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The attempt to dig a canal through Panama was led by French diplomat and builder Ferdinand de Lesseps, who had earlier triumphed with the Suez Canal. Though the project had a promising start soon turned into one of history’s biggest engineering failures.

PLACES

During a food shortage in WWI, an army supply ship docked in Amsterdam and had to fight off men and women looting the supplies.

PLACES

Europe’s oldest known lakeside village has been discovered in the tranquil waters of Lake Ohrid in the Balkans, expanding our knowledge of early Neolithic life.

PLACES

In 2025, Israeli archaeologists unearthed an incredible Early Bronze Age flint blade production workshop from 5,500 years ago, the first of its kind ever found in southern Israel.

THINGS

Archaeologists in Belize have unearthed the 1,600-year-old tomb of the founding king of Caracol, one of the most powerful cities of the Classic Maya world.

PLACES

Archaeologists in the Peruvian Andes have unveiled Peñico, an ancient lost city that was a thriving cultural and trading center 3,500 years ago.



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