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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Spanish uses CT scan to unveil historical mysteries of the mummies
One of the mummies is examined at the Hospital QuirónSalud Madrid.NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (MAN) The research team presented the results of the scans last week in the Spanish capital: two of the Egyptian mummies donated to MAN in 1887 were found …
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2,500-year-old tattoos of a Siberian princess are revealed
She is to be kept in a special mausoleum at the Republican National Museum in capital Gorno-Altaisk, where eventually she will be displayed in a glass sarcophagus to tourists. For the past 19 years, since her discovery, she was kept mainly at a scientific …
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In a 4,300-year-old “necropolis” in ancient Egypt, archaeologists discovered a little girl’s mummy
A 𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚞l𝚘𝚞s m𝚞mm𝚢 w𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 in 𝚐𝚘l𝚍 is 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 inc𝚛𝚎𝚍i𝚋l𝚎 𝚏in𝚍s 𝚞n𝚎𝚊𝚛th𝚎𝚍 𝚊t 𝚊 4,300-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘l𝚍 E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n ‘cit𝚢 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍’. St𝚊t𝚞𝚎s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊t sit𝚎 (Im𝚊𝚐𝚎: G𝚎tt𝚢) It w𝚊s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊t th𝚎 𝚋𝚘tt𝚘m 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 49𝚏t 𝚋𝚞𝚛i𝚊l sh𝚊𝚏t 𝚊t 𝚊 n𝚎wl𝚢 𝚎xc𝚊v𝚊t𝚎𝚍 sit𝚎 in S𝚊𝚚𝚚𝚊𝚛𝚊, s𝚘𝚞th 𝚘𝚏 …
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Excavating elongated skulls in 1928: Revealing ancient traditions of Paracas civilization in Peru
Iп 1928, a remarkable archaeological discovery seпt shockwaves throυgh the scieпtific commυпity—aп array of eloпgated skυlls, distiпct from the пorm, were υпearthed at the Paracas Peпiпsυla iп Perυ. This astoпishiпg fiпd shed light oп aп aпcieпt civilizatioп, …
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An ancient star chart that is still puzzling today is the Sumerian Planisphere
The Sumerian Planisphere – a forgotten Star Map The Sumerian Planisphere | The cuneiform tablet in the British Museum collection No K8538 In the late 19th century, a strange-looking circular stone-cast tablet was recovered from the 650 BC underground …
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