Oceanography
Snail species 'wearing armor'
Researchers from the Swedish Museum of Natural History have discovered one of the world's most unusual snails. They had a hard iron layer clinging tightly to each other,…
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Archeology
An 8-year-old girl found a 1,500-year-old sword
While swimming at the lake Vidöstern in Sweden, an 8-year-old girl discovered the pre-Viking iron sword.
Archeology
The hidden room in the Great Pyramid may contain the pharaoh's throne
Researchers from Scan Pyramids project by Mehdi Tayoubi in Institute Hipp, Paris, France and Kunihiro Morishima at Nagoya University, Japan, discovered a large empty roo…
Archeology
Ancient people made iron from meteorites
Archeologists named each period of history based on the popular materials used by humans at the time. Archaeologists found a lot of bronze artifacts in the Bronze Age.
Archeology
Scary healing ways in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, people burned hemorrhoids with red hot iron, drilled holes in the skull without anesthetic, using sharp objects to remove the lens.
Archeology
The sword remained intact after 1,200 years in the Norwegian mountains
A group of Norwegian hunters found the Viking 1,200-year-old sword preserved in perfect condition on a high mountain.
Archeology
The iron hammer of 140 million years challenges scientists
The hammer was estimated to have been created in the early Cretaceous period, ie 140 to 65 million years ago.
Archeology
Stele filled with ancient characters challenges scientists
At 1.5 meters high and 85cm wide, Montoro stone stele covered with inscriptions dating from the Iron Age. C
Archeology
Israel discovered 2,700 years of underground water tank
The underground system consists of a tank of nearly 4m deep, over 20m long under a large structure with walls stretching nearly 50m, according to the Israeli Antiquities…
Archeology
China discovered a large treasure dating back more than 300 years
On March 20, Chinese archaeologists announced the discovery of a treasure trove of more than 10,000 gold and silver items and jewelry dating back more than 300 years to…
Archeology
Gold jewelry set 2,500 years on the British field
Treasure hunters find the oldest gold jewelry set in England dating back to 2,500 years.
Archeology
The old man 's iron body, Thailand, is stunned
Thai authorities were surprised to find the corpse with the skin of an old man's tattoo in the graveyard on the border with Laos.
Archeology
The remains of the iron-clad army of the ancient Greek island army
Nearly 100 sets of iron-clad remains in the ancient Greek cemetery are likely to belong to those who supported the coup by an Athens noble.
Archeology
The reason King Tut invented a gold-studded dagger with meteors
Ancient Egyptians made iron daggers from meteorites instead of natural ore because they considered meteors to be sacred phenomena filled with power.
Archeology
King Tut's golden dagger was made from meteorite
New research by international scientists shows King Tutankhamun is buried with a meteorite-originated dagger in the universe.