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ANCIENT AMBER DISCOVERY
Thieves ransacked Romanian woman’s home, stole jewellery but missed a 70-million-year-old amber ‘rock’ kept as a doorstop for decades, worth $1 millionAn elderly woman in Romania unknowingly used a large piece of amber as a doorstop, overlooked by thieves who stole the jewellery and ran aw...- 112 million years ago, a rainforest thrived in what is now Ecuador; amber from the lost Early Cretaceous forest preserved insects, pollen, and a strand of spider webScientists discovered ancient amber in Ecuador's Napo Province, dating back 112 million years. This amber contains preserved insects and sp...
- 90 million years ago, Antarctica had a temperate forest just 900 kilometers from the South Pole despite months of darkness. 90 million years later, scientists found its roots, pollen and spores preserved in seafloor sediment beneath today's frozen continentAncient West Antarctica hosted a temperate rainforest approximately ninety million years ago. Fossil roots and pollen indicate dense vegeta...
- A mysterious coin discovered in Berlin may prove ancient civilizations were more connected than we thoughtA young student found an ancient coin near Berlin. This small bronze artifact, dating back over two millennia, originated in Troy. It is th...
- 5,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Spain: What Archaeologists Discovered Inside This Massive Prehistoric BurialA huge prehistoric tomb, 5,000 years old, has been found near Teba in Spain's Malaga region. This remarkably preserved dolmen offers a rare...
- Scientists discover this 16-million-year-old predator lost in amber foreverResearchers discovered a 16-million-year-old ant in Dominican amber. The ant, Basiceros enana, is the smallest of its kind. It shows the an...
- How was Rome’s most iconic fish sauce made? Scientists decode 2,000-year-old DNA to reconstruct garumScientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish sauce. DNA analys...
- Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
- Woman thought her doorstop was a simple rock. Turns out it was worth over Rs 9 croresA Romanian woman unknowingly used a 3.5-kilogram chunk of rare amber as a doorstop for decades, unaware of its true value. After her passin...
- Time capsule from 1966: When news froze in a different planeET copies preserved after a plane crash in the French Alps redefines glacial pace.
- This ancient wasp has been named after David Bowie's alter agoThe species name, astropulvis, translates from Latin to 'star dust'.
- Cannonball runIt is time for companies to ensure history is not extinguished by neglect.
- Dishy nibblesThe explosive boom of the 6-ft-tall, club-wielding doorman with grim jowls threw us off balance for a moment.
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