[Link] Note from Aldo Moro kidnappers sells for €26,000 at controversial auction

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Rome’s Bertolami auction house sold the historical document for €26,000 ($28,960) on Thursday, far surpassing its original estimate of €1,300-1,700.

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[Link] Archeologists Discover Two Huge Sphinxes in Egyptian Ruins

Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com

Amenhotep III’s temple is packed with artifacts and was once a resplendent feature of Luxor. However, it has been eroded by thousands of years of floods and at least one ancient earthquake.

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[Link] Ancient Gold Burial Mask Found to Be Painted With Human Blood

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

In the 1990s, archaeologists uncovered an ancient and mysterious burial ritual in Peru: in the center of the chamber was a man, seated with his upside-down skeleton painted red along with the gold mask that adorned his detached skull.

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