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Letters from family members shed light on women's literacy and wartime experiences in 18th-century France

Three of the five were found where the temple's wall once, and the other two were discovered in post holes.

During the Second Temple period, it was customary to use tools made of stone and indeed stone tools are being discovered at almost every site in the region.

The feeling of discrimination amongst Muslims was most focused on nationality rather than religion.

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, did not always have its iconic spiral shape. Rather, it acquired its shape through a process called “galactic speciation.”

The finding marks the discovery of one of the world’s oldest synagogues.

The site dates back roughly 8,000 years making it older by hundreds of years than other known lakeside sites.

Colored light and its tunability are the basis of many essential modern-day technologies from lighting and displays to fast optical fiber-communication networks. 

The girl was buried in a fetal position, and with her, more than 2,500 beads, a double perforated stone pendant, and a delicately engraved mother-of-pearl ring were uncovered.

The ancient nematode survived for 46,000 years in the permafrost by entering a state of cryptobiosis.