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The rich in the Middle Ages suffered from lead poisoning due to their preference for ceramics
Scientists found that the Middle Ages were poisoned by lead from the glazed cups and plates they used to eat dinner.
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Human feet and hands have evolved from ancient fish fins
Vertebrate animals turn to live on the ground instead of just living in the water is a major event of life history on earth.
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Decode tricks of mummification from the Bronze Age
According to the results of ancient bone research, experts discovered the British embalmed from the Bronze Age.
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4 questions about new human relatives
The discovery of new human relatives called Homo naledi (H. naledi) in a deep cave in South Africa raises many questions around their existence.
Archeology
The discovery of human finger bone fossils dates back to 1.84 million years
Spanish scientists have discovered an ancient human fossil finger bone. It may be the bones of the Hominin human body, existed 1.84 million years ago.
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Mysterious infant body buried with the bishop of Sweden
Scientists discovered 5-month fetus under the missionary mummy in Swedish church crypt nearly 350 years ago.
Archeology
The ancient Greeks believed the dead body could live up to the grave
Scientists believe that ancient Greeks believed dead bodies could raise graves to live and harm living people, based on the incredible burial in the grave excavations in…
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Discover mysterious medieval mummies in the bark
New experts discovered a medieval mummy preserved in bark near the village of Salekhard, Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Medieval mummies preserved in this bark are thought of a…
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Found the 17th-century female corpse buried with her husband's heart
The corpse of a noble woman who lived in the 17th century also wore preserved clothes that were nearly intact, discovered by French archaeologists in a coffin of lead, b…
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Close-up of the 350-year-old excavation process
French archaeologists said the condition of the mummy is well preserved. Shoes, skirts and hats buried under the deceased are intact after more than 3 centuries.
Archeology
Dreadnoughtus long neck dinosaurs weigh only 40 tons
British scientists believe that Dreadnoughtus, the longest dinosaur in the neck, weighs only 40 tons. While the scientific world previously thought it weighed 60 tons.
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The 4,000-year-old Chinese tomb contains bodies of living victims
Recently, archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric graveyard in a Chinese village, containing hundreds of ancient tombs dating to about 4,000 years, the burial place…
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Detecting fossil controversy: Aliens or sea creatures?
Searchers think fossils are found to be alien products, while scientists conclude that it is just an ancient marine creature.
Archeology
Discover a large hamster like a buffalo, as strong as a tiger
The strange creature with a large body like a buffalo and ivory-like set of teeth has lived on Earth about three million years ago.
Archeology
Detecting the remains of 'hug each other without leaving' for 6,000 years
Greek archaeologists have recently uncovered the intact remains of a couple in a tight-fitting posture in Alepotrypa cave located in Peloponnese (Greece).