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Scientists Finally Know What's Inside THESE Egyptian Mummies, Previously Believed to Contain Human Hearts

CT scans, conducted at Rambam Hospital, revealed unexpected findings inside these ancient Egyptian mummies which have been kept at Haifa Museum

Jul 25, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Restoration of the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Hatzegopteryx catching an unsuspecting dinosaur for supper. In addition to carnivory, azhdarchids have been hypothesized to have eaten fish, insects, fruits, hard-shelled organisms or a combination of them all

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Scientists Reveal Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Also Created Huge Magma Chamber

Earlier, another research revealed that the giant dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth at 'deadliest possible angle'

May 31, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Scientists finally know why ancient humans kept these mysterious stone balls

Archaeologists found 30 stone balls in Qesem Cave in Israel from which they came to know about the usage of these tool in ancient times

Apr 18, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Ancient stone tools from India reveal how humans survived Toba volcano eruption 74,000 years ago

As per a theory, 74,000 years ago, Toba volcanic super-eruption left the global human population with just a few thousand survivors

Feb 27, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Peter Ungar with the jaw of a dog-like canid at the Moravian Museum in the Czech Republic

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Researchers discover evidence of dog domestication 28,500 years ago during Ice Age

Recent teeth analysis of 28,500-year-old fossil showed that two groups of canids had different diets

Feb 23, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Unusual Bronze Age Canaanite temple with oldest known letter discovered in Southern Israel

Hebrew University team unearths Canaanite temple at Lachish where they have found in Israel along with a trove of artefacts

Feb 19, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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7000-year-old Neolithic era wooden well in Czech could be the oldest engineering marvel on earth

The well was accidentally discovered near the town of Ostrov in the Czech Republic during the construction of a highway in 2018

Feb 4, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Archaeology

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Archaeologists unearth earliest Sanskrit inscription found in Southern India

Archaeologists unearth earliest epigraphic evidence so far of the Saptamatrika cult in South Indian region

Dec 26, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

5,700-Year-Old Chewing Gum reveal female DNA evidence(USEDONLYFORTHUMBNAIL)

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Meet this ancient girl Lola: 5700-year-old chewing gum helps reconstruct her genome and history

Scientists found a 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch in Denmark

Dec 18, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Archaeologists discover ancient industrial area and 20 wooden coffins in Egypt

Archaeologists found the industrial area in Valley of the Monkeys and 20 ancient coffins in the southern city of Luxor

Oct 16, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

The ends of deer leg bones, stored in conditions that simulated how they were kept in a cave in Israel during the Stone Age by ancient humans. Scientists believe the legs were kept for delayed consumption of their marrow.

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Did ancient habitats in Israel invent food storage 400,000 years ago?

In an Israeli cave, paleo-archaeologists discovered what may be the possible example of food storage

Oct 11, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Ancient head-shaped jar of boxing lover discovered with sports fan's skeleton

Archaeologists unearth a skeleton, which showed signs of being an ancient sports fans and a Balsamarium shaped like a male head.

Sep 28, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Human skulls and bones which are stacked in the ossuary room in the catacombs of Paris

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Alien-like skeletons with deformed heads found in Croatian burial pit

Ancient people from Eurasia and across Africa to South America and China used to follow bizarre practices such as deforming human skulls.

Aug 28, 2019

By Priya Yadav

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Pre-historic humans used to hunt monkeys and squirrels for tens of thousands of years

A new research conducted in a Sri Lankan cave revealed that humans used to hunt monkeys and squirrels using sophisticated weapons in the ancient days

Feb 20, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

The outline of the Viking ship can clearly be seen in this image from the radar data. Image: NIKU

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Archaeologists find Viking ship burial site in Norway by using new-tech tool [VIDEO]

Archaeologists not only found burial ground of Viking ship but also traced the outlines of eight other burial mounds and five nearby longhouses.

Oct 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Ancient Game of Thrones? Newly discovered Mayan altar reveals political strategy [VIDEO]

1,500-year-old Mayan altar discovered in the archaeological site, n northern Guatemala that reveals Mayan 'Game of Thrones' dynasty.

Sep 17, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

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Man found rare 25-million-year-old prehistoric giant shark teeth on Australia's beach [VIDEO]

A fossil finder was walking along Jan Juc, a renowned fossil site along Victoria's Surf Coast in South Australia and suddenly found teeth of an ancient shark.

Aug 10, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Paleoparadoxia skeleton and 3D model of EESUT-PV-0001.

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Long-lost dinosaur's bone turns out to actually be Japan's ancient sea creature

Scientists finally found that the long-forgotten bone is actually the thigh bone of a long-extinct aquatic creature from Japan.

Jul 26, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

The fossil dig site at St Bathans in New Zealand where the fossilised remains of an extinct giant burrowing bat, Vulcanops jennyworthyae, were found.

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Archaeologists puzzled to find knife attached to a man's hand from ancient period

The archaeologists said that the man was about 40 to 50 years old when he died but he lived with the amputated hand and the knife attached to it for a long time.

Apr 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Cave paintings treasure trove found on Indonesian island

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Indonesia adds another tourist attraction: 2,500-year-old cave paintings of Kisar island

Archaeologists explore 2,500-year-old ancient cave paintings in Indonesian island of Kisar, which may soon make it to the list of top tourist destinations in Indonesia apart from Bali

Dec 18, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder