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How did Egyptian mummies remove the brain from the body?
Ancient Egyptian mummies likely did not pull out brain fragments with hooks when preparing the body for the afterlife.
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In ancient times, besides giving birth to children to continue the family line, 'concubines' also had another function: How sad for future generations!
In feudal China, it was normal for rich and powerful men to have 'three wives and four concubines'.
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The most catastrophic maritime accident in human history, more than 9,000 people died in just one night
This shipwreck disaster is considered much more catastrophic than what happened to the legendary Titanic.
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Top 5 lands where the sun never sets, where 'sunset never reaches'
In some geographical locations at high latitudes, near the Earth's poles, there are places where white days appear - when the sun never sets.
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The Mystery of the 'Yde Girl' - the World's Most Notorious Mummy
The 2,000-year-old mummy was discovered in a Dutch bog in 1897, and many believe the young girl was executed or sacrificed.
Oceanography
Find the culprit that created the mysterious hole in the seabed between Russia and Alaska
When scientists discovered mysterious holes in the bottom of the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska last summer, they were baffled. But now they think they have found…
Archeology
Mysterious 405km long curved wall runs across Mongolia
Researchers have discovered that a 405km-long wall along the Mongolia-China border appears to have been hastily built to keep out invaders.
Archeology
2,000-year-old Mayan invention could save us
A crisis that threatens modern humans could be averted by the thing that helped the Maya survive for more than 1,000 years.
Space science
The 'deadly' truth about strange radio signals transmitted to Earth
A group of Chinese astrophysicists have come up with a scenario
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New research shows that Earth has a new 'Moon'
A recent study has shown that the Earth has
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Rare Scene From Saturn's Moon
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus spewing out a giant plume of water vapor, much larger than any seen before.
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A ghostly object is warping the galaxy that contains Earth
The Milky Way's giant disk of light is warped and twisted in mysterious ways.
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Rare detailed image of sunspot
New images of the Sun's surface reveal sunspots and other structures in greater detail than ever before, CNN reported on May 25.
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NASA taps gold mine worth 70,000 times the global economy
The asteroid Psyche is considered a valuable resource, with huge amounts of gold and diamonds worth 70,000 times the world economy.