Archeology
The Mystery of the 600-Year-Old Mask of the Aztec Fire God
The Xiuhtecuhtli mask is one of the turquoise artifacts that Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés took from the Aztec Empire.
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Hiking, accidentally found a 280 million year old lost world
An Italian woman's accidental discovery has helped scientists unearth an entire ecosystem belonging to the world before the dinosaurs.
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Discovering strange points on 5,000-year-old remains, experts are shocked by the ancient person's physique
What is it about those skeletons that makes experts so confused?
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1,600-year-old amulet found depicting King Solomon stabbing the devil to death
Archaeologists in Türkiye have discovered a rare fifth-century Christian pendant.
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Accidentally taking a CT scan, an expert discovered the secret of 3 mummies lying inside each other, causing curiosity from 115 years ago
Scientists say this is the first mummy of its kind to be discovered.
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There is a 130,000 year gap in human evolutionary history, so what happened during this period?
This 130,000 year period in human evolutionary history is considered a fossil error and no one can explain exactly what happened to humans during this time.
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Returning from the White City, the expedition team contracted a terrifying disease.
Many members of the expedition suffered facial disfigurement after their trip to the White City, also known as the City of the Monkey God, in Honduras.
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Barley grains revived from 145-year-old shipwreck to make wine
Experts collect rye seeds from a shipwreck under Lake Huron to revive the lost plant and plan to make whiskey.
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Spain discovers teeth of 3 people who are not of our species
The remains of an adult, a teenager and a child not of our species have been uncovered in a cave in Serinyà Park.
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The secret under the gold leaves in the ancient scriptures over a thousand years old
Researchers at the Zayed National Museum (ZNM) in Abu Dhabi have discovered characters hidden beneath intricate gold leaf patterns on a page of the Blue Quran.
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2,600-year-old inscription decoded in Türkiye
A badly damaged 2,600-year-old inscription decorated with lions and sphinxes in Türkiye has finally been deciphered, and it is believed to relate to
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Was the Terracotta Army in Qin Shi Huang's Tomb Made from Living Human Bodies? The Truth Has Been Revealed!
A cracked terracotta warrior in Shaanxi has revealed the truth.
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New discovery of 380 million year old giant fish fossil
For the past 85 years, the coelacanth has been known as the
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Digging a 3,500m high 'water tomb', China found a huge treasure mine, the secret of the Silk Road is revealed!
This discovery shocked Chinese archaeologists.
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China unearths more than 90,000 Stone Age artifacts dating back more than 5,000 years
This archaeological excavation provides a lot of data for the study of stone technology, production and life of ancient people in different periods in the region.