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Found the Central American gold city
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Found the Central American gold city

Beneath the primeval forest in Honduras' Mosquitia region, archaeologists have found traces of ruins they consider the city missing Ciudad Blanca, or White City, accordi…

December 17, 2018
New discovery: Human ancestors are sharks
Archeology

New discovery: Human ancestors are sharks

Humans evolved from a prehistoric shark 300 million years ago, scientists said. The prehistoric fish called Acanthodes bronni is the ancestor of many vertebrate animals…

December 17, 2018
Discovery of art caves near 50000 years old
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Discovery of art caves near 50000 years old

Geologists found 11 caves located in northwestern Spain. The characteristics of these caves are that there are many stretches of drawings on the cliffs. In addition, sta…

December 17, 2018
The oldest rock art in Australia
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The oldest rock art in Australia

Archaeologists have unveiled an aboriginal rock art created 28,000 years ago in a remote cave in Northern Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia. These art photos w…

December 17, 2018
Found more than 7,000 year old pearls
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Found more than 7,000 year old pearls

Dr. Vincent Charpentier and colleagues from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs archeology unearthed a natural stone of the Neolithic period in Umm al Quwain Kingdom…

December 17, 2018
Detecting turtle fossils mating
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Detecting turtle fossils mating

German scientists first discovered fossils of a vertebrate species - including humans - in a working position

December 17, 2018
Found a yard of mammoth bones in Serbia
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Found a yard of mammoth bones in Serbia

Archaeologists have recently discovered an area with skeletons of at least five rare-feathered mammoths. Researchers believe that the mammoth mammoths associated with th…

December 17, 2018
Errors in the famous picture of Leonardo da Vinci
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Errors in the famous picture of Leonardo da Vinci

As the author of world famous paintings, Leonardo da Vinci is also known as a talented anatomist and 500-year-old sketches depicting parts of the human body exactly to t…

December 17, 2018
Huge giant turtle by car
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Huge giant turtle by car

Archaeologists have found fossils of giant turtles living in South America 60 million years ago. This fossil was discovered at a coal mine in Colombia called Carbomemys…

December 17, 2018
Treasure on a 200-year shipwreck on the sea floor
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Treasure on a 200-year shipwreck on the sea floor

Using a remote-controlled underwater robot on the Okeanos Explorer, researchers at the US National and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) found the wreck at a depth of about…

December 17, 2018
The Rhine is older than we thought
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The Rhine is older than we thought

German researchers say fossil evidence shows the Rhine, one of Europe's major rivers, 5 million years older than the original, according to UPI news agency.

December 17, 2018