, paleontologists thought it was a sign of ritual cannibalism — but now know hyenas were the predators.

By Marco Margaritoff May 10, 2021

This Week In History News, May 2 – 8

Bones of Black children killed in 1985 police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology class, World War I artifacts revealed by melting glacier, ancient Egyptian mummy found to be pregnant.

By All That's Interesting May 7, 2021

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This Week In History News, May 2 – 8

Bones of Black children killed in 1985 police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology class, World War I artifacts revealed by melting glacier, ancient Egyptian mummy found to be pregnant.

By All That's Interesting May 7, 2021

2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Turns Out To Be A Pregnant Woman In World First

Scientists say 10 percent of mummies are found in the wrong coffin because of grave robbers — and that's likely what happened to this woman.

By Kaleena Fraga May 3, 2021

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2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Turns Out To Be A Pregnant Woman In World First

Scientists say 10 percent of mummies are found in the wrong coffin because of grave robbers — and that's likely what happened to this woman.

By Kaleena Fraga May 3, 2021

This Week In History News, Apr. 25 – May 1

The U.S. officially recognizes the Armenian Genocide, divers uncover a sunken Swiss village, and researchers discover Viking artifacts in an Icelandic cave.

By All That's Interesting Apr 30, 2021

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This Week In History News, Apr. 25 – May 1

The U.S. officially recognizes the Armenian Genocide, divers uncover a sunken Swiss village, and researchers discover Viking artifacts in an Icelandic cave.

By All That's Interesting April 30, 2021

Divers Discover A 3,000-Year-Old Sunken Bronze Age Village Beneath A Swiss Lake

The discovery redefines the city of Lucerne's history and suggests that the area was settled 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed.

By Kaleena Fraga Apr 28, 2021

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Divers Discover A 3,000-Year-Old Sunken Bronze Age Village Beneath A Swiss Lake

The discovery redefines the city of Lucerne's history and suggests that the area was settled 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed.

By Kaleena Fraga April 28, 2021

Viking Sacrificial Cave Intended To Ward Off The Apocalypse Discovered In Iceland

Surtshellir Cave was formed by a volcanic eruption that likely reminded the Vikings of Ragnarök — when the world would be engulfed by flames and the last Norse gods would die.

By Marco Margaritoff Apr 26, 2021

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Viking Sacrificial Cave Intended To Ward Off The Apocalypse Discovered In Iceland

Surtshellir Cave was formed by a volcanic eruption that likely reminded the Vikings of Ragnarök — when the world would be engulfed by flames and the last Norse gods would die.

By Marco Margaritoff April 26, 2021