Archeology
Thinking of 'head of people', visitors accidentally found rare ancient bottles
Admittedly, any surprises can happen during a vacation. That's exactly true of Heraklio's story, a male tourist who stays at Crete, Greece.
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Messages from ancient Egyptian mummies more than 2000 years ago were decoded
A rare ancient text from more than 2,000 years ago was accidentally discovered by a female student and from there the identity of the mummy inside the coffin from ancien…
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The cave salt preserved the body of the whole person 2,200 years
Salt caves are located in northwestern Iran, near the villages of Hamzehli, Mehrabad and Chehrabad, Zanjan province.
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Ancient chessboard in secret room in 13th century castle
Nine generals chessboards were found in the underground room connecting the castle on the Russian island to the nearby city of Vyborg.
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The magnificent 1,600-year-old architecture is hidden under Turkish lake
An old 1,600-year-old church has just been found beneath a lake in Turkey, according to The Sun.
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Excavation of a series of killed children bones as sacrifices
Between 3100 and 2800 BC, in order to show off their power, the bronze rulers used dozens of young children and young people to make sacrifices.
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The world's first biscuit factory from Roman times
The world's oldest biscuit factory has been discovered in southern France
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Troy ruins ruins on the hill of Turkey
When Homer's Iliad was first written in the 8th century BC, the Trojan War became a familiar folk tale.
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The gold coin jar buried more than 1,500 years under the Italian theater
Hundreds of intact gold coins from the 5th century were found during the demolition of a theater in Italy.
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The first dinosaurs appeared on Earth
The oldest known dinosaur species appeared on Earth from the Three Siege Period, 243 million years ago.
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Rare discovery: 30,000-year-old footprint of the toothed tiger
A group of paleontologists discovered this in the seaside resort of Miramar, 450km south of Buenos Aires.
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Found a human stone tool 2.1 million years ago
Previously, the oldest evidence for blacks in Africa in the form of bone fragments and fossil bone artifacts dates from 1.77 million to 1.85 million years ago.
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Detecting ancient safes buried deep underground, suspected to find treasure
Many believe that inside an ancient safe found in Dawson City, Canada are gold ingots or rare jewels.
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Peru discovered a wall of reliefs built 3,800 years ago
Reporter in South America quoted archaeologist Ruth Shady, who discovered the Caral civilization, said on the wall there are 4 human faces depicted with eyes closed.
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Dead bugs stuck in 99 million years of amber and pollen
Scientists discovered the beetle of the Boganiidae family of amber fragments about 99 million years with pollen grains of minnows in Myanmar, Phys reported on August 16.