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The construction of a sports complex in Italy was halted because of the tomb of a pre-Roman prince with iron armor, a chariot, and a treasure suddenly exposed.
Scientists found the world's oldest salamander fossils in a quarry in Siberia.
The germ of a disease that still exists in society today has been found in the fossil of a platypus dinosaur 66 million years old.
Archaeologists discovered 30 cards at the bottom of an ancient well, on each face were engraved with a curse used to harm the recipient.
The fossilized remains discovered in West Africa are startling scientists when perhaps an extinct ancient mysterious tribe may have married the first West Africans.
The archeological research center (Southern Institute of Social Sciences) has discovered vestiges and temples dating back about 1,000 years in Ben Cau district.
Asteroids thought to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago also left nearly 75% of all species on our planet extinct.
Stupendemys geographicus, the tortoise with strong horns lived 13 to 7 million years ago in the same period as the giant crocodile.
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The hundred-meter-long sewer system is in such a good condition that it can be used today for storm water drainage.
Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of an unknown species of typhoid that lived in the North American Plain 80 million years ago.
A construction of houses for retirees in the UK has transformed into an archaeological site when, in turn, excavating 42 ancient tombs that may have existed in the 5-11…
Archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient 'death game' of ancient Egyptians used to contact the dead about 3,500 years ago.
The geologist found the most complete fossil of a pointed snout sea lizard Gunakadeit joseeae in North America.
The remains belonged to a 30-year-old Paleoindian woman, helping to reveal new information about the first inhabitants to live in the Americas.