1001 mystery
Legend of the mysterious beast in Africa
Rumors of a strange, giant animal in the Congo made adventurers make several dozen trips to Africa since the 19th century.
Swamp
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Articles about Swamp
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World Heritage
Okavango Plain - World Natural Heritage in Botswana
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization recognized Botswana's Okavango Plain as a World Natural Heritage in 2014.
World Heritage
Everglades National Park - United States of America
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Everglades National Park of the United States as a World Natural Heritage in 1979.
Oceanography
The fish is genetically modified for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
The popular fish in the swamp in Louisiana, USA, has been deformed and may not reproduce normally due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
Archeology
Marvel at the 9 most
From thousands of year-old crocodiles to girls of pneumonia in the 20th century, these mummies tell great stories about life and death.
Archeology
The 600-year-old sword of a knight died in the swamp
The almost intact sword in Poland is more likely to be a knight falling into a drowned swamp.
Archeology
6 million years ago, this giant otter appeared on Earth
A new finding shows that the giant otter, about the size of modern wolves, used to live in China's wetlands 6 million years ago.
Archeology
The butter is still eaten after 2000 years buried in the Irish swamp
The 10kg butter is found at a depth of nearly 4m below the marsh and still can be theoretically eaten.
Archeology
The oldest mummy 'mummy'
Scientists have announced that mummies are found in the swamp of Laois, Ireland dating to ... 4,000 years.
Archeology
France proceeded to excavate the site from the Iron Age
French archaeologists excavated the cemetery from the Iron Age in a swamp between the highway and the bend of the Seine in southeastern Paris (France).
Archeology
Hungary: Discover an ancient forest of 8 million years old
Archaeologists have discovered a swamp forest (taxodium) of more than 8 million years in Bukkabrany, northeast of Hungary.
Archeology
Ancient men also look red
The Iron Age life may be disgusting, vulgar and short-lived, but people still had enough time to make hair and nail polish, but this was only for them.
Archeology
Found a giant dodo bird grave
A Dutch and Mauritius scientific team discovered bones in a swamp near a sugarcane field in the southeast of the island, including the beaks and bones of young birds. Th…
History
Barriers to Mongolian horse horses flooded into Europe
The marshes formed in Hungary in the spring of 1242 smashed the ambition of conquering the entire European empire of the Mongolian empire.
Biology
Digging the 5,000-year-old oak tree trunk
Oak trees living in marshes are often found in fields. This is one of the rarest timbers in the UK, with quality comparable to today's most expensive tropical hardwoods.