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Some days ago, the news broke that an ancient city by the name of Mehendraparvata had been discovered by a team of archaeologists that used state-of-the-art technology to map Cambodia's Siem Reap region. As reported at that time, the remains of this long-lost city have spent the past 1,200 years hidd... [read more >>] An ancient city estimated to have been built some 1,200 years ago has recently been discovered by a team of Australian archaeologists. Commenting on their findings, the archaeologists explain that the city of Mahendraparvata has spent the past millennium hidden beneath the forests towering over Cambodia&#... [read more >>] The quest for Amelia Earhart's aircraft took a rather unexpected turn when philanthropist Timothy Mellon decided to file a lawsuit against TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery).
Timothy Mellon claims that the long-lost aircraft was discovered back in 2010, and that TIGHAR ch... [read more >>] Ötzi the Iceman's death was most likely not an accidental one, researchers say. Apparently, Ötzi was ambushed, shot with an arrow and hit in the head.
The brain damage caused by the head blow was probably what killed him, new evidence suggests.
Scientists with the European Academy of Bolz... [read more >>] The Egyptian city of Heracleion fell off the map some 1,200 years ago. Archaeologists suspect that it ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea after an earthquake had struck Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria.
However, bulletproof evidence in support of this theory is still lacking.
Its remains were di... [read more >>] A couple of days ago, the Wright Brothers found themselves taken out of history books. On Wednesday, the Connecticut Senate announced that, since historical evidence indicates that the original aviation pioneer was Gustave Whitehead, it would be common sense that he be credited with this achievement. The ... [read more >>] As it turns out, US explorers have had a rather busy weekend. Long story short, they might have discovered impressive amounts of gold resting at the bottom of the ocean in the waters off South Carolina's coast.
For the sake of accuracy, it need be said that they didn't actually find any gold in ... [read more >>] The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) now say that sonar imaging has allowed them to pin down an unidentified object at the bottom of the waters off the coast of an uninhabited island (i.e. Nikumaroro island) in the southwestern Pacific.
Data collected thus far indicate that this... [read more >>] The 10,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth have recently been uncovered in Siberia.
This particular piece of news would probably not have sparked this much interest if it were not for the fact that blood and well-preserved muscle tissue samples have allegedly been collected from the animal's bod... [read more >>] A team of Indiana University researchers are now readying themselves to launch an investigation aimed at explaining how it was that five copper coins believed to be roughly 1,000 years old ended up in Australia. What sparked these scientists’ interest is the fact that, according to present day writt... [read more >>] |
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 The city lies close to the temple complex of Angkor Wat |  Couple shocked to find they must pay for the skeleton's archaeological assessment |  The city of Mahendraparvata has been hiding in the Cambodian jungle for over 1,000 years |  The tunnel measured some 32 feet (10 meters) in length, reached beyond the camp's border |  TIGHAR allegedly kept its silence to get more money from philanthropist Timothy Mellon |  Researchers suspect the iceman was ambushed and killed |  The structure is made up of numerous volcanic stones, specialists say |  The bomber spent over 70 years underwater, is still in good condition |  New book argues Elizabeth died as a child, was replaced by a boy |  The city has been underwater for over 1,200 years, archaeologists say |  New bill says Gustave Whitehead is the original aviation pioneer | |
|  One of these events was the Black Dinner of 1440, another was the Glencoe Massacre in 1692 |  The ship was discovered in the waters off South Carolina's coast this past weekend |  The French owe their wine making skills to the Italians, researchers now say |  Specialists say Egyptians most likely considered meteorites to be physical remains of gods |  Sonar image believed to reveal the remains of Amelia Earhart's plane |  The animal's remains are said to also contain well-preserved muscle tissue |
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