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Discover ancient treasures in Greece
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Discover ancient treasures in Greece

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a large tomb of Roman times containing many gold ornaments, pottery and bronze gifts. This tomb site is located near the town of…

December 17, 2018
Tyrant dinosaurs are brothers with chickens
Archeology

Tyrant dinosaurs are brothers with chickens

Tiny pieces of protein taken from a 68 million-year-old dinosaur bone have provided the first genetic evidence that suggests that the tyrant dinosaurs are distant relati…

December 17, 2018
Paris: Auction for 15,000-year-old mammoths
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Paris: Auction for 15,000-year-old mammoths

Christie Paris collectibles group has just opened an auction of huge Siberia mammoth skeleton with a life of over 15,000 years. The owner of this precious skeleton spent…

December 17, 2018
Discovered naked Roman warrior reliefs
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Discovered naked Roman warrior reliefs

The naked Roman warriors holding swords, shields, immortalized on lithographs, were discovered in the garden of a private house 40 km north of Rome. Carved from stone

December 17, 2018
Thua Thien - Hue: Discovered three pots of coins
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Thua Thien - Hue: Discovered three pots of coins

People in Thua Thien - Hue found that nearly 70 kg of coins were buried in the ground, but authorities only recovered nearly 1kg (about 500 coins), the rest were dispers…

December 17, 2018
New discovery in the heart of Hoi An ancient town
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New discovery in the heart of Hoi An ancient town

Not only has Hoi An - the current world cultural heritage with over 1,300 architectural monuments, there is also a Hoi An of the seventeenth century in the ground just d…

December 17, 2018
Nudity in ancient Greek art
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Nudity in ancient Greek art

The image of naked men is very popular in Greek art, although historians still insist that the ancient Greeks hardly opened any parts of the body. Now a study shows that…

December 17, 2018
Continued controversy over Flores dwarf
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Continued controversy over Flores dwarf

The dwarf fossil skeleton bearing the nickname 'Hobbit' at a height of only 1m was discovered on the island of Flores (Indonesia) dating to 18,000 years of a new breed o…

December 17, 2018
The hug lasts 5,000 years
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The hug lasts 5,000 years

Italian archaeologists were extremely surprised to discover the bones of a couple who were buried 5,000-6,000 years ago in a tight embrace.

December 17, 2018
Detecting dinosaur eggs in India
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Detecting dinosaur eggs in India

3 Indian explorers have discovered more than 100 fossil dinosaur eggs in a remote area in India. These people also found dinosaur footprints, thus finding the path of th…

December 17, 2018
The robot explores the pyramid
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The robot explores the pyramid

In February, a group of Egyptian, Singaporean, British and Hong Kong scientists will put archaeological robots inside Cheops pyramid in Giza, near Cairo's Egyptian capit…

December 17, 2018