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Analyzing the style and shape of hieroglyphs can shed light on the ancient artists' lives.

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A collector talks his love of dinosaurs and shows off the displays in his home.

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The original buyer and seller of “Big John” discuss their feelings about the sale.

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Eiffel’s use of iron to build his tower represented a radical architectural shift.

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Gustave Eiffel had a lengthy résumé before he built his namesake tower.

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After excavating its remains, scientists see what the Iznik basilica may have looked like.

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Scientists explore the underwater ruins of a 4th-century basilica.

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Fragments of manmade artifacts found at Althorp may point to an Iron Age settlement.

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Are the bones at Craven Street connected to William Hewson?

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Watch how the shortage of human cadavers turned anatomists to the criminal underworld.

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Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist.

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The parachute is one of many inventions attributed to Leonardo but he did not invent it.