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Austrian gravel pit yields 500 Iron Age bars, a European record
The iron weighs more than a metric ton and probably sank with a boat carrying it down the Danube for trade.
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Scientists burned replica scrolls to learn to read Herculaneum ones
Replica papyri written with lead-laced ink were charred in a furnace, and the text stood out clearly on X-ray scans.