The 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 the Carboniferous period (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
“It’s helped enormously to understand both the last moments of the site, but also the 100 years running up to it,” professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill from the United Kingdom’s Cambridge University and a former director of the Herculaneum Project which collaborates …
Read moreOne 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 …
Read moreThe 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,…
Read moreIncredible 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 …
Read moreThis 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 …
Read moreArene 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 …
Read moreNOT 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…? …
Read moreAn 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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