Tag: ancient

February 25, 2025 at 9:49 am

Anthropologists Say Ancient Skeletons With Oversize Skulls Suggest Humans Have More Ancestors Than Previously Believed

Source: Shutterstock

Human history is more rich and complex than some people want to believe.

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January 15, 2025 at 3:49 pm

The Microbes On This Two-Billion-Year-Old Rock Are Still Alive

Source Y. Suzuki et al

It’s not the sky that’s the limit, but the whole universe.

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January 13, 2025 at 1:53 pm

Here’s Why Ancient Wayfinding Techniques Are Still Effective In The Modern World

Source: Phil Uhl/Wikipedia

Even if the old ways of navigating can still work today, it’s not that easy to find people who are adept enough to regularly put it into practice.

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July 23, 2024 at 9:28 am

There’s An “Upside-Down Tree” That Has Been Around For 200 Million Years And Can Live For Way More Than 1,000 Years

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It’s a pretty cool addition to Earth, wouldn’t you say?

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November 23, 2021 at 3:26 pm

These Tunnels Were Dug by Giant Ground Sloths that Lived 10,000 Years Ago

These Tunnels Were Dug by Giant Ground Sloths that Lived 10,000 Years Ago

Geologists in Brazil have discovered a series of incredible paleoburrows dug by Giant Ground Sloths

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October 19, 2021 at 12:59 pm

Diver Finds 900 Year Old Sword from The Crusades

Diver Finds 900 Year Old Sword from The Crusades

The iron sword with a 3 ft blade is encrusted with marine organisms

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June 7, 2021 at 3:17 pm

An Amazing Before and After of an Ancient Greek Stadium Excavation

An Amazing Before and After of an Ancient Greek Stadium Excavation

The stadium could hold up to 30,000 spectators

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January 13, 2021 at 3:42 pm

An Amazingly Preserved Snack Bar in Pompeii was Just Revealed in its Entirety

An Amazingly Preserved Snack Bar in Pompeii was Just Revealed in its Entirety

The Thermopolium (snack bar) of Regio V was fully revealed last month

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October 19, 2020 at 12:26 pm

Giant Cat Etched Into Peruvian Hillside Believed to Be Over 2,000 Years Old

Giant Cat Etched Into Peruvian Hillside Believed to Be Over 2,000 Years Old

Archaeologists discovered the giant cat ‘geoglyph’ at the historic Nazca Lines

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September 22, 2020 at 3:20 pm

This Ancient ‘Beware of Dog’ Sign From Over 2,000 Years Ago

This Ancient 'Beware of Dog' Sign From Over 2,000 Years Ago

An amazingly preserved mosaic found at the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Italy

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