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'Find the legendary city of Atlantis'
Archeology

'Find the legendary city of Atlantis'

A group of US-led researchers may eventually have identified the lost city of Atlantis - the legendary city believed to be buried by a tsunami thousands of years ago in…

December 17, 2018
Discovered an ancient stone ax of 5,000 years
Archeology

Discovered an ancient stone ax of 5,000 years

Workers of a brick kiln in hamlet 1, Son Loc commune, Can Loc district (Ha Tinh) have suddenly dug an ancient stone ax located deep about 5m underground, dating back abo…

December 17, 2018
Found huge shark teeth
Archeology

Found huge shark teeth

An American researcher has discovered huge prehistoric shark teeth. This giant tooth has all 182 fossil teeth, many of which are 17 - 18cm long.

December 17, 2018
Detecting fossil elephant teeth in Thai Nguyen
Archeology

Detecting fossil elephant teeth in Thai Nguyen

During a survey of archaeological investigations in early March in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, archaeologists found a fossil elephant tooth, believed to be an…

December 17, 2018
Study Russian city 'Big legged picnic'
Archeology

Study Russian city 'Big legged picnic'

Officials of a Russian city yesterday announced they planned to set up a science institute to study snowmen, also known as large legged victims, despite scholars' object…

December 17, 2018
Find relatives of tyrant dinosaurs
Archeology

Find relatives of tyrant dinosaurs

Scientists have found a dinosaur fossil of the size and shape of Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs. It was identified as a new dinosaur ...

December 17, 2018
Find the oldest human brain
Archeology

Find the oldest human brain

Archaeologists from York University, England, have found a fairly intact brain in Yorkshire, a county in northeastern England, dating back 2,500 years.

December 17, 2018