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Terrifying ancient Chinese monster grows longer with each generation
The fossil of a completely new species recently found in China has helped reveal the truth about one of the world's most terrifying monster families.
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3 reasons why no one counterfeited ancient paper money in ancient times
An ancient Chinese banknote is just a piece of paper, so why didn't anyone counterfeit it, how did the ancient government prevent counterfeiting?
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Top 5 'money-making' jobs in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt had many professions but not all of them were shortcuts to money and fame.
Archeology
15m long monster never seen before 'rises' in the middle of the Egyptian desert
A new member of the largest family of monsters to ever walk the continents has been found in an oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt.
Archeology
Largest creature on Earth discovered
Researchers estimate that the creature was about 20m long and weighed up to 340 tonnes, a mass that exceeds any other known animal on Earth.
Archeology
The secret behind four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in a cave in Israel
The swords are believed to be spoils of war from the Roman army associated with the Bar Kochba revolt of Jews against Roman rule in Judea.
Biology
The world's strangest tree defies all laws of physics
To this day no one knows exactly how the fig tree came to be in that location, or how long it has been growing.
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Moving eye in the Sahara left by 'space killer'
An attacker from space crashed into the Sahara 345 million years ago, completely destroying an area the size of a city.
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How did people calculate the circumference of the Earth with just a stick?
More than 2,000 years ago, an ancient scientist used only a stick to calculate the approximate circumference of the Earth with 99% accuracy.
Archeology
Philippines discovers 40,000-year-old 'strange object' that turns human history upside down
In the Tabon Caves located in the western Philippine province of Palawan, archaeologists have discovered traces of a technology
Archeology
2,000-year-old tomb discovered, living creatures inside crawl out
This is the first time this team of experts has dug up a living creature from a tomb more than 2,000 years old.
Archeology
A Mayan city forgotten for more than 1,000 years discovered in the Mexican jungle
Three flights over the Campeche jungle on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have revealed a lost city that may have been abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, a
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Quarrying, revealing monsters never seen before in the world in China
Strange creature on the banks of the Jialing River, with a body
Archeology
Flying monster never recorded by science appears in Japan
The Nipponopterus mifunensis monster may have been the terror of many dinosaurs.
Archeology
Mysterious 1.5 million year old footprints reveal surprise
For the first time in history, ancient footprints dating back 1.5 million years show that two ancient human species lived in the same place at the same time.