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When one of his colleagues blew on a horn inside the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, an ancient, underground burial complex on the Mediterranean island of Malta, archaeologist Fernando Coimbra felt the sound ...

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Across India, ancient architecture continues to offer clues about early engineering, metallurgy, and scientific thought.