Fascinating Altamura Man: One of the best-complete Neanderthal skeletons ever
The Altamura Man lived more than 130,000 years ago when ice sheets were expanding from out of Antarctica and Greenland. His fossilized skeleton imprisoned in calcite formations remained hidden from view at the bottom of a sinkhole near Altamura, a town …
Read moreKing Tutankhamun’s tomb intact seal, 1922
The unbroken seal on King Tutankhamunβs tomb, 1922. This seal was actually a seal to King Tutβs fifth shrine. The king was buried in a series of four sarcophagi, which were in turn kept inside a series of five shrines. This unbroken seal stayed 3,245 …
Read moreMystery surrounding Egyptian Tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings
Tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton on January 6, 1907. Ayrtonβs sponsor, Theodore M. Davis, published a summary of the excavation (The Tomb of QueenΒ Tiye) in 1910. KV55 is from the 18th dynasty, being a problematic …
Read moreResearchers have found the greatest prehistoric city yet in China
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Read moreThe sad lives of North America’s 10-foot-tall ancients are revealed by archaeologists
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Read moreThe Mystery Remains Unsolved About the 1,600 Tons of Gold Submerged in Lake Baikal
It is said that a huge treasure consisting of 1,600 tons of gold lay dormant for hundreds of years at the bottom of Lake Baikal as a great mystery. Although many people covet, no one has dared to find the answer to this worthwhile mystery. The Guinness …
Read moreFossils in the hills: Yukon gold miners uncover ancient animal remains every year
If this yearβs Yukon gold-mining season goes as planned, the territoryβs hundred or so gold-mining operations will sift an estimated 50,000 ounces of nuggets and gold dust out of the Klondike ground. In the process, the ancient soil is also expected to …
Read moreThe pyramids in Sudan
The pyramids in Sudan were built over a period of hundreds of years by a civilization known as the Nubians. The Nubians were initially conquered by the Egyptians and for…
Read moreMeganeura: Fossil Dragonfly is the largest insect that ever existed
Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from theΒ Carboniferous periodΒ (approximately 300 million years ago), which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. Its wingspans from 65 cm (25.6 in) to more than 70 cm (28 in), M.Monyi is one …
Read moreSkeleton unveils the mysteries of a Roman town that was destroyed by a volcanic explosion
βItβs helped enormously to understand both the last moments of the site, but also the 100 years running up to it,β professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill from the United Kingdomβs Cambridge University and a former director of the Herculaneum Project which collaborates …
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