Surprise with Egyptian beer 5,800 years ago
Pieces of pottery found from Hierakonpolis, an archaeological site in Southern Egypt, were stunned when... covered with beer residue.
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Pieces of pottery found from Hierakonpolis, an archaeological site in Southern Egypt, were stunned when... covered with beer residue.
The female mummy's grave shows clear signs of vandalism by grave robbers, and may have had some artefacts removed, but the golden tongue remains intact.
According to hasty notes, these fossils have been found since the 1920s and for unknown reasons have been forgotten for decades, Phys.org reported.
A 1,000-year-old antique gold earring, believed to be of Egyptian origin, but found in Denmark.
For the first time in Italy, fossils of 11 dinosaurs have been unearthed, including the largest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in the 'boot-shaped countr…
Two legendary names Excalibur and Shuriken have been given by paleontologists to two creatures from the world lost before the Devonian period of the Earth.
The biggest challenge with this facial reconstruction is that the upper part of a woman's skull hasn't survived through the ages.
Russian archaeologists have discovered a silver plate decorated with the image of a topless Scythian goddess.
The fossil of a new 'armored' dinosaur discovered in Chile is surprising scientists because it has a tail unlike any other dinosaur.
A research team found burial items of gold, silver and bronze, and precious stones such as rubies, lapis lazuli and amber in the tombs of a noble Bronze Age family.
Fossil bear footprints once discovered in volcanic ash in northern Tanzania have been re-identified as an unknown human species, 3.7 million years old.
The strange giant artifact unearthed on a construction site in Central Java, Indonesia has attracted the attention of cultural relics experts.
From the time of ancient Egypt, people discovered the unique technique of 'weaving cloth from stone' that was later used by the US military as a weapon.
Archaeologists found 9 small ornaments of pure gold in the Qin Dynasty tombs that were made with high technology.
An unknown ichthyosaur, living in the early Cretaceous period, has developed a unique and different tooth from other ichthyosaurs to be able to eat even large prey.