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Ancient geese have hard teeth like bones
Archeology

Ancient geese have hard teeth like bones

The 50 million-year-old skull revealed that the giant bird with a 5-meter wingspan, relatives of ducks and geese, had a rather strange trait: their beaks had bone-like h…

December 17, 2018
Detecting Greek mummies in coffins with lead
Archeology

Detecting Greek mummies in coffins with lead

The mummy of a middle-aged woman dating from ancient Greece was discovered in a coffin by lead in another stone casket. The first clear information is the Greek mummy fr…

December 17, 2018
The eternal beauty of earrings of 2,500 years old
Archeology

The eternal beauty of earrings of 2,500 years old

Even when it comes to 2,500 years old, it is completely crafted with extremely primitive tools, but surely this earrings will fascinate modern ladies at the first sight.…

December 17, 2018
Inca brain surgery of the form of
Archeology

Inca brain surgery of the form of

According to a new study, ancient Peruvian Inca surgeons often succeeded in removing a small portion of the patient's skull to treat head injuries.

December 17, 2018
Ancient men kill 'enemy love'
Archeology

Ancient men kill 'enemy love'

The ancient men may have executed the neighbors of neighboring tribes to rob their women, the researchers claimed.

December 17, 2018
Prehistoric hair shows the first Eskimo from Asia
Archeology

Prehistoric hair shows the first Eskimo from Asia

The new study shows that a handful of frozen human hair discovered in northwestern Greenland is proof that the first Eskimos in the New World were not native American br…

December 17, 2018
Ancient Christian wine factory in Egypt
Archeology

Ancient Christian wine factory in Egypt

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of two Egyptian cellars likely to belong to the region's oldest wine processing industry, producing holy wine to export to fo…

December 17, 2018
Arab genes in the Iron Age tomb of Denmark
Archeology

Arab genes in the Iron Age tomb of Denmark

An ancient Danish with an Arab gene group - part of a DNA study - shows that Scandinavian people 2,000 years ago are more genetically diverse today.

December 17, 2018
Phishing Art: The truth about crystal skulls
Archeology

Phishing Art: The truth about crystal skulls

Only three months after the Quai Branly Museum in Paris discovered a cherished crystal skull was a mysterious Aztec masterpiece, a fake, the British Museum and the bitte…

December 17, 2018