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A Mysterious Animal in South African Rock Art May Represent a Pre-Dinosaur Extinct Species
The painting of the dicynodont made by the San people of South Africa. Credit: Julien Benoit In the rugged landscapes of ...
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Gran Carro di Bolsena, the Submerged Bronze Age Site Whose Structures Were Burned, Collapsed, and Rebuilt Repeatedly
In the heart of Lake Bolsena, in the Italian province of Viterbo, lies an archaeological treasure that has remained hidden ...
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The Incursion of the Dutch Fleet That Sailed Up the Thames, Destroyed the Royal Navy, and Unleashed Panic in London
In a recent article titled How the Dutch Ate Their Prime Minister in 1672, we recounted a military event carried out by the ...
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Pallantium, the Legendary Greek City the Romans Believed Existed Where Rome Was Later Founded
One of the most fascinating and perhaps lesser-known stories of Rome’s history is that of Pallantium (in ancient Greek ...
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Researchers Discover a New Blood Group System
A team of researchers has made a significant breakthrough in the field of transfusion medicine by identifying a new blood group system, called MAL. This discovery, published in the journal Blood by ...
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The Famous Lion of Venice Comes from China, Possibly Brought by Marco Polo’s Father and Uncle
A team of researchers from the fields of geology, chemistry, archaeology, and art history at the University of Padua and the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (Ismeo), ...
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Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn’s for Millions of Years, and Its Shadow Triggered an Ice Age
A recent study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals evidence that Earth may have had a ring similar to Saturn’s around 466 million years ago, during the Ordovician ...
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How the Dutch Ate Their Prime Minister in 1672
As its name suggests, the Haags Historisch Museum (The Hague Historical Museum) is dedicated to the history of that city in the Netherlands. Housed in a 17th-century guildhall, it educates visitors ...
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Original Colors of Inscriptions Revealed at the Temple of Horus in Edfu
Restorers working inside the temple of Edfu. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt A collaborative archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University ...
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Anomalous El Niño Events Caused the Largest Mass Extinction in Earth’s History
A geological field section reveals a desiccated (extreme dryness) land surface that was common all over the world 252 million years ago - a sign of our future to come. Credit: University of Bristol / ...
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A Nabataean Temple Submerged off the Coast of Pozzuoli, Filled with Concrete by the Romans, is the Only One Known Outside the Near East
Submerged site where the Nabataean temple was found. Credit: M. Stefanile In the depths of the Gulf of Pozzuoli, where the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea caress the shores of the ancient Roman city of ...
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How were adolescents in the Ice Age, some 24,000 years ago, like? A new study explains
Reconstruction of Romito 2, a 16-year-old teenager with a form of dwarfism who lived 11,000 years ago in southern Italy (note the prehistoric hoodie). Credit: Olivier Graveleau A groundbreaking study ...