A stack of coins was found to be an unlikely lifesaver when a Reddit user revealed that his great-grandfather narrowly avoided being shot during the First World War thanks to the change in his pocket. Belgian soldier Optatius Buyssens was carrying a stack …

A skull unearthed in East China might indicate that there is another branch to the human family tree, scientists have revealed. A group of scientists from around the world have identified a unique human fossil in China that distinguishes itself from any …

One of the mummies is examined at the Hospital QuirónSalud Madrid.NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (MAN) The research team presented the results of the scans last week in the Spanish capital: two of the Egyptian mummies donated to MAN in 1887 were found …

She is to be kept in a special mausoleum at the Republican National Museum in capital Gorno-Altaisk, where eventually she will be displayed in a glass sarcophagus to tourists. For the past 19 years, since her discovery, she was kept mainly at a scientific …

A 𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚞l𝚘𝚞s m𝚞mm𝚢 w𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 in 𝚐𝚘l𝚍 is 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 inc𝚛𝚎𝚍i𝚋l𝚎 𝚏in𝚍s 𝚞n𝚎𝚊𝚛th𝚎𝚍 𝚊t 𝚊 4,300-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘l𝚍 E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n ‘cit𝚢 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍’. St𝚊t𝚞𝚎s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊t sit𝚎 (Im𝚊𝚐𝚎: G𝚎tt𝚢) It w𝚊s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊t th𝚎 𝚋𝚘tt𝚘m 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 49𝚏t 𝚋𝚞𝚛i𝚊l sh𝚊𝚏t 𝚊t 𝚊 n𝚎wl𝚢 𝚎xc𝚊v𝚊t𝚎𝚍 sit𝚎 in S𝚊𝚚𝚚𝚊𝚛𝚊, s𝚘𝚞th 𝚘𝚏 …

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The Sumerian Planisphere – a forgotten Star Map The Sumerian Planisphere | The cuneiform tablet in the British Museum collection No K8538 In the late 19th century, a strange-looking circular stone-cast tablet was recovered from the 650 BC underground …

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNCOVERED A SECOND SLAVE ROOM DURING EXCAVATIONS AT THE VILLA OF CIVITA GIULIANA, LOCATED 600 METRES FROM THE WALLS OF ROMAN POMPEII. Pompeii was a Roman city in the modern commune of Pompeii near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. …

Oldest Fossil “Stomach Stone” The oldest fossil “stomach stone” has been discovered at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset on the famous “Jurassic Coast”. The baseball-sized fossil was found by the eminent palaeontologist Dr Steve Etches MBE. It is thought to be around …