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Speaking on Monday, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, a leading figure in France’s war on woke, said that ancient Greek and Latin would become available to sixth formers pursuing vocational courses next year, as well as middle school students.  Blanquer wants sixth formers to have the opportunity to “develop their culture” …

Discovered in the Chinese city of Harbin, the skull retains some primitive features found in our distant ancestors, including a low brow and braincase plus a broad nose. However, it also shows some signs of more refined hominid characteristics, like flatter and more delicate cheekbones. The creature’s apparent mixture of …

The tech giant came under fire after it was discovered that typing “ugliest language in India” into its search engine returned “Kannada,” a language spoken by more than 40 million people, predominantly in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka.  The harsh designation soon caught the eye of officials in Bangalore, …

The convoy of golden trucks that moved through the streets of Cairo on Saturday was designed to resemble the ancient boats that once carried deceased pharaohs to their tombs. The mummy of King Ramesses V ©  Reuters / Amr Abdallah Dalsh The mummies were transported inside climate-controlled capsules filled with …

The “exceptional discovery” has already been described by one expert in the ancient world as the equivalent of discovering a Roman-era sports car.  “Many of the vehicles I’d written about before … are your standard station wagon or vehicle for taking the kids to soccer. This is a Lamborghini. This …

Researchers from the University of new Mexico are sure that the depths of our satellite conceal the evidence of an ancient collision that drastically affected the course of development of our planet and could even be the cause of the origin of life. About 4.5 billion years ago something the …

The traces belonging to the most mysterious and ancient people of the Arctic – shirta found in the Bay Makarov is the Kara sea. To such conclusion Krasnoyarsk archaeologists. They dug a shelter, built under ground, with an area of almost 150 square meters. It was found tools made from …

Ask 100 people what they think of pole dancing, and 95 will answer that for them is vulgarity. They can understand, because the consciousness of most dance at the pylon means to sell your body. Some truth in this. Yes, before the strip is meant to show its merits drunken …

The NASA Rover Curiosity in the process of exploration of Gale crater, a vast dry bed of the ancient lake with a hill in the centre, found in the soil residues containing sulfate salt. The presence of these salts suggests that once there was salt lake.   The sulfate salt …

Scientists have proved that the ancient highlanders used psychoactive substances during the funeral rituals. In Eurasia, as scientists believe, the Smoking of pipes came after the discovery of the New world, but the practice of burning certain substances and inhaling the resulting smoke existed since ancient times. An international group …