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Myths describe the Medusa as carrying snakes on her head

Mysterious writings adorn the bath's walls

The mask is oddly big for a bronze artifact of this kind, archaeologists estimate it to be about 2,000 years old

The odd statuettes, together with plenty of other ancient figurines and precious objects, were recovered from a pit

Divers use it to recover sunken greek treasure

Specialists say the odd device used to serve as a notebook and a tool

Mandy Ewington saw the legs of a 800-year-old monk poking out of a cliff

A CT scanner came in handy too, so now we know whose bone we're picking

More than a dozen graves contain bones of couples facing each other in a romantic embrace

This way, information can be preserved for posterity even if monuments crumble

They may have reached the Byzantine Empire and China as well

The graves were discovered close to the Polish town of Gliwice

Remains of several pyramids, plazas, homes and altars have thus far been uncovered

Couple shocked to find they must pay for the skeleton's archaeological assessment

Archaeologists plan to further explore the area, check whether their assumptions are true

The sundial proves the Egyptians were fairly preoccupied with keeping track of their time

These peculiarly looking skulls shed new light on the practice of binding heads