Archeology
Finding fossilized prehistoric turtle fossils and eggs in South Alberta
Scientists at the University of Calgary and the Tyrrell Royal Paleontological Museum have recently discovered a 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant sea turtle.
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Giant rhino fossils in Anatolia
French scientists reported that Anatolia was not an isolated land 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene period), contrary to previous thoughts. Anatolia is a penins…
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Stone Age hand axes at the bottom of the North Sea
The Dutchman, Jan Meulmeester, discovered 28 axes, possibly up to 100,000 years old, in an undersea gravel sand dug up by a cherry material supplier. He also found sampl…
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The big sea monster never seen
The fossil of a giant excavated sea reptile on an arctic island, belongs to the largest marine reptile that science has ever known, Norwegian scientists announced. The 1…
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China salvaged a 800-year-old merchant boat
China has just recovered a 800-year-old merchant ship from the seabed of Hainan last Saturday. This merchant ship is filled with relics that can prove the existence of m…
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Discover the oldest wooden anchor
The world's oldest wooden anchor was discovered in the mud at the bottom of the sea at a Turkish port in the Aegean Sea.
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How do Vikings go to sea in cloudy days?
The Vikings navigate the sea with sundial clocks. But in the gloomy days, the sundial is also useless. Many researchers wonder how they overcome it? One theory is that t…
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Ancient monsters chew on sharks
It was a 10-meter long sea creature, weighed 4 tons and had sharp teeth that opened suddenly with bite force of up to 5 tons. Animals can chew anything in the ocean into…
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Two cities buried under the sea
The two cities were Heraklion and Canopus, established by Pharaohs, then ruled by Greek kings and Roman emperors. These are prosperous trading centers and religions of E…
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Discover new marine reptile species of the same period of dinosaurs
Scientists have identified an ancient reptile that once swam in the sea when the dinosaurs dominated the earth. Called Umoonasaurus, this creature lives in and ugrav
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Excavation of the Roman city submerged under the sea
Egyptian officials were ready to make an underwater discovery to find out about a deep Roman city under the Mediterranean Sea.
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Obtained a collection of antiquities in the Greek sea
A Greek fisherman obtained a net of a statue of a knight riding a horse and a mound of two straps, treasures from ancient Greece preserved for two millennia in the Aegea…
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A long-necked predator in the sea
Scientists have discovered a long-necked reptile, with fangs, that seems to hunt fish and squid in shallow waters that are present in the South China Sea more than 230 m…
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Millions of years ago snakes once had hips
Once, snakes used to have legs. Recent findings also reveal at least one of them has had a hip. Newly found fossils can help you
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Ancient Egyptians were good seafarers
The excavation of an ancient Egyptian shipyard revealed traces of the world's oldest ships. The discovery shows that the ancient Egyptians were very advanced in boat bui…