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Discovered in a rather remote seaside region of the Peloponnesian peninsula, rather than an established Greek artistic center, the Pylos Combat Agate might have been made in Crete, a prominent trading partner.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd at the start of the 60s, Hancock signed to Blue Note Records, and wrote jazz standards including Watermelon Man, Cantaloupe Island and Maiden Voyage.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Discovered in 1895 by German explorer Hermann Eberhard, Mylodon cave contained exceptionally well-preserved remains including pieces of skin, fur and dung.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

Discovered in the Watkins collection and described in a preprint published last year, Pm4 counters a particularly virulent strain of the fungus that causes the disease.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 16, 2024

Discovered in the mid-1920s by German physicist Wolfgang Pauli, the exclusion principle states, roughly, that no two things can be in the same place at the same time.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife