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Time flies at different speeds?
When we are young, time passes more slowly than when we are adults. Similarly, when bored, time seems to go on forever.
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The mystery of the mountain has a fire that has not been extinguished for 6,000 years
Located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 224km north of Sydney, a 30m long coal seam deep in the heart of Mount Wingen has been smoldering for the past 6,000…
Archeology
Discovered 4,500-year-old 'funeral avenue' in Saudi Arabia with many strangely shaped tombs
Scientists discovered an ancient road network with a series of round or pendant-shaped tombs surrounding it.
Archeology
World history is turned upside down because of the world's oldest fossil of a wise man
The secret of Omo I, fossil remains unearthed among volcanic ash in Ethiopia in 1960, has just been deciphered by scientists.
Archeology
For the first time, a bandage wound was discovered in an Egyptian mummy
A CT scan of a mummy dating back millennia has provided further insight into ancient medical methods.
Archeology
A badger dug up 200 ancient coins dating back to Roman times, but scientists 'confiscated' them all
With a total of 209 coins found by the badger, this is determined to be the largest collection of ancient coins ever discovered in northern Spain.
Archeology
3 times Qin Shi Huang's terracotta army 'revived': Every time it appeared, it shook public opinion
What is the story of the 3 'revival' of specific terracotta warriors? And is there any explanation for this mystery?
1001 mystery
Why did Hoa Than design 9,999 bats in the villa?
Hoa Than - the owner of 9,999 bats for luck, lived the richest and most prosperous life under the Qianlong dynasty, but then had to commit suicide.
History
Why do concubines often have to have someone to help them walking in the palace?
In addition to showing nobility over people, the ancient concubines needed to have a palace maid and eunuch to support them when traveling for the following reasons.
1001 mystery
How did our ancestors sleep and what do people with insomnia do?
Historian A.Roger Ekirch at Virginia Tech, USA studies about ancient sleep and thinks that sleep is a biological constant.
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Turkmenistan wants to extinguish the 'Gate of Hell' that has been burning for 50 years in the desert!
Some Turkmen geologists say the crater appeared in the 1960s but did not start burning until the 1970s, and it has been in the Karakum desert for the past 50 years.
Archeology
The mystery of the fossil man in the mine: different species, 130,000 years old
New research has solved the nearly three-decade mystery of a strange fossil man found in a calcite mineral deposit in a cave system near Altamura (Italy).
Archeology
Rare leather scale armor discovered in Chinese tombs
About 2,500 years ago, a man in Northwest China was buried with armor made of more than 5,000 skin scales.
Archeology
Discovered the 'mind-control magic potion' from the thousand-year-old ruins in Peru
Mysterious stories of ancient Peru once spoke of the ability of kings and nobles to control the minds of warriors and subjects.
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Close-up of the process of harvesting winter ice to make 'air conditioners' for the Emperor at the end of the Qing Dynasty
Old photographs from the late Qing Dynasty depict the busy ice harvest season in Beijing.