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A 15-year-old boy discovers a lost ancient Mayan city What was your biggest achievement at the age of 15? Well, a Canadian teenager may have outshone the experts after discovering a lost Mayan city. William Gadoury, from Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec, made the discovery by comparing star charts with satellite images. The new city, discovered in a …
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Dogs have been Man’s Best Friend for at Least 40,000 Years The bond between humans and dogs can feel very strong, deep, and profound. It may also be much older than we once thought. A group of researchers discovered an ancient wolf bone and say its DNA suggests dogs diverged from wolves 27,000 to 40,000 years ago — …
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Discovery of 5,700-year-old houses unearthed in Horton, England Archaeologists have unearthed four Neolithic houses at a quarry in Horton thought to make up one of the oldest settlements ever found in England. The 5,700-year-old foundations of homes have been discovered at Kingsmead Quarry in Stanwell Road by excavators from Wessex Archaeology. The site dates back …
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The Mysterious Remains Of A Family From The 18th Century Are Found In A Crate Found in crates inside a church in the Hungarian town of Vác, and analyzed in 2015, the 200-year-old bones could represent a milestone in science. An old Dominican church was filled with researchers in 1994 in the Hungarian city of …
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The Mystery of Lake Nyos: How Were 1,800 People “Obliterated” Overnight? When Camerooп’s Lakes Moпoυп and Nyos exploded, they released cloυds of carboп dioxide that sυffocated everything in its wake. On the shores of Lake Nyos, a crater lake from a dormaпt volcaпo close to Camerooп’s westerп border, something horrific occurred in 1986. Iпvestigators arrived …
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A 700-Year-Old Mummy Perfectly Preserved In Brown Liquid Appears To Be Only A Few Months Old The skin of a mummy discovered by accident had been perfectly preserved for over 700 years. Road workers stumbled upon a jaw-dropping corpse belonging to a high-ranking woman from China’s Ming Dynasty. News of the remarkable archaeological breakthrough on in the …
Roman ghost city in Africa- The city buried in the sand for a millennium Few ancient remains around the world have remained in such good condition as the Roman city of Timgad. Lost in the Algerian desert, the ancient outpost of the Roman Empire, Timgad is one of the most impressive abandoned cities in the world. Little known …
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Mystery of a 300-year-old mummified ‘mermaid’ with ‘human face’ and tail has baffled scientists A mummified “mermaid” said to grant immortality to whoever tastes its flesh will be probed by scientists in order to reveal its true nature. The mysterious 12-inch creature was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the Japanese island of Shikoku, …
Skeletal Remains Of Half-Cat / Half-Human Now On Display In Cairo Museum The remaiпs of what seems to be a half-hυmaп / half-cat have been taken from the secret chamber of the great pyramid, receпtly υпcovered, aпd are пow exhibited iп the Natioпal Mυseυm iп Cairo. Researchers from all around the world have come to …
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A Medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a Mass grave outside Visby A medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a mass grave outside Visby, a city on the Swedish island of Gotland, has been brought to life by a digital artist. Killed in the 1361 AD Battle of Visby, in which 2,500 Danish warriors, mostly heavily-armed mercenaries, …
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