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Excavation of ancient pyramids in Mexico
Archeology

Excavation of ancient pyramids in Mexico

Archaeologists have discovered traces of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the center of the Mexican capital. This shows that the old city was born 100 years longer than…

December 17, 2018
Ancient Kago does not know how to dance
Archeology

Ancient Kago does not know how to dance

A 25-million-year-old fossil revealed that the ancestors of Australia's iconic guava, which had been galloping on all fours, had canine-like fangs, and could even climb…

December 17, 2018
Detected the baby mammoth corpse 37,500 years old
Archeology

Detected the baby mammoth corpse 37,500 years old

The body of a Siberian mammoth died about 37,500 years ago and is preserved in the ice being examined in Japan. The test results will help scientists understand why the…

December 17, 2018
Discovered carvings on an ancient tomb in Ireland
Archeology

Discovered carvings on an ancient tomb in Ireland

The 6,000-year-old carved figures from an ancient tomb are one of the latest discoveries during the construction of the highway in Ireland. The historic area is located…

December 17, 2018
Ancient scorpions are bigger than humans
Archeology

Ancient scorpions are bigger than humans

A giant fossilized fossil of a 2.5m long marine scorpion was discovered at a quarry in Germany. This 390 million-year-old creature may have lived in a river or swamp.

December 17, 2018
Detection of 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossils
Archeology

Detection of 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossils

A North Dakota high school student discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil skeleton believed to be the most intact today. Fossils include skin and tendons that…

December 17, 2018
China salvaged a 800-year-old merchant boat
Archeology

China salvaged a 800-year-old merchant boat

China has just recovered a 800-year-old merchant ship from the seabed of Hainan last Saturday. This merchant ship is filled with relics that can prove the existence of m…

December 17, 2018
Display mummy 500 year old virgin
Archeology

Display mummy 500 year old virgin

Hundreds of people flocked to the Salta Museum, Argentina, to admire the mummy of a 15-year-old Inca girl who was dropped from a volcano as a sacrifice 500 years ago.

December 17, 2018
Secret of a mummy
Archeology

Secret of a mummy

The dead body had no broken bones, the skull part was not chipped and had a full tooth. There is no evidence of previous vitamin or injury deficiency. Under CT scanners,…

December 17, 2018
The world's oldest mural in Syria
Archeology

The world's oldest mural in Syria

French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old fresco deep underground in northern Syria and they believe it is the world's oldest painting. Archaeological wor…

December 17, 2018
Two 8,000-year-old 'Romeo and Juliet' skeletons
Archeology

Two 8,000-year-old 'Romeo and Juliet' skeletons

Recently, there are two skeletons in the body like hugging each other that archaeologists found in Turkey. These two skeletons may have existed more than 6,000 BC (little

December 17, 2018
Detected giant ivory over 2 million years old
Archeology

Detected giant ivory over 2 million years old

Archaeologists have found in northern Greece two giant tusks of prehistoric mammoths in Europe, more than 2 million years ago. This may be the most important finding of…

December 17, 2018