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Two University of Houston professors' discovery of a Mayan ruler's tomb was named one of the top 10 finds of 2025 by Archaeology Magazine. UH Provost Diane Chase and her husband, anthropology ...

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Ethan Hawke says his teenage daughters find it harder having a "famous sister," Maya Hawke, than a famous father; "Nobody ...