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Discovered the wooden throne of Roman times
Archeology

Discovered the wooden throne of Roman times

A wooden and ivory throne in ancient Rome was unearthed in the town of Herculaneum, Italy. This is considered the most important antiquity ever discovered.

December 17, 2018
The Romans built houses according to astronomy
Archeology

The Romans built houses according to astronomy

The researchers examined the directions of about 38 towns in Italy. According to Magli, ancient Roman writers, including Ovid and Plutarch, also mentioned that Roman tow…

December 17, 2018
New discovery in the heart of Hoi An ancient town
Archeology

New discovery in the heart of Hoi An ancient town

Not only has Hoi An - the current world cultural heritage with over 1,300 architectural monuments, there is also a Hoi An of the seventeenth century in the ground just d…

December 17, 2018
Workers' lives build pyramids
Archeology

Workers' lives build pyramids

For decades, the Egyptian pyramid revealed to the people many details of the pharaoh's life in ancient Egyptian society. However, for a long time, not many people talked…

December 17, 2018
Rare painted statues are rare in Roman times
Archeology

Rare painted statues are rare in Roman times

Buried in a massive 2,000-year-old eruption that once covered Pompeii and the nearby towns of Herculaneum and Stabiae, the half-human painted statue was found in a cliff…

December 17, 2018
Urban life in Roman times in England
Archeology

Urban life in Roman times in England

Hot spring baths, out-of-town shopping and dinner seem like the activity of a wealthy urban people today. But it is also the schedule of a British person in the 1st cent…

December 17, 2018
Giant bones were excavated
Archeology

Giant bones were excavated

In the spring of 1983, in a large graveyard near the town of Zeest in the German state of Westbatlia, archaeologists discovered about 2,000 remains of bodies, 2.3m high…

December 17, 2018
Found a giant meteorite 500 million years ago
Space science

Found a giant meteorite 500 million years ago

Aerial and underground survey results helped US experts determine the existence of an ancient impact crater beneath a town in the state of Iowa (USA).

December 17, 2018
Russian meteorite turned into
Space science

Russian meteorite turned into

After an asteroid explosion in a poor Siberia town, Larisa Briyukova wondered what to do with the strange stone she found.

December 17, 2018
The Peruvian people are sick with meteorites
Space science

The Peruvian people are sick with meteorites

Dozens of people in a town in Peru, near Lake Titicaca, reported vomiting and headaches after seeing a sudden formation of a hole, apparently caused by a meteorite last…

December 17, 2018
Turtle Lake and anecdote
History

Turtle Lake and anecdote

The design has only a large concrete pillar plugged into the octagonal lake, Ho Con Rua (District 3) associated with an anecdote of the long-standing town of the Republi…

December 17, 2018
600-year-old citadel in Xi'an
History

600-year-old citadel in Xi'an

Xian is one of the oldest Chinese capital, the capital of Shaanxi Province, associated with characters like Qin Shi Huang, Tang Ming Huang, and Vo Tac Thien ...

December 17, 2018