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 >>] Archaeologists exploring the Temple of Feathered Serpent (a.k.a. the Temple of Quetzalcoatl) in Mexico have recently made one very interesting discovery.
Long story short, they stumbled upon hundreds of mysterious yellow orbs that were scattered around a hidden chamber located precisely beneath the temple... [read more >>] Some people might want to pack their bags and head towards Hampshire in a hurry after learning that an ancient Roman ring which allegedly served as inspiration for JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is now on display in this part of England.
More so given the fact that, by the looks of it, the ring is more tha... [read more >>] While taking part in a conference in Turkey, a team of Italian archaeologists went public with the news that they had made one very important archaeological discovery. Long story short, they claimed to have found the gate to hell. What the archaeologists are referring to is in fact an opening, which Roman... [read more >>] Despite it's being labeled as a medieval forgery back in 1988, it appears that the highly controversial Shroud of Turin does in fact date back to Jesus Christ's time.
Thus, scientists working with the University of Padua in Italy now say that, following their carrying out several tests on the cl... [read more >>] A study whose findings were published this past March 14 in the journal Science argues that, millions of years ago, birds flew with the help of not two, but four wings.
These assumptions are based on the discovery of several bird remains in China, which allegedly stand as proof that the anatomy of early b... [read more >>] The news just broke that, this past Friday, the last surviving anti-Hitler plotter passed away while at his home in Munich. At the time of his death, Ewald-Heinrich Von Kleist was 90 years old.
By the looks of it, Ewald-Heinrich Von Kleist grew to vehemently oppose both Hitler and his plans for Europe bec... [read more >>] The remains of Cleopatra's sister may have been found in Turkey, reports say. While Arsinoe IV's bones have been analyzed, scientists have not been able to issue a conclusion.
Arsinoe IV was allegedly killed by Cleopatra and Mark Anthony in 41 B.C., in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, a Greek ci... [read more >>] This past Tuesday, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer introduced the media to a blueprint for a new cruise ship set to be a full-scale recreation of the Titanic. Clive Palmer's replica of the Titanic, dubbed Titanic II, is expected to be completed as early as the year 2016. Thus, said year will most... [read more >>] Following its being the focus of several media reports because of a meteor that hit its Chelyabinsk region, Russia is now getting significant attention because of some very interesting archaeological finds. Thus, the news has broken that a team of researchers investigating a necropolis hidden in the Cauca... [read more >>] |
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