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What are scientists hunting in this arid core of the Atacama Desert in South America? The famous arid region on Earth has long been 'shunned' as a mostly lifeless wastel…
China's first emperor always yearned for immortality but died at the age of 49 due to a drug
When the Nazis occupied much of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War, gold, valuable artefacts, and priceless paintings disappeared from the conquered ter…
Where is the most gold in the Solar System? To answer this question, we first need to find out where the gold in our Solar System comes from.
It can be said that money is one of the great inventions of man. But when there is no money, trading and exchanging goods still take place in a different way.
Why did the Tsar have to sell Alaska, his land rich in resources, at such a cheap price?
In Canada's smallest and most remote federal territory - the Yukon there is a river called the Klondike. Just scooping up a few ladles of water in this river can change…
Archaeologists have found that the giant Tathagata Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes in Henan may have been plated with gold, silver and encrusted with colored glass.
The tombs of early Egyptian pharaohs often contained simpler burial items than later generations due to the customs of each era.
4 tons of Nazi gold have been found in an 18th century palace.
In the province of East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners risk their lives to get 'golden blocks' flowing from the crater of an active volcano with extremely harsh wor…
If you are a chemistry person, you are probably familiar with the periodic table, but the truth behind what those elements are is probably not everyone knows.
Throughout history, wonderful treasures from different cultures have been mysteriously stolen or lost.
Chemists have developed a microstructure that could potentially improve the chemistry of capturing carbon from the atmosphere.
The Legend of the Lost City of Caesars, The Unseen Land of Patagonia