Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged Unearthed at Trusty’s Hill in Scotland Archaeologists started excavations at Trusty’s Hill, they have discovered ancient, picturesque patterns etched into a rock surface near the site entrance. The sculptures were rare in the area,…
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Hundreds of 12-Million-Year-Old Prehistoric Animals Discovered in Nebraska’s Volcanic Ashfall Fossil Beds The watering holes attracted prehistoric animals among Nebraska’s tall grasslands. From horses to camels and rhinoceroses, with wild dogs looming nearby, animals roamed the savanna-like region. Then, one…
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Century-Old Coffin Mystery Solved: Child Identified After 140 Years Beneath Historic Home In the 1800s the mysterious girl, whose body was found under a house in San Francisco, her body entombed in a small lead and bronze coffin and her…
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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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Giant Human Skeleton Unearthed in Varna, Bulgaria The remains of what archaeologists in Bulgaria identified as a “massive skeleton” have been discovered in downtown Varna, a city on the shores of the Black Sea which is rich in culture and…
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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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