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Mysterious stone circle may be world's oldest observatory
Researchers suspect the ancient stone circle of Nabta Playa was used to determine the summer solstice, signaling the coming rainy season.
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The mystery of the stone engraved with a 1,600-year-old message
A man in England was weeding his garden when he accidentally discovered a stone engraved with a 1,600-year-old message. It is the rare Irish alphabet.
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Many ancient stone blocks carved into terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai were discovered
Yen Bai Provincial Museum in collaboration with the Institute of Applied Research in Culture and Tourism has just discovered 15 more ancient stone blocks depicting terra…
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Discovering the shocking remains of a 3.5 billion-year-old creature
The mysterious world 3.5 billion years ago with the most primitive living creatures on the planet on a lost supercontinent has just been discovered.
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Discovered a 4,500-year-old deep-hole circle near Stonehenge
The circle, which is nearly 2 km in diameter, contains at least 20 large holes, showing the impressive construction techniques of Neolithic people.
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5,000-year-old remains of rare dwarf syndrome
Archaeologists uncover the tiny remains of a young man with the syndrome
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Discovered 4,000 stone statues of 4,000 years old
The carved stone statues are humanoid with shoulders, neck and head quite pronounced, averaging 50cm tall.
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4,500 year old stone circle discovered in the forest
Ancient buildings with a diameter of 25 m hidden under the trees were discovered thanks to laser scanning technology from above.
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Archaeologists found evidence of the people who built the ancient Stonehenge
Stonehenge is still a mystery to an unknown source. However, the discovery of an ancient settlement just 1.5 km from Stonehenge could finally provide some answers as to…
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The 400-year-old stone bridge was suddenly exposed when the lake water was lowered
The low water level when the dry season comes makes the stone bridge with 400 years of age suddenly appear.
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Mysterious 230-year-old ancient stone in France
A small village in the Brittany region of France is willing to award up to 2,000 Euro (equivalent to about 52 million VND) to anyone who can decode ancient words.
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The oldest stone masks in the world
Stone-era stone masks dating back to about 9,000 years are on display in Israel.
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The mystery of ancient stone beach Stonehenge was decoded
Brown grass, withered by short sprinklers, accidentally helped reveal one of the biggest mysteries of Stonehenge, the famous 4,000-year-old monument in England.
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Scanning 3D laser dumps mysteriously in England
The secret to ancient Stonehenge in England is still a puzzle. Recently, however, British scientists have used 3D laser scanning methods to show that this ancient stone…
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Mysterious 2,500 years in Laos jars
Fields of jars (Xieng Khoang, Northern Laos) with thousands of mysterious stone jars scattered in 52 points on Muong Plateau has long been a famous cultural and historic…