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The whole city is an astronomical calendar
New research results on the ancient city of Petra in Jordan show that this place was built to distribute sunlight into sacred places like celestial bodies that stand out…
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1001 mystery
The mysterious ancient stone circles in the Middle East
The giant stone circles in the Middle East, dating back at least 2,000 years, challenge scientists' answers for decades.
1001 mystery
Mysterious wheel drawings in the Middle East
A group of researchers using aerial reconnaissance discovered pictures of
1001 mystery
The little girl has five organs turned upside down
An English girl born and survived with extremely special things on her body: 5 spleen, 1 hole in the heart, liver damage and lying in the wrong position, the lungs were…
1001 mystery
Ghosts appearing in wedding photos?
On one of the pictures taken, there suddenly appeared a ghost in the light of the disco.
Oceanography
The cause of the Dead Sea is more salty than the ocean
The Dead Sea lies in a low desert, with a faster evaporation rate than water in the ocean, making the lake saltier than seawater because of its higher salt concentration.
Oceanography
Red Sea saves the Dead Sea
A historic agreement has been signed to help the Dead Sea not die by a 180km pipeline system that transfers water from the Red Sea into the Dead Sea.
Oceanography
Fish are invisibility
A new study shows that silver fish species such as herring and sardines and some small fish in Europe can reverse the laws of physics, allowing it to be invisible to be…
Archeology
What did the old dinosaur eat? It turns out their menu is
Meat-eating dinosaurs eat not only meat, but they also hunt fish. Or dinosaurs eat grass, their menu is all grass but also very diverse.
Archeology
Discovered the world's oldest bread baked in Jordan from 14,500 years ago
The remnants of a piece of toast about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan surprised the researchers.
Archeology
The river has been subject to death from ancient people
Scientists found evidence that a river in southern Jordan was poisoned by lead 7,000 years ago by human metallurgy.
Archeology
Highway replica hanging garden Babylon nearly intact after 2000 years
Archaeologists have discovered the Petra garden system in Jordan, dubbed the newly discovered copy of Babylon after 2,000 years of being buried.
Archeology
Discovered 2 new dinosaurs that hurt archaeologists
With these strange features, this new dinosaur makes archaeologists wonder about the use of that surplus.
Archeology
The school is mysteriously cutting Jordan off
By aerial photography, archaeologists in Jordan obtained a picture of a 150 km long wall that brought great mysteries about time, purpose and builders.
Archeology
The spell on the 1,300-year-old roll of paper in Jordan
Using computerized tomography and image processing software, Danish and German scientists discovered mantras on small rolls of foil, written 1,300 years ago in Jordan.