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Patomskiy Crater: Natural Wonder or Ancient UFO Ruins?
Deep in the forests of southeastern Siberia, the Patomisky Crater is a mysterious mound of broken limestone jutting out from the vegetation on the hillside.
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Archeology
145 million year old fossil cypress forest along the English coast
The Petrified Forest of Dorset is a stretch of coastal southern England dotted with limestone mounds containing the remains of late Jurassic cypress trees.
Archeology
The truth about the 2,300-year-old stuffed swan in Siberia
Archaeologists have found a stuffed swan in a burial mound in Siberia. It is believed to belong to the Pazyryk culture, an Iron Age people.
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Rare archaeological site of the Bronze Age discovered in Vuon Chuoi
The archaeological excavation team has just announced many important discoveries related to the Bronze Age at the Vuon Chuoi archaeological site (Lai Xa village, Kim Chu…
1001 mystery
Who created the largest snake mound in the world?
In the eastern United States, nestled among the trees beside a tributary of the Ohio River lies one of the strangest and most mysterious tectonic structures ever created…
World Heritage
India and China have more sites recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO
The Charaideo Moidam burial mound and mausoleum in northeastern India and five new migratory bird sanctuaries in China have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage lis…
Archeology
Found a giant sword 2.37m long in the ancient capital of Japan
The sword excavated from the Tomiomaruyama Kofun burial mound, Japan impressed archaeologists because of its length and unprecedented design.
Biology
Ants help scientists discover thousands of fossils
A team of paleontologists recently discovered 10 previously unknown species of ancient mammals with the help of reaping ants.
Archeology
Ancient Australians and Americans ate billions of oysters for thousands of millennia
Ancient Australians and Americans ate billions of oysters for thousands of millennia
Archeology
Discovered 5,000-year-old remains covered with ocher color in Siberia
In addition to being covered in ocher, the remains in two large graves in Serbia are unusually tall, suggesting they had migrated from elsewhere.
Conquer Mars
Spacecraft captures strange 'evil traces' on another planet
The strange, rippling mounds near the Hooke Crater area in the highlands south of the red planet are caused by dust demons.
Environment
Robot captures molten radioactive fuel in Fukushima
A remote-controlled robot photographed a molten nuclear fuel dump that fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor at the Fukushima power plant.
Archeology
The world's strangest treasure in a 2,400-year-old tomb in Russia
An ancient Scythian warrior in Russia was found among the ancient tomb elaborately built of oak, among the burial items of gold, bone, ceramic, metal ...
Archeology
Discover the lost Spanish fortress on the island of Florida
Laser and radar technology helped scientists discover a 454-year-old relic of a Spanish fortress on an island off the Gulf of Florida.