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CH Dominica: Detecting fossils of ancient orchids
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CH Dominica: Detecting fossils of ancient orchids

American researchers have discovered ancient orchid fossils adhering to a queen bee in a piece of amber in CH Dominica. Rare and precious pieces of amber, dating from 15…

December 17, 2018
For the first time exhibitions of human ancestors
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For the first time exhibitions of human ancestors

Lucy, the most famous nester of humankind, will be exhibiting for the first time in the US this week (Aug. 31) despite criticism that the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton i…

December 17, 2018
Found honeycomb 3,000 years old in Israel
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Found honeycomb 3,000 years old in Israel

Recent archaeologists working in northern Israel have discovered the vivid evidence of the ancient beekeeping industry including beeswax, bees and what is called the

December 17, 2018
Germany: Detects an 35,000-year-old ivory mammoth
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Germany: Detects an 35,000-year-old ivory mammoth

German archaeologists for the first time discovered an intact mammoth statue in southern Germany. The ivory statue, 4cm long and 7.5g in weight, is dated to the Ice Age…

December 17, 2018
Detecting salt mummies from 1,800 years ago
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Detecting salt mummies from 1,800 years ago

During the period of the Roman Empire, only after the collapse of ancient Persia (present-day Iran), a salt mine worker in northwestern Iran was killed after a catastrop…

December 17, 2018
Identify the famous Egyptian queen mummy
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Identify the famous Egyptian queen mummy

Egyptologists claim that they have identified Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, found in a shabby grave in the Valley of the Kings.

December 17, 2018
New discovery in the tomb of Qin Shihuang
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New discovery in the tomb of Qin Shihuang

A mysterious basement was found inside the tomb of the Chinese emperor, which was guarded by the famous terracotta army, Chinese archaeologists.

December 17, 2018
How do giant birds fly?
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How do giant birds fly?

With a span of more than 6 meters, a vulture of the same size as a Cessna plane had to rely on a 60km / hour glide to fly on the Argentine plains 6 million years ago.

December 17, 2018
China: Discovering fossils of dragons
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China: Discovering fossils of dragons

Who said dragons are fictional animals that exist only in legend? Since 1996, Chinese archaeologists have found the intact fossil skeleton of a dragon with two sharp hor…

December 17, 2018
Ninh bone dinosaur made soup
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Ninh bone dinosaur made soup

Villagers in a central region of China for the past two decades have dug bones, crushed them or crushed them into powder, claiming that they are bones of the dragon and…

December 17, 2018
What did they bring to the new world?
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What did they bring to the new world?

Surely they knew many unusual things waiting for them. Before the Englishmen sailed to Virginia in the early years of the 17th century, all previous European attempts to…

December 17, 2018
The Egyptian queen is both fat and bald
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The Egyptian queen is both fat and bald

Last week, an Egyptian official claimed to have found the mummy of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh in the 15th century BC. Now they discover that the queen is obese and is…

December 17, 2018