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Preview | Chasing the Plague
Scientists study medieval bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks.
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The Gladiator Match Rome Couldn’t Get Enough Of
Ancient Rome’s retiarius vs secutor: inside the colosseum’s most popular fight.
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Preview | Cleopatra's Last Temple
An unprecedented discovery could reveal new information about Cleopatra’s reign.
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Preview | Cracking the Queen's Code
See how secret letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, were finally decoded.
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What the First Gladiator Bones Can Tell Us About How They Lived
The first gladiator bones ever found reveal a small but unmistakable detail about how they lived.