1,200-Year-Old Pagan Temple to Thor and Odin Unearthed in Norway The remains of the 1,200-year-old pagan temple were dug up in Norway and provide a rare insight into the Viking religion. Archaeologists have dated the remains of the large wooden…
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Iconic 1,000-Year-Old Pioneer Cabin Tree Falls After Violent California Storm After getting the news, it feels like the end of an age, the iconic Sequoia ‘ Tunnel Tree ‘ has gone down in history as a violent storm that struck…
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Surprising Archaeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Stainless Steel in Iran Stainless steel as we know it today was created in the early 20th century, in England. However, researchers found evidence of the use of an alloy of iron and chromium quite similar…
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Scientist Finds Hidden Portraits Underneath “Mona Lisa” Forget everything you know about the most famous painting in the world: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503–17). According to French scientist Pascal Cotte, who has analyzed the painting by reflecting light technology…
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City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found When coal miners at Moberly, Missouri were drilling a shaft 360 feet deep, broke into a cavern revealing “a wonderful buried city,” multiple sources reported in 1885. Masonry and artifacts…
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2,000 Pre-Hispanic Ruins Found Along Maya Train Route in Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have provided a study from specialists that cites more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artifacts along the planned path of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on…
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First Female Viking Grave Discovered In Swedish Mountains Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent reports, everything indicates the first female Viking grave was…
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How Was Tuberculosis Transmitted in South America? Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial infection. TB’s global…
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The Royal Burials of 65 Celtic Kings Identified in England and Wales Roughly 60 newly discovered royal graves in the north and west were of British or Irish Celtic origin, according to a new study. Several English kings in the…
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Ancient Skeletons Unveil History of Worm Parasites in Britain Britons have suffered from worms since the Bronze Age, new research shows, with parasite infections peaking during the Roman and Late Medieval periods. Things began to get better during the Industrial…
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