Archeology
The ancient tombs were all sealed from the inside, how did the last worker escape?
Ancient tombs, especially royal tombs, were built with mysterious designs that are still difficult for us to find answers to today.
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Woolly mammoths turned out to be a staple diet for prehistoric North Americans
A new scientific study has revealed evidence of the diet of prehistoric people who lived in North America during the last Ice Age.
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Scientists use scanners to study Egyptian mummies and solve 3,000-year-old mystery!
Recently, thanks to advanced scanning technology, American scientists have clarified many mysteries surrounding the mummy of Meresamun - an ancient Egyptian priestess wh…
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World's oldest wine discovered in China
10,000-year-old pottery fragments from the Shangshan culture on the banks of the Yangtze have left traces of an ancient wine.
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Treasure found under Notre Dame Cathedral after shocking fire
After the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, archaeologists were allowed to search beneath the ruins, and the artifacts they unearthed have shed new light on the history of one…
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Rare ancient coin sold for record price of nearly 2.1 million USD
On December 9, an ancient Roman coin bearing the portrait of Brutus - a close general and mastermind of the assassination of Emperor Julius Caesar - was sold for a recor…
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Half-million-year-old treasure from another human species discovered in Poland
The most precious objects of another human species along with many extinct animal bones were excavated from the Tunel Wielki cave, an unparalleled treasure.
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Revealing important secrets about human evolution
Several 300,000-year-old human fossils discovered in Hualong Cave in Anhui Province, China, have been identified as the earliest hominin species in East Asia to evolve i…
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1,800-year-old shield reveals the glory days of the Roman Empire
A shield made of wood and leather dating to around 250 AD is one of the few complete Roman artifacts ever found.
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Mysterious stone tablet at the bottom of the lake carries a language previously unknown to science
Inscriptions that may belong to a language lost thousands of years ago have been found on a stone tablet in Georgia.
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The most remarkable archaeological discoveries of 2024
From discovering cities hidden in dense forests to reading ancient scrolls with AI, the combination of modern and traditional techniques is shaping the future of archaeo…
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Coffin suspected to belong to 'Santa Claus' discovered
A limestone coffin buried 2m deep in the St. Nicholas Church in Demre has been identified as belonging to Saint Nicholas, the model for Santa Claus.
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Terrifying specimen reveals origin of 'beast planet'
The specimens that made most people wince explained why the Earth became
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Ruins of an ancient temple dating back to the Ptolemaic period discovered in Egypt
Carvings on the bell tower suggest the temple dates from the reign of King Ptolemy VIII with some inscriptions possibly referring to his wife: Queen Cleopatra III.