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Discover the oldest tomb of the Maya period
Archeology

Discover the oldest tomb of the Maya period

Located at the temple site in the province of Retalhuleu (Guatemala), this tomb is said to belong to a ruler of that time, or religious leader about 2,000 years ago.

December 17, 2018
The Russian boy found 30,000 years old mammoth
Archeology

The Russian boy found 30,000 years old mammoth

The boy, Yevgeny Salinder, lives with his family near a polar station on the Taimyr peninsula, northern Russia. The boy found this frozen animal while walking along the…

December 17, 2018
Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain
Archeology

Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain

Fossils discovered in mudstone in Yunnan Province, China are Fuxianhuia protensa, ancient ancestors of arthropods today. They appeared in the Cambrian period dating back…

December 17, 2018
3D images of pupae over 300 million years
Archeology

3D images of pupae over 300 million years

Experts from the University of Manchester (UK) used 3D technology to study 305 million-year-old pupae. British scientists say high-resolution CT scans have allowed them…

December 17, 2018
Find the tomb of Queen Maya
Archeology

Find the tomb of Queen Maya

Queen K's tomb was found during excavation of the royal ancient city in El Peru-Waka, in the northwestern region of Peten (Guatemala), according to NBC News, which led t…

December 17, 2018
Found more than 40,000 years old skull in Laos
Archeology

Found more than 40,000 years old skull in Laos

The skull fragments discovered by archaeologists in 2009 in a cave in Laos show that the early migration of modern humans took place 20,000 years earlier than previous r…

December 17, 2018
Complete 'portrait' of a 50,000 year old girl
Archeology

Complete 'portrait' of a 50,000 year old girl

After analyzing the finger bone fragment gene of an ancient girl, Denisova's hair, skin and eyes were all brown. At the same time, scientists also shed light on genetic…

December 17, 2018