Divers Just Saved 900 Bottles Of 100-Year-Old Booze From A World War I Shipwreck
The 50 salvaged cases of cognac brandy and 15 cases of herbal liqueur were originally intended for the aristocracy of Russia. Ocean XThe cargo was...
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This Week In History News, Nov. 3 – 9
Knights Templar treasure tunnels uncovered, ancestral homeland of all humankind located, medieval Viking warrior’s face reconstructed. Archaeologists Uncover 800-Year-Old ‘Treasure Tunnels’ Of The Knights Templar...
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Woolly Mammoth Skeletons Discovered Inside 15,000-Year-Old Human-Built Traps In Mexico
It was previously assumed that early hunters only killed woolly mammoths if they were already injured. The discovery of these resourceful traps firmly challenges that...
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How 1 Million Cannibal Ants Survived Inside An Abandoned Soviet Nuclear Bunker
The study shows how resourceful ants can be — even in unusual situations. This colony’s survival suggests an efficiency that’s both remarkable and deeply unsettling....
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Archaeologists Discover Remains Of Three Different Cats Inside Ancient Egyptian Mummy
Instead of finding the remains of one whole cat, researchers found a ball of fabric, five hind leg bones, and nothing else. Museum of Fine...
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Scientists Reconstruct The Mutilated Face Of A 1,000-Year-Old Female Viking Warrior
Experts believe this is the first evidence ever found of a Viking woman with a battle injury. National GeographicIt’s unclear whether this wound was the...
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Mummified Woman Found Buried In Siberia Wearing Foal-Skin Stockings And Copper Cross
The Siberian permafrost preserved this 19th-century woman so well that some of her clothes remained perfectly intact. Elena Solovyova/The Siberian TimesThe mummified woman was found...
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Researchers Traced The Ancestral Homeland Of Modern Humans To Botswana
“We’ve known for a long time that modern humans originated in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago… but what we hadn’t known until the study was...
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Archaeologists Uncover 800-Year-Old ‘Treasure Tunnels’ Of The Knights Templar Under Israeli City
“During the Crusades, the Knights Templar battle for God, gold, and glory. Somewhere in the modern city of Acre lies their command center, and possibly...
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This Week In History News, Oct. 20 – 26
Cold War-era floppy disks for nuclear management finally retired, 1970s NASA revelations of life on Mars revealed, possibly ancient bear skull unearthed. After Decades, The...
