Archeology
Ancient Hercules Statue Discovered While Fixing Plumbing in Rome
A statue depicting the Roman mythological hero Hercules was discovered during pipe repairs on a famous street in Rome, Italy.
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Student picks up leaf, archaeologist declares 'this is a priceless treasure'
Running up the mountain to collect dry firewood, a middle school student found a strange leaf that surprised archaeologists.
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The first block of amber discovered in Antarctica
For the first time, researchers have found pieces of amber from a sedimentary basin off the coast of Antarctica.
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'Dragon Man': Ancient Species Unleashes Mystery About Human Origin!
In recent years, archaeologists made a major discovery in China's Pingyao County: An entirely new species of ancient human, dubbed
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The truth about the world's top 'dinosaur gold mine' in China
Scientists have just discovered what makes Yixian, a world where dinosaurs seem to have frozen in time.
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Declassified spy satellite, 1,400-year-old ghost town appears
Images taken by the US KH-9 (Hexagon) spy satellite system in 1973 brought about a spectacular archaeological discovery.
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35,000-year-old mummy of saber-toothed cat found frozen in Siberia
Researchers analyzed a mummy collected from permafrost in Siberia in 2020 and determined it was a 3-week-old saber-toothed cat that died at least 35,000 years ago.
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Decoding the Aztec child sacrifice during drought
At least 42 children were sacrificed in Tenochtitlán to appease the rain god's anger during a prolonged drought.
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Rare gladiator knife handle found on Hadrian's Wall
It's rare to find gladiator souvenirs from Roman Britain, but archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England.
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12 mysterious mummies revealed next to famous French castle
The mummies were found in a crypt on the grounds of the Château des Milandes, dating from the 16th-17th century.
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Reconstructing the face of a person who lived 50,000 years ago
A team of archaeologists and 3D designers reconstructed the face of an individual belonging to the now extinct species Homo floresiensis, genus Homo (Human genus).
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Fossils shed light on history of ancient pterosaurs
About 147 million years ago, in the skies above Bavaria, ancient flying reptiles pterosaurs with a wingspan of about 2 meters.
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Hallucinogenic ritual found 2,200 years ago
Researchers have found evidence of a hallucinogenic ritual that may have helped ancient Egyptians reenact a myth in which a dwarf deity tricks the sky goddess.
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New details about mysterious shipwreck in Norway's largest lake
A shipwreck discovered during a search for discarded wartime ammunition in Norway's Lake Mjøsa has been identified as a local ship from 700 years ago.
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Town in Saudi Arabia 'appears' in the middle of an oasis after 4,400 years of disappearance
An ancient town called al-Natah has been discovered after millennia hidden in the Khaybar oasis in Saudi Arabia.