Archeology
Discover the world's oldest oceanic crust
The oldest oceanic crust on Earth is located in the eastern Mediterranean with an age of about 340 million years.
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Archeology
Discover 1,600-year-old glass furnace in Israel
According to Abdel al-Salam Sa id, excavation team leader, the above kilns are composed of two compartments: a heat-generating furnace and a melting chamber.
Archeology
Discovery of 10,000-year-old civilization traces on the seabed
Archaeologists discovered the remnant structure of a giant man-made underwater structure, possibly due to an ancient civilization built and contains many mysteries such…
Archeology
Detecting a mysterious dolphin near the Gaza strip
A group of archaeologists have found a rare dolphin statue near Kibbutz Magen, 20 km from the Mediterranean Sea, on the border between the Gaza Strip and the ruins from…
Archeology
The ancient wreck is over 2,000 years old
The body of an ancient ship dating back to 700 BC (2,700 years ago) has just been found in Malta's waters.
Archeology
The world's oldest wine cellar
The discovery of an ancient wine cellar in Israel shows that people have been producing, distributing and consuming wine for a long time in the Mediterranean and Near Ea…
Archeology
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.
Archeology
European agriculture originated from the Middle East
The results of a study published in Science (USA) on April 26 revealed how the Stone Age farmers migrated from the Mediterranean to the North to live on hunting. , gathe…
Archeology
Climate change is the decaying cause of the Roman Empire
The decline of the Roman and Byzantine empires in the Eastern Mediterranean more than 1400 years ago may have originated from adverse climate changes.
Archeology
Excavation of the Roman city submerged under the sea
Egyptian officials were ready to make an underwater discovery to find out about a deep Roman city under the Mediterranean Sea.
Biology
4 species of the most dangerous invasive aquatic plants in the world
Caulerpa seagrass is an aquatic plant introduced to the Mediterranean region around 1984, possibly in the form of sediment in the marine aquarium of the Monaco Aquarium.…
Animal world
Worms change their sex according to their living environment
When diving in the Mediterranean, we can see a strange green worm like a spoon with the scientific name Bonellia viridis. They are Echiura-class creatures.
Animal world
The sense of smell helps birds navigate when flying at sea
In their opinion, loss of smell cannot disrupt the bird's ability to direct flight, but loss of consciousness affects birds in a different way.
Animal world
Detect rare black flamingos
A rare black flamingos were first discovered on Cyprus and the Mediterranean.
Animal world
1/6 Mediterranean mammals are facing extinction
The new study shows that one-sixth of the Mediterranean mammals are at risk of extinction at the regional level.