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1,700-year-old disc
Archeology

1,700-year-old disc

Archaeologists have found a opaque glass plate in the eastern part of London, made from the Roman Empire.

December 17, 2018
Secret of 37,000-year-old mammoths
Archeology

Secret of 37,000-year-old mammoths

The body of a 37,000-year-old baby mammoth found in the permafrost of the Arctic is slowly opening up new mysteries ...

December 17, 2018
Puppy mummy in the crypt
Archeology

Puppy mummy in the crypt

A small package was found at the foot of an Egyptian mummy in a tomb carved with the phrase

December 17, 2018
Dinosaurs used to live in the arctic
Archeology

Dinosaurs used to live in the arctic

You've heard of the spectacle: 65 million years ago, a large meteor hit the earth, causing volcanoes, smoke and dust to fill the space, and then the dinosaurs disappeare…

December 17, 2018
Bagged lions once existed
Archeology

Bagged lions once existed

Australia today lacks large predators who live on land, but only about 30,000 years ago this continent was the territory of the Thylacoleo carnifex - a lion with a bag.

December 17, 2018
Human footprints are 1.5 million years old
Archeology

Human footprints are 1.5 million years old

Prehistoric feet are exactly like us, and scientists have found 1.5 million-year-old footprints, some because their feet can wear shoes of the size 9 left.

December 17, 2018
'Amulet' blue stone in Egyptian mummy
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'Amulet' blue stone in Egyptian mummy

Ancient Egyptians believed that colors had sacred power, when many times discovered green stones were wrapped in mummies of children.

December 17, 2018