Archeology
Decipher the piece of 'human skin' on the door of a medieval church
The nailed skins on the doors of some medieval churches were not actually those of the punished Danish robbers, according to legend.
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Scan radar, detect ghost ship carrying remains 'swimming' under the highway
The highway that was about to be formed in Norway almost passed one of the largest and most mysterious ancient tombs - a ghost ship carrying people to the dead more than…
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Special brown color made from crushed Egyptian mummies
Mummy brown was first made in the 16th century from crushed mummy powder, white powder, and myrrh and was loved by many artists.
Archeology
Facts about climate change from prehistoric Egyptian rock art
Discoveries of prehistoric Egyptian rock art reveal the stark truth that climate change even happened long before that.
Archeology
Discovered an ancient city with a capacity of 70,000 people underground
Although only 3% of the area of Matiate underground city has been excavated, experts predict it may be the largest underground city in the world.
Archeology
Hominids that lived about 18,000 years ago may still exist
People living on the island of Flores (Indonesia) are believed to have seen individuals of the Hominids, leading to the possibility that they still exist today.
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Discover 1,500-year-old sandals buried under the snow
Secrets of the Ice, an archaeological organization that specializes in searching for antiquities in the Norwegian mountains, discovered a Roman sandal buried deep in the…
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Explore the mysterious ancient citadel in the Sahara desert
The Sahara Desert in Northeast Niger (Africa) is a land that is almost beyond human understanding.
Archeology
Shipwreck 6 centuries carrying strange skeletons revealed 'ghosts' that killed 2/3 of Europeans
Shiveringly intact, the Ma'agan Michael B shipwreck emerges after six centuries hidden in the sand off the Mediterranean Sea, near the shores of Israel, harboring an unu…
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Fossils over 247 million years old reveal new ichthyosaur species
Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of a previously uncharacterized ichthyosaur in the Guangxi Autonomous Region.
Archeology
Does farming make human ancestors shorter?
Our ancestors became shorter when they switched from hunter-gatherers to farming 12,000 years ago.
Archeology
Dinosaur fossils were pierced by their own kind
The fierce battle with the opponent caused Big John, the largest 3-horned dinosaur specimen ever found, to have a keyhole-shaped puncture in the frill.
Archeology
Egypt discovered a large pottery workshop from the Roman period in the city of Alexandria
According to Mustafa Waziri - General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Antiquities in Egypt, the Roman pottery workshop has many kilns, including two that are chisel…
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12,000 years ago, humans 'changed shape' twice?
Two new studies show that the impact of social development can cause people to radically change from external appearance to internal functions of the body.
Archeology
Discover the world's oldest cannibal
A new study has revealed that trilobites, marine arthropods, were the world's first cannibals.