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The imposing pyramids of Teotihuacan, in Mexico, bear the traces of a major civilization over two thousand years old. One ...

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Researchers say some ancient writing on a scrap of papyrus that went unnoticed for years reveals a new story about the life of a young Jesus Christ. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The document that was just ...

Seals with the signs and symbols of the Indus Valley civilization are waiting to be deciphered. Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 More than 5,300 years ago, a civilization emerged along ...