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Giant, Ancient Sarcophagus in Alexandria Unearthed

Giant alabaster head and black granite sarcophagus

Get excited: A construction site in Alexandria, Egypt, has unearthed a massive granite sarcophagus, Yahoo! News recently reported. While it is not confirmed, experts believe that it could date back…

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Bone Discovery Suggests Human Activity In California 130,000 Years Ago

Humans are thought to have reached the Americas less than 15,000 years ago. But evidence of stone tool use on an animal carcass excavated in California points to a much…

Ancient Stone Carvings Confirm Comet Strike Caused Civilization As We Know It

The team from the University of Edinburgh analyzed stone carvings in the world’s oldest known temple Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey and revealed that a swarm of comet fragments hit…

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Great Statue of Ramses II Discovered In Cairo

The remains of a massive statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been discovered in a suburb of Cairo. Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany believes that statue portrays one of…

Neanderthals Were Cannibals

Neanderthals were our close relatives. They were sharing with us 99.7% of DNA. Scientists from the University of Oxford estimated that they extinct between 41,000 and 39,000 years ago. The…

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Greece: An Ancient Underground City Discovered

An ancient underground city in Greece has been discovered! An archaeologist from the university of Gothenburg uncovered and explored the ruins of an ancient Greek city called Vlochos. The underground…

Dinosaur Discovery: Perfectly Preserved Feathers

The spectacular discovery happened! A dinosaur tail with perfectly preserved feathers attached to his bone has been found in the amber. Although this is not the first time that scientists…

Last Days of Earhart May Be on a Desolate Island

To this day, the exact cause of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance remains a mystery but data suggest a tiny, desolate island could have witnessed her last days. Almost eight decades ago,…

DNA Study May Point to New, Extinct Human Species

DNA of Melanesians of the South Pacific point to a possible third, but still unidentified extinct human species. DNA tests on the Melanesians, a group of Indigenous people living in…

Rooms in Giza Pyramid Found Via Non-Invasive Techniques

More rooms in the Great Pyramid of Giza are revealed with the aid of modern, non-invasive techniques. Probing need not be invasive even if it involves exploring the Great Pyramids…

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