while bulldozing salt from the Chehrabad Salt Mine (Iran), miners came across a body with long hair, a beard and some artifacts.

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In the winter of 1993, while bulldozing salt from the Chehrabad Salt Mine (Iran), miners came across a body with long hair, a beard and …

From the tenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses on the love story of Adonis and Aphrodite

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Aphrodite and Adonis From the tenth book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses on the love story of Adonis and Aphrodite: That son of sister and grandfather, who …

The oldest bottle of olive oil in the world

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  The oldest bottle of olive oil in the world was discovered in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, near Naples. This discovery is extremely …

Unlocking 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

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Artefacts from the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried in ash during an explosive Mount Vesuvius eruption, was a scale-out at the British Museum in 2013. But …

Perfectly-preserved dinosaur embryo found inside the fossilized egg in China

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A well-preserved dinosaur embryo has been found inside a fossilized egg. The fossilized dinosaur embryo came from Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in southern China and was …

24,000-Year-Old Animal Found Alive After Being Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

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During the Upper Paleolithic era, a multicellular organism was frozen almost the time in history when humans first set foot into North America. About 24,000 …

Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby

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The 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in the Taichung area are the earliest trace of human activity found in central Taiwan. The most …

A 3,300-Year-Old Bird Claw Was Discovered By Archaeologists While Digging In A Cave

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Scientists have estimated the Earth to be more or less 4.54 billion years old, predating even human existence. Indeed, there’s a lot more to learn …

‘Extraordinary’ 800-year-old chain mail found in Co Longford

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In 1169 AD, Norman invaders arrived in County Wexford, Ireland. Now, a rare and complete, 800-year-old Norman “hauberk” (chainmail vest) has been discovered in County …

Who Craved the Giant Handprints in the White Mountain Petroglyphs, Wyoming?

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We are not in total darkness about how our ancient ancestors lived their lives thousands of years ago. One reason for this is that they …

Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Ancient Egypt in a 2,000 Year Old Roman Villa in Pompeii

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In Pompeji, a garden in a large ancient villa that housed incredible pictures of the River Nile, secrets could be found of the impact of …

A medieval victim still in his chainmail discovered in Sweden

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The Battle of Visby was a violent Medieval battle near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, fought between the inhabitants of Gotland and the Danes, …

Scientists Present 20,000-Year-Old Woolly Rhinoceros Unearthed in Siberia, Report Says

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Aided by melting permafrost, long-extinct creatures such as the woolly rhino are being uncovered and casting new light on prehistoric eras. Around 20,000 years ago, …

Giant 1,100-pound bone belonging to sauropod found in France

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The femur of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwest France where, since 2010, remains of …

Meganeura: The largest insect ever to exist was a giant dragonfly

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Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period (approximately 300 million years ago), which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. Its wingspans …

3000-Year-Old Pharaoh Ramses II Statue Found In Cairo Slum, And It’s “One Of The Most Important Discoveries Ever”

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The massive 26 ft (8 meters) statue was found in the groundwater of a Cairo slum by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany. It is likely …

Scientists Reveal a Perfectly Preserved 18,000-year-old Puppy Discovered Frozen in Russia

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An ancient dog finds in Russia in the Far East that he lived a glorious eighteen thousand years ago. It was found last year in …

The Mystery Of The Modern “London Hammer” Found Encased In Ancient Rock

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While walking along Red Creek, London, Texas, in June 1936, Emma Zadie Hahn and her husband Max Edmond Hahn made an unusual discovery: a piece …

Ancient coins weighing 460 kg found in Shaanxi

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An archaeologist takes the ancient coins out of the pit at a construction site in Weinan, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, on Nov 9, 2018. [Photo/VCG] …

Statue heads carved 5,000 years ago of two Greek deities

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Statue heads carved 5,000 years ago of two Greek deities have been unearthed in an ancient city of western Turkey that was home to one …

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