Portrait of King Richard III. Getty Images/The Bridgeman Art Library hide caption
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Dominique Goerlitz shown in one of the pyramid's chambers in this screen grab from their video, which has apparently been removed. YouTube hide caption
The Happisburgh site in Norfolk, Britain, where the earliest evidence of human footprints outside Africa has been found on the Norfolk Coast. Martin Bates/British Museum/EPA/Landov hide caption
Graduate student Zach Dunseth carefully excavates wine jugs found in the ruins of a Canaanite palace that dates back to about 1700 B.C. Eric H. Cline/Courtesy of Eric H. Cline/George Washington University hide caption
The metal in an Egyptian iron bead dating from around 3,300 BC has been found to have originated from space, according to analysis. Here, the bead is seen in (clockwise from top left) a photograph, a CT cross-section view, a model of nickel oxides, and a model in which blue areas represent the rich presence of nickel inside the bead. The Open University/University of Manchester hide caption
Pots like this 15,000-year-old vessel from Japan are among the world's earliest cookware. Tokamachi City Museum hide caption
An aerial view of the Caral-Supe site. Chris Kleihege hide caption