China’s Atlantis: Ancient Underwater City Shi Cheng Beneath Qiandao Lake Revealed Shi Cheng, Chun’an County, Zhejiang, China. An ancient city, established approximately 1300 years ago, now lies at depths ranging from 26 to 40 meters underwater. The city and the valley…
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3,600-Year-Old Figurine Discovered in Greece’s Prehistoric Akrotiri Village — Clues to Lost Theran Civilisation A 3,600-year-old marble figurine of a woman is among a treasure trove of artefacts found in a prehistoric village on the Greek island of Santorini. Archaeologists…
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Large 2,000-Year-Old Cat Geoglyph Discovered in Peru’s Nazca Lines Desert Southern Peru’s dunes, carved with the geoglyphs of a hummingbird, a monkey and an orca-a figure some would dearly love to believe is an astronaut – have now revealed the form…
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600-Year-Old Sword and Equipment Found in Olsztyn Aleksander Miedwiediew, a history buff and detectorist discovered a bare sword, a sheath, and a knight’s belt with two knives attached, all of which most likely date from the Battle of Grunwald. The…
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300-Year-Old “Exceptional” Gold and Copper Prosthesis Discovered in Poland Something novel has been discovered by Polish archaeologists excavating the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Krakow; it is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.…
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490-Million-Year-Old Trilobites Reveal Gondwana’s Ancient Geography The humble trilobites may be extinct, but even as fossils, they can teach us much about our planet’s history. Indeed, ancient arthropods from nearly half a billion years ago, including ten newly discovered species, …
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Homeowners Find 14th-Century Lincoln Imp Carving Above Toilet in Lincoln Tracy and Rory Vorster living in Lincoln, England, have discovered a trapdoor in their bathroom with a grotesque face bearing a striking resemblance to the local icon, the Lincoln Imp.…
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Ancient Elite Tomb From the 6th Century Discovered Beneath Parking Lot in Japan Shrubbery intended to illuminate a corner of a nondescript parking lot in Japan’s Nara prefecture turned out to be hiding the tomb of an elite figure from…
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Comparison Of American Languages Detects Waves Of Migration Indigenous people entered North American at least four times between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago, bringing their languages with them, a new linguistic model indicates. The model correlates with archaeological, climatological and…
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Oldest Known Human Viruses Discovered In 50,000-year-old Neanderthal Remains Researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo have managed to uncover the oldest known human viruses in a set of Neanderthal bones dating from over 50,000 years and they could…
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