This bright metallic meteorite crashed in India, and it looks pretty cool
This bright metallic meteorite crashed in India, and it looks pretty cool A meteorite-like object weighing about 2.8 kilograms fell from the sky in Sanchore town of Rajasthan’s Jalore district. The mysterious object, which is believed to be worth crores of rupees, created a one-foot-deep crater in the ground. The locals informed the police and …
Oldest DNA in America traced back in Montana Man
Oldest DNA in America traced back in Montana Man DNA tests are used for many things. They can prove if someone was involved in a crime and a paternity testing clinic can find out if a child really is their son or daughter by comparing their DNA. A growing trend with DNA testing is to …
The Mystery Behind the Rare Emerald Icebergs of Antarctica
The Mystery Behind the “Rare Emerald Icebergs” of Antarctica For decades, the sight of bottle-green icebergs in the Antarctic has captivated polar travellers and scientists. The mysterious phenomena have intrigued many journals, but the “why for their presence has remained enigmatic. Today scientists have suggested a new theory of why these jade bergs are happening, …
Excavation in Western Turkey Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Sculpture
Excavation in Western Turkey Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Sculpture Hurriyet Daily News reports that a fragment of a sculpture depicting the head of a priest has been unearthed in the large ancient city of Laodicea, which is located in western Turkey. Laodicea on the Lycus, situated in the western province of Denizli, was an ancient metropolis and …
Egypt Arrests PH๏τographer Over Pyramid Shoot of Model Wearing Ancient Costume
Egypt Arrests PH๏τographer Over Pyramid Shoot of Model Wearing Ancient Costume A pH๏τographer was arrested by Egyptian police for disrespect after he took pH๏τographs of a model in a revealing ancient outfit at the Djoser Pyramid outside Cairo, a security source reported. Social media rumours had spread that the Egyptian fashion model, Salma al-Shimi, had been …
Three Settlements Unearthed in Southern Bulgaria
Three Settlements Unearthed in Southern Bulgaria In three rescue excavations near the town of Radnevo, three different ancient settlements are discovered funded by a coal mining company, the most interesting was a new artefact was a statuette of the ancient goddess Athena, an early Thracian settlement a town from the time of the Roman Empire, and …
2,300-Year-Old Burials Discovered in Southern Greece
2,300-Year-Old Burials Discovered in Southern Greece According to a Keep Talking Greece report, Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports announced the discovery of eight burials dated to the late fourth through the second century B.C. during rescue excavations on private land in southern Greece. A recent rescue excavation by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia …
Baby lyuba, the worlds most complete and Best-Preserved Woolly Mammoth
Baby lyuba, the worlds most complete and Best-Preserved Woolly Mammoth She is 42,000 years old and has come a long way for her Australian debut. First, she was recovered from the frozen mud in Siberia that was her tomb for so long. Then she was packed into a crate at a tiny museum in Russia …
Amber fossils reveal the true colours of 99-million-year-old insects
Amber fossils reveal the true colours of 99-million-year-old insects Nature is full of colours, from the radiant shine of a peacock’s feathers or the bright warning colouration of toxic frogs to the pearl-white camouflage of polar bears. Usually, fine structural detail necessary for the conservation of colour is rarely preserved in the fossil record, making …
Yonaguni Monument: Man-made structure or natural geological formation
Yonaguni Monument: Man-made structure or natural geological formation THE YONAGUNI-JIMA KAITEI CHIKEI, LITERALLY translated as “Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography,” is an underwater mystery off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The mᴀssive underwater rock formation is speculated to have existed for more than 10,000 years, but whether the formation is completely man-made, entirely natural, or has …