Archeology
'Book of the Dead' guides ancient Egyptians to the afterlife
The 'Book of the Dead' is the modern-day name given to a series of ancient Egyptian texts that the Egyptians believed would help the dead navigate the underworld. Copies…
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Why are the Phorusrhacids the most feared predator of prehistoric times?
For much of the Mesozoic period, terror birds dominated South America and preyed on falcon-like beaks - until they became extinct about 2 million years ago.
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The truth about the 'eternal immortality' drug that killed Qin Shi Huang
China's first emperor always yearned for immortality but died at the age of 49 due to a drug
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The ancient female vampire's grave is still 'sealed'
A 17th- to 18th century vampire tomb has just been unearthed in Poland, inside is the remains of a woman with a sickle around her neck to prevent her from returning to t…
Archeology
7 million-year-old human remains bring evolutionary breakthrough, can rewrite history
The remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a creature of the Human subfamily but thought to be more chimpanzee-like, has suddenly revealed a groundbreaking detail.
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Iraq's answer to the ancient pyramids
Egypt has the Pyramids of Giza, and Iraq has the Ziggurat of Ur - an incredibly well-preserved engineering achievement that surpasses the ruins of an important ancient c…
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Researcher wants to release thousands of mammoths in the Arctic
Geneticist George Church is trying to revive the woolly mammoth that went extinct 4,000 years ago.
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Humans accidentally created what once helped the dinosaurs come into existence?
Harvard researchers have found the phenomenon that killed 86% of Earth's creatures and created the fearsome dinosaurs, pterosaurs, scorpions... to take its place. That's…
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Mysterious 7,000-year-old 'astronomical observatory' manifests itself in Spain
Spain's Stonehenge regretted archaeologists decades ago when it appeared and then disappeared, returning to the shores of the lake in this fierce summer.
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The angry Minion-like anusless creature is not the earliest ancestor of mankind
A 2017 study concluded that an angry Minion-like microscopic creature without an anus was the earliest human ancestor.
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The importance of animals in the beliefs of ancient communities
The relationship between man and the animal kingdom has remained so complicated since the dawn of time.
Archeology
The surprise about the largest ocean on Earth
Earth once recorded a 'super ocean' with an area covering 70% of the Earth's surface, surrounding the ancient giant continent.
Archeology
Reveal the mystery of the collapse of ancient civilizations through the old skeletons
Extinction pathogens ushered in the collapse of ancient civilizations, scientists say.
Archeology
The scholar who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun was the thief of the antiquities
100 years after the discovery of the 3,300-year-old tomb, a previously unpublished letter confirms a long-held suspicion of Howard Carter stealing artifacts in the tomb.
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Ancient 'birth statues' under famous Tuscan hot springs
The village of San Casciano dei Bagni, in Tuscany's lush Sienese countryside, is considered by many to be one of Italy's top hot springs, with its naturally bubbling wat…