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Strange purple dye 'more expensive than gold' from sea snails
A Tunisian history enthusiast has tried to recreate making dye from sea snails that was once only used by members of the ancient royal family, the elite.
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Oceanography
Discovered a 300-year-old sponge garden 15km2 wide on the seabed
Thousands of sponges grow in ancient underground volcanoes under the Arctic Ocean by absorbing compounds abundantly from dead sea creatures.
Archeology
Surprise about how ancient people used fire in caves without suffocating smoke
A new study by prehistoric archaeologists at Tel Aviv University in Israel has revealed the secret of how ancient humans (who lived between 150,000 and 170,000 years ago…
Archeology
A hundred-year-old 'terrible' painting is hidden in the wall of an old house
A couple renovating a 115-year-old building discovered two paintings hidden inside the wall, each 18 meters long.
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Ignore the mutant orchid, the mutant tiger is really precious!
Tiger is an animal that appears in the ancient culture of Asian countries and many species become precious because of their alarming number of species.
History
Top 10 ancient weapons that still cause 'hairs on the back of the neck' to this day
Here are brutal weapons that can injure even the most intrepid ancient warriors.
Archeology
In 2021: Thousands of 'ghosts' appear in radar images, invisible to the naked eye
The past 2021 has marked a series of interesting archaeological discoveries that modern remote sensing means can see through the jungle and the ground, making them appea…
History
How did the ancient Maya give their children unique names?
The ancient Maya had many interesting customs and traditions. Among these, they have a very unique way of naming their children. It is named after the date of birth.
Archeology
A hybrid creature with mysterious 'power' in a 2,000-year-old ancient temple
Evidence of ancient animal breeding techniques has been discovered in bas-reliefs in an ancient temple in Iraq.
Archeology
Discover the ruins of a bustling Roman town in England
Archaeologists have discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains of an Iron Age village.
History
The truth about the 'love potion' in the ancient world
Along with the search for contraceptives and aphrodisiacs, sexual needs have gone beyond mere biology and reproduction.
Archeology
Two million years ago, a dish turned hominids into humans?
The food that suddenly increased in the human diet 2 million years ago was meat, the SciTech Daily newspaper cited research.
Archeology
Since 5,000 years ago, people have known to use straws to drink beer
This set of straws was discovered by the Russian archaeologist, Nikolai Veselovsky, in 1897 at the Maikop Kurgan grave mound in the northern Caucasus.
Archeology
Discovered 20 'innovative' Egyptian mummies with different bloodlines
A large mausoleum in Aswan has given scientists 20 mummified Egyptians but not Egyptians, who were forgotten centuries after tomb robbers carried away all the treasure.
History
The 'treasure' on the Forbidden City gate has money that cannot be changed: No one touches it for posterity!
Those who have been to the Forbidden City or known through movies and TV shows know that which door of this building has many protruding 'pimples'. Many people are curio…