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In the Sudan found the tomb of a dozen mummies age 3,400 years.In the Sudan found the tomb of a dozen mummies age 3,400 years. Archaeologists had a chance to make a unique discovery during excavations on the island of SAI, located on the famous African river Nile. The deep …

Scientists have found graves of people with severed limbs.Archaeologists who have worked in Portuguese mediaeval necropolis, found three skeletons of young men, before whose death was severed hands and feet. Scientists believe the injuries were received as a form of judicial punishment of boys that lived in the city, Estremos …

Scientists have found the grapes, which 3000 years.During the excavations near the city of Rodbyhavn in the sediments at the bottom of an ancient well archaeobotanic could see a tiny fragment of organic origin and to recognize him as grape seed. “When I was informed that the sample sediments from …

Excavations have found a drill, which is 7500 years old.In Turkey scientists continue the excavations in the ridge of mounds, which has presented many surprises. Another finding of the archaeologists have proved that seven thousand years ago, the tools of ancient people were not only “sand-diggers”, but also functioning drill. …

Found thousands of stone plates with Buddhist texts. Chinese archaeologists spent several months on a dig in the city of Chengdu in the South-East of the country, a Buddhist temple, which ceased to exist in the XIII century. Temple Fugang played an important role in the religious and cultural life …

In Egypt found the tomb of Alexander the great. In Northern Egypt on the Mediterranean coast, a group of Egyptian archaeologists found the tomb of the great Alexander the great, who lived in 356 – 323 years BC. Soon researchers will begin to study ancient texts, which cover the surface …

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Aztec temple with a platform for sacrifices.Archaeologists have discovered in Central Mexico city ancient temple dedicated to the Aztec God of the wind, with a platform on which the Aztecs played ball and made sacrifices. According to sources, the Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez watched the …

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Aztec temple with a platform for sacrifices.Archaeologists have discovered in Central Mexico city ancient temple dedicated to the Aztec God of the wind, with a platform on which the Aztecs played ball and made sacrifices. According to sources, the Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez watched the …

Scientists have found copper mask age 3 thousand years.Archaeologists have found the oldest in Argentina made from a metal subject in South America – copper rectangular mask age 3 thousand years On the finding they reported in the journal Antiquity. The mask was found near the grave sites. The dimensions …

In Japan, found a dinosaur skeletonThe researchers found in the mountains of Hokkaido the remains of the 8-metre-long dinosaur, whose age is approximately 72 million years. These dimensions make it the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Japan. The fossilized remains were found in a geological layer, which belongs to …