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Archaeological discovery in Mexico
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Archaeological discovery in Mexico

On the outskirts of the area are the giant statues of Tula, in the Tula archaeological area, the researchers said they found 24 bones of children believed to be Tlaloc r…

December 17, 2018
Find shark-eating dinosaurs in Utah
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Find shark-eating dinosaurs in Utah

At an icy area in the state of Utah, USA in the early Jurassic period, it was recently discovered a huge yet unknown carnivorous dinosaur, a new shark species, at least…

December 17, 2018
The world's largest ancient book
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The world's largest ancient book

Made in the early 13th century in Podlazice monastery (Czech Republic), the Codex Gigas - also known as the Devil's Bible - is comparable to the medieval world wonders.…

December 17, 2018
Discovered a 1300-year-old Tiwanaku tomb
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Discovered a 1300-year-old Tiwanaku tomb

On May 2, archaeologists unearthed a tomb of the ancient Tiwanaku civilization inside a pyramid in western Bolivia. The corpse inside this tomb may have been a king or a…

December 17, 2018
Discover many steep cliffs in Nepal
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Discover many steep cliffs in Nepal

The explorers discovered a series of caves decorated with Buddha-shaped figures, located on a vertical cliff of the northern Himalaya in Nepal. The discovery has made sc…

December 17, 2018
Cave: Natural museum house
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Cave: Natural museum house

Many caves in the world still retain the living evidence of a period of tens of thousands of years ago ... In 1879, in Cantabria (northern Spain), 30 km from Santander,…

December 17, 2018
Discovering the tomb of King Herod
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Discovering the tomb of King Herod

Israeli scientists have found the grave of the great Herod - the Jewish emperor in the Roman empire in ancient Judea. The discovery was found at Herodium, where Herod's…

December 17, 2018
The Romans built houses according to astronomy
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The Romans built houses according to astronomy

The researchers examined the directions of about 38 towns in Italy. According to Magli, ancient Roman writers, including Ovid and Plutarch, also mentioned that Roman tow…

December 17, 2018
Found woven fabric 2,700 years
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Found woven fabric 2,700 years

Greek archaeologists have found a cloth woven 2,700 years inside a jar of corpses excavated in the Peloponnese.

December 17, 2018