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The Chinchorro began mummifying their dead well before the Egyptians immortalized the practice. However, the Chinchorro ...

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The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

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Cinnamon is known as the world's oldest spice. Learn about Cinnamon's 4,000-year journey from ancient Egyptian rituals to modern kitchens. Explore its origins in Sri Lanka, the science behind it and ...

Visitors question why the piece of citrus was kept in the first place, but the small town museum credits the region's weather conditions which kept it from rotting.

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