Paracas is a desert peninsula located in the province of Pisco, on the southern coast of Peru
Here's where Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello made an astonishing discovery in 1928: a huge and elaborate cemetery with graves full of the largest elongated skulls in the world. They were known as "Paracas skulls".
In total, Tello has found more than 300 of these elongated skulls, some dating back nearly 3,000 years.
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The Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years, almost completely intact
Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 35 million visitors since 1961. Read More...
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