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3,500-year-old toilets are disposal sites
Archeology

3,500-year-old toilets are disposal sites

Recently, Australian archaeologists announced the discovery of something that seems to be Asia's oldest toilet, dating back to 3,300 to 3,700 years, belonging to the Neo…

December 17, 2018
Discover the road section built 2,000 years ago
Archeology

Discover the road section built 2,000 years ago

The excavation site is open to the public from June 25, and the project details are also published. Even many large paving stones are engraved with some children's games…

December 17, 2018
'City of the dead' in the Syrian desert
Archeology

'City of the dead' in the Syrian desert

A city more than 10,000 years old, more than the Egyptian pyramid, was found in the Syrian desert, about 90km north of Damascus. The rest of the stone tools, arches and…

December 17, 2018
Discovered the ancient wallet made of dog teeth
Archeology

Discovered the ancient wallet made of dog teeth

Recently, archaeologists have found the oldest wallet in the world (as of now) in Germany. Made from hundreds of dogs' teeth, this is considered a symbol of strange ston…

December 17, 2018
Found a thousand year old Buddha statue
Archeology

Found a thousand year old Buddha statue

According to Live Science, the statue found in 2010 was mentioned by many scientists, including Gérard Fussman, a professor at the Collège de France in Paris. About 28cm…

December 17, 2018
Found more than 7,000 year old pearls
Archeology

Found more than 7,000 year old pearls

Dr. Vincent Charpentier and colleagues from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs archeology unearthed a natural stone of the Neolithic period in Umm al Quwain Kingdom…

December 17, 2018
Detecting turtle fossils mating
Archeology

Detecting turtle fossils mating

German scientists first discovered fossils of a vertebrate species - including humans - in a working position

December 17, 2018
The world's oldest musical instrument is revealed
Archeology

The world's oldest musical instrument is revealed

Professor Tom Higham, a researcher at Oxford University in England, and colleagues discovered two ancient flutes in the Geissenkloesterle cave in the Swabian Jura mounta…

December 17, 2018