Salvage Company Finds Location of One of the Worst Maritime Disasters, Ship Carried Gold Cargo Worth Millions
The passengers came from different social classes. They included bankers, businessmen, socialites, entertainers, miners, and immigrant workers.
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Archaeologists Uncover a Medieval Grave With Remains of a Woman and a Fetus, Burial Offers a Rare Example of 'Coffin Birth'
Examinations unveiled that the remains were 1,300 years old. Experts think that the woman was in her mid-20s or 30s when she took her last breath.
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Experts Find the Real Reason Behind 'Ghosts' Roaming in This South Carolina Town
Many residents have reported noticing mysterious lights and light trails at railroad tracks but the real story behind its appearance is much more interesting.
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Neolithic People Controlled Cattle With Great Efficiency 6000 Years Ago; Planned Births During Summer Pastures
Humans planned the Neolithic cattle's reproduction cycle such that births happened with the arrival of summer pastures.
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Father-Son Detectorists Stumble on 14 Bronze Age Axe Heads, Describe the Experience as 'Unreal'
The axes discovered in the area were believed to have been specially made as an offering to the gods.
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In 'Utterly Astounding Finds' Archaeologists Unearth a Rare Female Roman Statue and Other Artifacts in an Old Church
The site where these discoveries happened was identified to be St. Mary's Norman Church.
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Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed
The supercontinents are somewhat like buried islands that tower over 600 miles.
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1800-Yr-Old 'Box Seats' With Names Unearthed From an Arena in Turkey; 'Upper-Class Had Private Seats in Special Sections'
The amphitheater in Pergamon is one of the best preserved of its kind in Asia Minor.
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Oldest Evidence of Cooking Discovered! Researchers Find Remains of 780,000-Yr-Old Fish That Was Cooked Slowly Over Fire
Researchers have yet to understand the precise way or recipe with which the fish was cooked.
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Most Corals Don't Move; Researchers Find 'Moving' Corals Attracted Toward a Particular Light
The tiny mushroom coral named Cycloseris cyclolites moved just 43.73 millimeters in 24 hours.
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Metal Detectorist Finds Gold Coin of an Unknown Ruler From Pre-Roman Britain; Inscription Says, 'Mighty as the God'
The gold coin that was auctioned off later, was minted by a lesser-known ruler in the pre-Roman era of Britain.
2 days ago
Man Stumbles on a Collection of Original Winnie-The-Pooh Drawings in an Unexpected Place
The treasure trive consisted of correspondences between the creator of the iconic bear and his illustrator, along with original mock-ups and poetries.
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Decapitated, Kneeling Skeleton Unearthed From a Pit, Believed to Be the Result of a Ritualistic Killing
Experts noted that the individual was buried in a kneeling position with folded arms and clasped hands.
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Iron Age Artifacts Unearthed From RAF Airfield, Researchers Believe Objects Are Parts of an Ancient Chariot
Researchers believe the items belong to the famous Llyn Cerrig Bach hoard, unearthed in the 1940s from the RAF Valley.
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Scientists Stunned to Unearth 500-Million-Yr-Old 3D Cambrian Trilobites Fossils in Best Preserved Condition in Volcanic Ash
Experts think the creatures were enveloped in hot seawater ash, which quickly fossilized into rock.
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Scientists Detect Traces of Life-Supporting Elements From NASA’s Samples of Asteroid Bennu
Researchers were surprised by traces of sodium carbonates which implied that Bennu's parent asteroid hosted pockets of liquid water.
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Scientists Claim That Gravitational Waves Could Retrace the Origins of Black Holes in Dense Stars
The study included 69 gravitational wave events involving binary Black holes, recorded by the LIGO and Virgo Observatory.
3 days ago
Researchers Stunned as New Fossil Discovery Pushes the Date of Presence of Hominins by Half a Million Years
The finding established Grăunceanu as the oldest known site of hominins' activity in Eurasia.
3 days ago
Researchers Discover a Network of Ancient Ceremonial Roads, Reveal Spiritual Practices of Our Ancestors
Archaeologists uncovered ceremonial roads created by the Pueblo group and found them to align with the winter solstice in Mount Taylor.
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Archaeologist Discovers a Hoard of Paleolithic Artifacts From Ancient Lake, Most Notable Are 1,500-Yr-Old Hand Axes
The axes were found to be from the Early or Old Paleolithic period while the flakes came from the Middle Paleolithic.
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