Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy. The Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, visited the site on Tuesday, describing the ancient city…
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Huge Christian Grave Slabs Recovered From 13th-Century Shipwreck Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have recovered two medieval grave slabs from the remains of the 13th-century Mortar Wreck, the oldest known shipwreck in British waters. Located in the Swash Channel on…
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130,000-Year-Old Denisovan Child’s Tooth Discovered in Laos – A Groundbreaking Human Evolution Find Palaeontologists in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that likely belonged to a young Denisovan girl. The discovery is a big deal, as the Laotian cave where…
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The United States Lost Ancient Megacity of Cahokia: A Historical Rewrite The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. This…
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Archaeologists Discover Asini’s Secret Ancient Port Beneath Greece’s Waves An international team of underwater archaeologists has made a groundbreaking discovery at the submerged site of Asini, near Tolo in Argolis, Greece, unearthing significant remnants of an ancient port infrastructure that promises…
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Mathematical Breakthrough Unlocks New Clues to the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries A grand challenge in modern theoretical physics is to find a ‘unified theory’ that can describe all the laws of nature within a single framework — connecting Einstein’s general theory…
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800-Year-Old Burials Uncovered in Peru: Gas Workers’ Remarkable Discovery Gas pipe workers have discovered the remains of eight people, who were buried alongside musical instruments and food in Peru 800 years ago. Bodies of adults and children had been covered…
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Gate to Temple of Zeus Unearthed in Magnesia, Turkey Archaeologists have been excavating Magnesia for decades. The ancient Greek city in Turkey’s Aydin province is home to two temples: one dedicated to Artemis, and the other, to Zeus. Archaeologists found…
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The Valley of Balls: Kazakhstan’s Mysterious Massive Stone Spheres Close to the town of Shetpe in Western Kazakhstan lies the Valley of Balls – or Torysh, as it is known in Kazakh. It consists of numerous ball-like rock formations strewn across…
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Babylonians Used Advanced Maths to Predict Jupiter’s Path 1,400 Years Before Calculus Analysis of an ancient codebreaking tablet has revealed that Babylonian astronomers had calculated the movements of Jupiter using an early form of geometric calculus some 1,400 years before we thought…
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