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Neanderthals used to eat dead people
Archeology

Neanderthals used to eat dead people

Neanderthal is an ancient breed of man who made tools, used to live in Europe, Near East, Central Asia, North Africa and possibly western Siberia more than 100,000 years…

December 17, 2018
Termites have grown mushrooms 7 million years ago
Archeology

Termites have grown mushrooms 7 million years ago

To feed themselves, some termite species grow mushrooms in their nests. They create termites for fungi to grow. After discovering fossilized mushrooms in Chad, French re…

December 17, 2018
Discover mummified mussels in Egypt
Archeology

Discover mummified mussels in Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the mummy of a wandering man who lived 4,000 years ago in a sophisticated sarcophagus, accompanied by copper surgical instruments.

December 17, 2018
Excavating the tomb of St. Paul in Rome
Archeology

Excavating the tomb of St. Paul in Rome

The archaeologists working for the Vatican unearthed a sarcophagus in which they believed the remains of the apostle Paul. It is found that the tomb dates from about 390…

December 17, 2018
Found 2000 year old gold collection
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Found 2000 year old gold collection

A priceless gold collection of Afghanistan, seemingly destroyed by the Taliban after mysteriously disappearing almost 20 years ago, has just appeared at a Paris exhibiti…

December 17, 2018
Traces of Tran's
Archeology

Traces of Tran's

Trung Hoa Archaeological Site - one of the two largest palaces of the Tran Thien Truong Palace, has just been discovered during archaeological excavations at the field b…

December 17, 2018
Ancient animals fly like birds
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Ancient animals fly like birds

Squirrel-like animals that live at the same time as dinosaurs at least 130 years ago may have dominated the sky like birds. That is the newly discovered Volaticotherium…

December 17, 2018
Discovered an ancient snake-headed lizard
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Discovered an ancient snake-headed lizard

Argentine and American paleontologists have discovered fossils in the well-preserved condition of a newborn Plesiosauri that lived 70 million years ago in the South Pole.

December 17, 2018
Child 3 million years old
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Child 3 million years old

Ethiopian archaeologists found the remains of a 3-year-old girl called Dikika. She lived and died in the early days of human formation on earth. Try it

December 17, 2018
Discover a treasure in Sweden
Archeology

Discover a treasure in Sweden

In the upper week of November, archaeologists announced that they had found more than 1,000 silver coins in a Viking treasure. This treasure, randomly discovered on Swed…

December 17, 2018
New discovery in the Forbidden City
Archeology

New discovery in the Forbidden City

After 3 excavations (2004-2005-2006), recently scientists from the Vietnam Institute of Archeology have discovered many new details about the Forbidden City (Citadel) un…

December 17, 2018
Revealing architectural scale into Emperor
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Revealing architectural scale into Emperor

After 3 excavations (2004-2005-2006), recently the Vietnam Institute of Archeology discovered many new details about the Forbidden City (the Emperor) under the Tay Son d…

December 17, 2018