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A sealed Iron Age sarcophagus found by archaeologists in Italy, and inside is a perfectly preserved skeleton
The Bisenzio Project, an international and transdisciplinary initiative led by Andrea Babbi, a researcher at CNR ISPC ...
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Charles Joughin, the Titanic’s Baker Who Was the Last One to Leave the Ship and Said He Survived by Being Drunk
In James Cameron's film Titanic, there’s a deleted scene where a crew member, played by Irish actor Liam Touhy, is seen, ...
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Recovery of the 5th-Century BC Greek Ship from the Seabed off Sicily, Where the Mythical Metal “Orichalcum” Was Found Begins
The official recovery operations of the Greek ship from the classical era, known as "Gela II”, have begun. This significant ...
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Findings in the Megalithic Necropolis of Panoría in Granada Reveal a Social Organization Centered on Women 4,000 Years Ago
Orthophotography showing the location of the 9 tombs excavated in the Panoría cemetery. Credit: M. Díaz-Zorita Bonilla et al. A recent study carried out by a multidisciplinary team from the University ...
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The Man Who Accidentally Invented the Modern Lightning Rod, Ignored by Science Until the 19th Century
The meteorological machine of Prokop Diviš next to his birthplace. Credit: Bohemianroots / Wikimedia Commons The American Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing the lightning rod, among ...
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Cataphracts, The Armored Warriors of Heavy Cavalry in Antiquity
But as soon as the first light of day appeared, the gleaming chainmail, girded with steel bands, and the shining breastplates, seen from afar, showed that the king’s forces were near. Exotic because ...
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Marie Byrd Land: The Largest Unclaimed Territory on Earth
Marie Byrd Land is a vast territory that, due to its immense size and location in the most inhospitable continent on the planet, has managed to remain in a curious political limbo: it has not been ...
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An ancient and unknown 5000-year-old agricultural civilization discovered in Morocco
A team of archaeologists has uncovered the remains of an ancient and previously unknown agricultural civilization in Morocco, dating back between 3400 and 2900 BCE. This discovery, reported in the ...
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The Throne Room of a Queen from the Moche Culture Associated with the Moon Goddess and Marine Creatures, Found in Peru
View of the decorated room from behind the queen's throne. Credit: Lisa Trever / Pañamarca Digital / Denver Museum of Nature & Science In the most recent excavation season of the Pañamarca ...
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Ivory Coast
Africa is a world of its own; a separate one, as anyone who has been there can confirm. I’m not referring to the northern strip, which after all exchanged influences with Mediterranean civilizations, ...
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A mathematical model explains how Romanization and the network of roads spread across North Africa
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from several German institutions, including the Zuse Institute Berlin and the Free University of Berlin, has developed a mathematical model that promises to ...
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A star passed so close to the Solar System billions of years ago that it originated the moons of the outer planets
Billions of years ago, a star may have passed incredibly close to our Solar System, triggering a series of cosmic events that led to the creation of the moons around the outer planets and the unusual ...