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A teacher was left stunned after digging up a stone carved with an ancient Celtic script dating back to the 4th Century while weeding in his garden. Now, the 4-inch stone (11cm) has gone on display at a museum while experts continue to figure out the full meaning of the mysterious…

Andriana Green captures the unique patterns and colors of the human iris before transforming the results into beautiful works of art. Stunning macro images show the ‘windows of the soul’ looking like other-worldly planets, as a yin and yang and also connected as wheels on a bike. The colorful new photography…

A statue fragment of the great pharaoh Ramses II has been recovered in a joint effort and repatriated to Egypt. Carved 3,400 years ago, it was stolen from the Temple of Ramses in the southern Egyptian site of Abydos over 30 years ago. Shaaban Abdel Gawad, who heads Egypt’s antiquities repatriation…

A tomb dating to the middle of the Ming Dynasty has been excavated in the Chinese province of Shanxi, revealing a wealth of exquisitely preserved funerary objects that tell the story of imperial life. Belonging to a court official, even the exterior facade of the tomb is in excellent condition, and…

It’s not fortune or fame Americans want to be remembered for—it’s their creativity, according to a new poll. The survey of 2,000 adults in the U.S. revealed that at the end of their lives, 31% would rather leave their mark through creativity, than through wealth (14%) or humanitarian efforts (10%). That’s…