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In 1991, hikers in the Alps saw a body in melting ice and found Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy, “Ötzi the Iceman.”The year 1991 marked a pivotal moment in archaeological history when Ötzi the Iceman was uncovered in the Alps. This astonishingly preserve...- The famous chalk giant fooled historians for centuries and the real answer changes everythingNew research has revealed the Cerne Abbas Giant, a massive hillside carving in England, dates to the early Middle Ages (700-1100 CE), not p...
- Scientists just found a "fake dinosaur" that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years agoA newly named 'witch croc,' Labrujasuchus expectatus, roamed the American Southwest 212 million years ago, predating similar dinosaur forms...
- In 1940, a boy chased his dog into a tree hole and discovered a hidden cave containing 17,000-year-old paintings that stunned the worldDiscovered in 1940 by a teenager in France, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, a breathtaking collection of prehistoric art, were sealed for mille...
- In 1890, Russian gold miners reached into a peat bog and found something that rewrote everything we thought we knew about prehistoric humansMiners in Russia's Ural Mountains discovered the Shigir Idol in 1890. This ancient wooden monument is over 11,000 years old, predating Ston...
- In 1798, farm workers digging mud in New York accidentally pulled out the bones of an Ice Age giant that no one had ever seen beforeIn 1798, farm workers unearthed giant ancient bones in New York's Hudson Valley. This discovery of a mastodon, an Ice Age mammal, captivate...
- Ancient disease pressures may have driven early human migration patternsNew research reveals malaria's profound impact on early human settlements across Africa. Scientists used advanced models to show how diseas...
- Why This Wooden Canoe Stayed Perfectly Hidden Underwater for CenturiesA remarkable ancient dugout canoe found in Wisconsin offers a rare glimpse into the past. Scientists explain how certain lake conditions, l...
- World's Greatest Archaeological Mystery Solved: Experts Discover Ancient Secrets Buried for MillenniaAncient dugout canoes found in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, are rewriting North American prehistory. Some canoes date back over 5,000 years, re...
- He lost his wife to death, but she lives on… in a dinosaur: When love meets historyBarry James, a retired paleontologist, and his wife April spent decades restoring dinosaur skeletons together. Their final project, a poten...
- When a tariff-ic idea in the Stone Age left every OG and Magog stone broke'A tariff,' explained the magus, 'is something that is imposed as a supposedly corrective measure to deter trade imbalances. For instance, ...
- Dire wolves brought back to life using ancient DNA and modern scienceColossal Biosciences has brought the extinct dire wolf back to life using groundbreaking gene-editing and cloning techniques. By analyzing ...
- War is an art: New book explores history of battles from Ice Age to contemporary times'The Shortest History of War' by acclaimed military historian Gwynne Dyer explores the shift from limited to total war interrupted by Hiros...
- 'Lost' river that ran through Thar Desert 172,000 years ago foundResearchers have found the evidence of a "lost" river that ran through the central Thar Desert, near Bikaner, as early as 172 thousand year...
- A step back in time: Volubilis is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in MoroccoBack on the unchartered list of eager tourists is the ancient site of Volubilis.
- Robert Bruce Foote: The geologist who unearthed south India's pre-historyFoote set up the Mysore Geological Department in Bengaluru.
- Our moon was formed 4.51 bn years ago: ScientistsWashington, Jan 13 (IANS) The moon is at least 4.51 billion years old -- or 40-140 million years older than previously thought, says new re...
- Europe's Rosetta makes a historical first by arriving at a comet after a 10-year chaseESA's comet-chasing space probe woke up from a 31 month long hibernation on January 20, 2014, nine million kilometres from the comet.
- Sunday ET: Local clashes are likely to be unleashed as a matter of strategy before 2014 electionsIn the months leading in to the 2014 general elections, local animosities are likely to be nurtured and unleashed as a matter of strategy.
- Few takers for Indology due to lack of job opportunities: Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee today said in spite of increasing interest in Indology among scholars, there were a few takers for the subject due to influence o...
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