GSI scientists stumble upon 100-million-year-old dinosaur bones in India

GEOLOGY

GSI scientists stumble upon 100-million-year-old dinosaur bones in India Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods, dating back to about 100-million-years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. The yet-to-be-published findings were made during a recent field trip by researchers from the Geological Survey of India’s Palaeontology division in …

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Sacred City Of Caral – Site Of The Oldest Known Civilization In The Americas

ARCHAEOLOGY

Sacred City Of Caral – Site Of The Oldest Known Civilization In The Americas The Sacred City of Caral is very old, and its age is comparable to the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica. Impressive pyramids that rise high above the ground, a sunken circular plaza, an amazing amphitheatre, and public gathering …

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BBC Documentary: Jesus Was A Buddhist Monk (Accounts For The ‘Missing Years’)

ARCHAEOLOGY

BBC Documentary: Jesus Was A Buddhist Monk (Accounts For The ‘Missing Years’) A thought-provoking documentary suggests Jesus Christ — a Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity — was a Buddhist Monk. The documentary indicates that Jesus was not crucified and that he spent decades travelling and was ultimately laid …

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ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, ARCHAEOLOGY

ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago The amorous activities of ancient Italians have been revealed by wall paintings in a historical Pompeii brothel. The ‘Lupanar of Pompeii.’ are decorated with   Centuries-old wall paintings showing explicit sex scenes. Before the Roman city was famously …

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Massive hoard of mummified cats and other animals found in ancient Egyptian tombs

ARCHAEOLOGY

Massive hoard of mummified cats and other animals found in ancient Egyptian tombs The more archaeologists find in ancient Egypt’s tombs, the more evidence accumulates that ancient Egyptians admired cats and loved mummifying them. A team of Egyptian archaeologists excavating a 4,500-year-old tomb near Cairo uncovered hundreds of mummified cats, according to Egypt’s Ministry of …

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A tiny, 48-million-year-old primate Horse Looked Like a Badger

ARCHAEOLOGY

A tiny, 48-million-year-old primate Horse Looked Like a Badger The 48-million-year-old beast could have resembled a modern-day badger, according to a reconstruction of a wild horse the size of a small dog. Experts named the early equid ‘Propalaeotherium voigti’ after it was discovered in an oil pit in Messel, near Frankfurt, in southern Germany, in …

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Scientists discover hundreds of thousands of animal, and human bones in Saudi Arabia cave

ARCHAEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY

Scientists discover hundreds of thousands of animal, and human bones in Saudi Arabia cave Although hyenas look and hunt like canines, they’re members of the mongoose family and therefore more closely related to a cat. However, just like dogs, hyenas have an affinity for hiding bones — it’s just that they can tend to go …

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Well-Preserved Cave Lion Cub Found to be a 28,000-Year-Old Female

PALEONTOLOGY

Well-Preserved Cave Lion Cub Found to be a 28,000-Year-Old Female A nearly 28,000-year-old cave lion cub discovered frozen in the Siberian permafrost is so well preserved, you can still make out each and every one of her whiskers. Researchers in Sweden claim the cub, nicknamed Sparta, is probably the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever uncovered …

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Archaeologists discover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru

ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeologists discover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy — believed to be of an adult individual — in Peru’s capital, Lima. The mummy, which was discovered at the Huaca Pucllana archaeological site in the upscale Miraflores neighborhood, was found alongside two ceramic vessels and textiles. The discovery becomes the latest in …

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