Archeology
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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Archeology
Discovered a new ancient Egyptian king
The list of ancient Egyptian pharaohs will probably have to be corrected by the arrival of a new king, Egyptian Minister of Ancient Monuments Mohammed Ibrahim, has issue…
Archeology
The first European group to eat people
A Spanish archaeologist has confirmed that the fossil remains have been found in the limestone cave Atapuerca, Spain, showing the first Europeans to eat humans.
Archeology
Root the explosion of life on Earth
One of the most important moments in Earth's life was the Cambrian explosion of life, about 540 million years ago, when complex and multicellular life forms appeared thr…
Archeology
Detecting 30 mummies in an ancient crypt
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 30 intact mummies in a limestone coffin, at a 4,300-year-old crypt, sinking deep underground 11m.
Archeology
Vertebrate fossil in central Triassic limestone in Vietnam
Fossils show up on the thin, dark gray limestone cliffs of the Dong Giao Formation, the age of Trias T2. The exposed part of the fossil is a 70cm long spine of 18 verteb…
Archeology
Looking for the gnarled reptile more than 230 million years in Cuc Phuong
On the uneven limestone cliffs in Cuc Phuong old forest, the relatively intact fossil skeleton of the gnarled reptile was discovered from more than 230 million years ago…
Biology
The world's rarest spider species faces the risk of extinction
This spider species was discovered only twice in Plymouth's old limestone quarry - a British city.
Biology
New plant species in Ha Giang limestone mountain
Scientists have discovered a new plant species in limestone mountains in Ha Giang province.
Biology
Discover 5 new arachnoid spiders
Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found new arachnoid spiders in dark caves in the southeastern part of the country.
Biology
Discovering new plant species in Kien Giang
Experts of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Tropical Biology and Edinburgh and Scotland Botanical Garden experts discovered and published a new species of Ornithoboea p…
Biology
Kien Giang: Discovering new plant species
Tropical Biology Institute (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) in collaboration with HOLCIM Cement Company has just discovered a new plant species with scientifi…
Biology
Quang Binh: Successful propagation of rare and precious Hue trees
Hue is an extremely rare timber species, found only in the limestone mountains of Phong Nha - Ke Bang. For many years, Hue trees have been identified as extinct due to i…
Animal world
Discovered two new freshwater crab species in the North
Scientists at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have discovered two new freshwater crab species in th…