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New discoveries about cocoa history
Archeology

New discoveries about cocoa history

Ancient people in South America may have sipped hot cocoa for centuries before Mexicans began planting this plant around 1900 BC.

December 17, 2018
Trails have to touch 60,000 ancient tombs
Archeology

Trails have to touch 60,000 ancient tombs

200 archaeologists have been invited to participate in the construction of the HS2 train line - a new high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham (England).

December 17, 2018
Discovered a thousand-year-old wine in China
Archeology

Discovered a thousand-year-old wine in China

Chinese archaeologists have recently found an ancient copper jar of 2,000-year-old age in an ancient tomb containing an equivalent age-specific wine.

December 17, 2018