Sword with pharaoh’s mark found in Egypt, still shimmering 3,000 years later
The bronze sword was unearthed by archaeologists at an ancient fort in the Nile Delta. It was emblazoned with the signature ...
Retro Japan: Woodblocks of Edo period scholar's document trove preserved in Tokyo
The woodblocks of a massive trove of precious documents compiled by an Edo-period (1603-1867) scholar have been preserved in ...
6 Ancient Fish That Have Both Gills And Lungs—And Survive Today In These Freshwater Habitats
Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian period, about 400 million years ago. Remarkably, six species of this ...
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Political Assassinations in Ancient Greece
The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...
Pharaoh’s blade still shines after 3,000 years
A team of archaeologists digging up an ancient fort in the area spotted it and cleaned it, finding a shimmering bronze blade with the intricacies of an ornamental cartouche -- the personal emblem used ...
Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...
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Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
The ring could be responsible for a prolonged drop in temperatures millions of years ago. Earth may have had a giant ring of ...
‘Ancient Apocalypse’ Season 2 Confirmed By Netflix With Keanu Reeves Set To Feature
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has confirmed a second season of its controversial Ancient Apocalypse series with Graham Hancock, who will ...
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Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty
An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time ...
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Earth probably had a Saturn-like ring system in the distant past
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
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See an Ancient Egyptian Temple’s Brilliant Colors, Newly Revealed Beneath Layers of Dust and Soot
Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old ...
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Indigenous South Africans Still Directly Related To Their 10,000-Year-Old Ancestors
M embers of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to ...