Archeology
The 'hell map' in the 4,000-year-old coffin
The inscriptions and drawings in the coffin guide the dead to overcome dangerous difficulties to the afterlife.
Archeology
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114 million-year-old fossils reveal new 'super beasts'
Paleontologists on October 9 announced the discovery of a top predatory dinosaur from the Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period.
Archeology
How did the ancients store and consume animal bone marrow?
Ancient humans used to store bones from animals so they could eat their marrow later. This is the first evidence that these populations delay the use of food and they ca…
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Scary secrets in mass graves buried hundreds of children
In late August, media reported that archaeologists had found a mass burial site in northern Peru. This is the largest collective children's tomb ever discovered in the w…
Archeology
Ancient industrial park discovered in Monkey Valley
The ancient industrial zone dates back to the 18th Dynasty, focusing on a series of workshops, warehouses and valuable artifacts dating back thousands of years.
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Found 'treasure' containing many Roman antiques in Spain
Not far from Spain's touristy beaches, archaeologists have discovered a garbage-filled seabed with nearly ... 100 Roman ancient vessels and a 1,800-year-old shipwreck.
Archeology
Million dollar gold store in wreck 200 years
A team of scuba divers salvaged gold coins and other ancient objects during the research of the SS North Carolina wreck.
Archeology
96 million-year-old 'iron dragon' fossils, razor-sharp teeth in Australia
Archaeologists unearth a 96 million-year-old fossil skeleton of a pterosaur from a sheep farm in Australia.
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Repair sewer, dig ... whole mysterious temple 2,200 years old
An ancient temple of the pharaohs, splendid and mysterious, has been found rarely on the banks of the Nile, in Egypt.
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The most expensive projection in the world, 200 years is still like new, no one can make the second
An ivory mat from the country is wrapped in brocade and placed in a very delicate wooden box of male carpentry, dubbed the most expensive in history, 200 years as new, u…
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Fishermen stumble upon a 10,000-year-old giant shell in Argentina
This is the second gigantic shell of an extinct species found near Buenos Aires, Argentina in the past two years.
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370 million-year-old shark fossils discovered
Scientists first found an almost complete skeleton of an ancient Phoebodus shark.
Archeology
The ruins of the ancient city of Puma Punku, Bolivia
Puma Punku Citadel is located in the city of Tiahuanaco, South America. Over time, the mysterious ruins of the ancient city remain challenges to the world.
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Find mysterious pyramid mummies from underground Roman times in Rome
Three skeletons dating from the Roman Empire period were found underground in the capital Rome in a state of almost intact preservation.
Archeology
Decode ancient scrolls in Vesuvius volcano with new technology
US scientists say they can decipher the content on ancient scrolls found in a library destroyed by volcano Vesuvius using new X-ray technology.