One of the best-dressed and most well-preserved bog corpses is the Huldremose Woman
She wore a skirt of wool, a scarf and two skin capes. The woman was more than 40 years old when she ended up in the bog More than 500 bodies and skeletons were buried in the peat bogs in Denmark between 800 B.C. and A.D. 200. In 1879, Niels Hanson, a …
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The mummy is 4,300 years old and still displays King Seti I’s facial characteristics
King Seti I was one of the most important pharaohs of the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt from 1294 BC to 1279 BC. After his death,…
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Incredible discovery: Metal detector finds giant golden horse. Treasure hunter’s dream!
I embarked on an adventurous quest and recently entered the world of treasure hunting armed with nothing more than a reliable metal detector. Little did I know that my efforts would lead me to a truly extraordinary find: a magnificent golden horse that …
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This study is incredibly significant since it provides information on how olive oil’s molecules have changed through time
The oldest bottle of olive oil in the world was discovered in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, near Naples. This discovery is extremely important, as it sheds light on the molecular evolution of olive oil over time! The bottle has been displayed …
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Arene Candide: Ritual to say goodbye to the dead 12,000 years ago revealed in ice age cave
Broken stones buried 12,000 years ago have been found at Arene Candide, a cave that was used as a graveyard during the last Ice Age. In the Paleolithic era, Arene Candide was a sort of early necropolis. It is a cave in Liguria, Italy, in which 19 burial …
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NOT a deserted Scottish medieval settlement
©Alex Friedrich It wasn’t. It is a gorgeous photo and a wonderful setting, it makes your imagination run wild, where exactly is it, would you be able to visit it, why was it abandoned… how has that very old bucket survived hanging in water like that…? …
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An armor-piercing round from a 17-pdr cannon was lodged in a Tiger I tanks armor
It would have been a far more effective tank, at least in my opinion. The Tiger I, for its time, was a really great tank. While some people argue that it suffered to greatly from mechanical issues, similar to what it’s successors would experience, this …
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The Not-So-Unusual is revealed: Dinosaur “mummie” May Be More Common Than Once Thought
Life reconstruction of Edmontosaurus. Credit: Full color Edmontosaurus reconstruction by Natee Puttapipat, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A process of desiccation and deflation explains why dinosaur “mummies” aren’t as exceptional as …
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How this pile of pennies saved a First World War soldier’s life was spared
A stack of coins was found to be an unlikely lifesaver when a Reddit user revealed that his great-grandfather narrowly avoided being shot during the First World War thanks to the change in his pocket. Belgian soldier Optatius Buyssens was carrying a stack …
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The Unusual Human Skull Discovered in China Is Unlike Any Human Skull Ever Seen
A skull unearthed in East China might indicate that there is another branch to the human family tree, scientists have revealed. A group of scientists from around the world have identified a unique human fossil in China that distinguishes itself from any …
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