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GUATEMALA: Something deadly was lurking beneath many Maya settlements—mercury. A

FINLAND: Very little ancient organic matter survives in Finland’s acidic

SICILY: In 480 B.C., Greek colonists defeated an invading army

BULGARIA: Much like today’s college students, Roman legionaries had small

SUDAN: Paintings created more than 1,000 years ago were unearthed

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