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The Mystery of the Miniature Coffins Found in 1836 on an Extinct Volcano in Scotland
Arthur’s Seat, the extinct volcano towering over Edinburgh’s landscape at just 250 meters above sea level, is renowned not ...
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Small Chicken-Sized Dinosaurs Roamed the Northern Hemisphere Millions of Years Earlier Than Expected
For decades, paleontologists have debated how and when dinosaurs emerged and spread across the planet more than 200 million ...
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A lovely bronze figurine found in the Negev desert reminded its Middle Ages owner of its Roman origins
In the ruins of Shivta, an ancient and small Byzantine village located in the arid Negev Desert, researchers discovered a ...
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A Stunning Late 2nd-Century Roman Gold Ring with a Carved Venus Victrix Gem and Carolingian Coins Found in French Brittany
Roman gold ring found in Brittany in perfect state of preservation. Credit: Emmanuelle Collado / INRAP A team of archaeologists has unearthed significant historical artifacts in the town of Pacé ...
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Volcanic Eruptions Didn’t Doom the Dinosaurs: Fossil Molecules Reveal Meteorite Came 30,000 Years Later
Deccan Traps, the volcanoes that could have wiped out the dinosaurs Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The Deccan Traps eruptions released enormous amounts of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, ...
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Beneath a Romanesque church in France archaeologists uncovered an earlier one, and beneath Merovingian tombs, and beneath Roman sarcophagi
Located on rue Michelet, near the imposing Saint-Bénigne Cathedral in Dijon, France, the Church of Saint-Philibert is not just a place of worship but also a silent witness to centuries of history and ...
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The Moon Is Much Older Than We Thought, and Its Crust Has Melted Several Times
A few hundred million years after its formation, the Moon was subject to intense volcanic activity. The distance between the Earth and the Moon was much smaller back then than it is today. Credit: ...
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The Victorious Battle of the Masts Against the Byzantines Was The First Major Naval Combat of Islam
When we think about the early conquests of Islam, we imagine vast numbers of warriors riding camels across deserts, waving banners adorned with the crescent moon and Quranic verses. However, this ...
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Ice Ages Accelerated Evolution After a “Boring Billion Years” of Slow Growth
Ancient species may have evolved more slowly and lasted longer, but the pace of evolution picked up after global ice ages, ...
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A Roman Well with Walnuts, Hazelnuts, and Grape Seeds Found in Bassa Friulana, Northeastern Italy
The Roman well discovered in Ariis, northeastern Italy. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per il Friuli Venezia Giulia Recent archaeological research conducted in the Bassa ...
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Mollusks Found in Building Materials Reveal Bronze Age Cretans Used Seagrasses to Make Their Bricks Fire-Resistant
A recent study led by Rena Veropoulidou (Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki) and Maud Devolder (Ghent University) has uncovered an innovative technique for unraveling the mysteries of Bronze ...
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The Genetic Code Shared by All Living Beings Is the Result of the Survival of One Among Several Primitive Codes
In this AI-generated illustration of Earth at the dawn of life, a distant volcano towers over shallow pools of water. It is possible the earliest life forms evolved in such environments. Credit: ...