Archeology
Found an intact 2,300-year-old gold ring in the ancient citadel
A 2,300-year-old gold ring was found in the famous ancient City of David.
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The mystery of the lavish ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty keeps robbers away
The ancient tomb of a couple who lived 1,800 years ago remains inexplicably intact among tombs stripped of treasures by robbers.
Archeology
Renovating the wine cellar, shocked by 300 giant monster bones
The terrible bone pit under the floor of a wine cellar in Austria belongs to beasts that lived about 40,000 years ago and are now extinct.
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Unearthed a 300-year-old coin hidden by a Polish scammer
Metal detectorists have unearthed a treasure trove of coins that may have once belonged to a charlatan who hid in the mountains of south-central Poland after scamming pe…
Space science
Discovered 16 ancient super black holes bombarding the universe
A team of astronomers has investigated where powerful beams from these 10 billion-year-old black holes have been and are heading.
Space science
Discovered that the 3 oldest stars in the universe are 'invading' the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered three ancient stars that once belonged to the universe's first galaxies
Health
The relationship between ancient viral DNA and mental illness
New research led by King's College London (KCL) has discovered thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections expressed in the brain.
Archeology
Mysterious 2,000 year old tomb on the side of the road, guarded by a pair of 'divine cows'
A special tomb was found on the side of a highway in Türkiye, belonging to a mysterious ancient tomb complex called Turuş Rock in the ancient city of Tharsa.
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Papua New Guineans have 5% of their 'superhuman' genes from other humans
The ratio of human genes is extremely different
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Strange patterns on the world's largest salt flat
The Salar de Uyuni salt flats in southwestern Bolivia consist of extremely large honeycomb cells, resulting from the slow churning of salt water in the soil.
Archeology
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.
Archeology
Experts were stunned by the test results of the 'immortality' drug found in an ancient tomb
Immortal pills or elixirs of life often appear in classic Chinese literary works, but did they really appear in ancient Chinese society?
Archeology
How amber creates exquisite fossils that preserve Earth's history
Warm-colored amber samples act as a 3-dimensional window to help scientists recreate ancient ecosystems through the countless animal and plant entities they contain.
Archeology
Strange creature 'sealed' in rock for 478 million years: The ancestor of many species
An ancient stone slab in Morocco has preserved intact creatures that could fill an important evolutionary gap.
Archeology
Shocked by another human species' 130,000-year-old artwork
A piece of bear bone carved 130,000 years ago is the oldest work of art in Eurasia. But it does not belong to us homo sapiens.