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May Maya civilization collapse due to deforestation?
The collapse of ancient Mayan civilization has long been considered a mystery, because of the hundreds of reasons that scholars have given to explain this collapse, ther…
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Polarstern icebreaker explores the seafloor not yet on the map
The huge seabed areas (about 3,250 km²) were cleared by the collapse of 4 years ago of the Larsen B shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula - leaving a void on the Antarctic…
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Ancient tsunamis destroyed three continents
A study and simulation by Italian scientists showed that a series of volcanoes in Sicily thousands of years ago caused a massive tsunami, covering the Mediterranean and
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The mystery of the disappearance of ancient civilizations
Despite the efforts of archaeologists and historians, the collapse of some civilizations in human history is still unknown.
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The volcanic disaster caused the royal court of Cleopatra to collapse
An international research group found a historical example that shows that nature has the ability to control people's destiny.
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The tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem is in danger of collapse
The altar that covers Jesus' grave is at risk of serious collapse due to an uncertain foundation.
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The mystery of the first ancient civilization
It was not until 2012 that archaeologists explained the cause of the collapse of the Indus civilization - one of the first major cities in the world.
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Discovered the unexpected cause of the collapse of the ancient Roman empire
Who would have expected, this happened 1,500 years ago, causing the powerful Roman empire to collapse.
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Find out why the Mayan civilization collapsed
Experts discovered that it was the prolonged drought that caused Maya civilization to decline.
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The climate collapses the Mediterranean ancient civilization
The hundreds of years of cold and dry weather may have caused the collapse of eastern Mediterranean civilizations in the 13th century BC.
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Earthquakes buried in ancient Greece?
The great period of the Greeks, the Mycenae period, suddenly disappeared around 1,200 BC. This is the moment that marks the beginning of a dark period in ancient Greece.
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Behind the fall of the Maya empire
The cities of the ancient Mayan empire developed extremely flourishing in southern Mexico and north of Central America for about 6 centuries. Then, around 900 AD, Maya c…
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Decipher the collapse of the first ancient civilization
Recently, archaeologists explain the cause of the collapse of the Indus civilization - one of the first major cities in the world. Archaeologists believe that climate ch…
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Many Chinese dynasties collapse because of the climate
For nearly two millennia, cold weather caused many invasions, civil wars in China and led to the demise of dynasties like Tang and Ming dynasties.