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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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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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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Historic 3,000-year-old olive tree still producing olives to this day The oldest olive tree in the world is located in the village of Ano Vouves of Kissamos in Chania, Crete, Greece. The ancient tree is 3000 years old, as determined…
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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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600-Year-Old Buddha Statue Discovered in China Amid Reservoir Water Level Drop Lower water levels in a village in eastern China led to a shocking discovery the other day. What was discovered was an approximately 600-year-old Buddha statue almost perfectly preserved.…
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Russian Scientists Revive 32,000-Year-Old Flower From 32,000-year-old seeds, the oldest plant ever to be “resurrected” has been grown, beating the previous record-holder by some 30,000 years. In the course of the study, a team of scientists from Russia, Hungary and…
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Discover The 2,400-year-old Honey Mushroom Is The World’s Largest Living Organism The largest living thing on the planet is not a whale or any other animal you might expect. It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path,…
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Discover Son Doong Cave: The Largest Cave Passage with its Own Ecosystem The Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is the largest cave passage in the world. This huge and intricate cave system was created by water that percolated down from a rainforest…
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