Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries
Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries The tiny boxwood sculptures are so perfectly crafted that the naked eye cannot see details that reveal their construction. New research and cutting-edge scientific imaging have revealed that each carving is an intricate three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Knowing how the …
Medieval Padlock Discovered in Scotland
Medieval Padlock Hints at Prosperity of Scotland’s Pictish Farmers In olden times, padlocks were sufficient to safeguard a person’s treasures—and even after more than a millennium underground, some of these handy artifacts still hold their fair share of secrets under lock and key. Officials excavating the Lair archeological site in Glenshee, Scotland, have uncovered two …
Gemstone Turns Out to Be Fossil of an Unknown Dinosaur
Gemstone Turns Out to Be Fossil of an Unknown Dinosaur Unearthing a beautiful opal is usually a reward in itself. Discovering that your gemstone is actually an opalized fossil of a millions-year-old, previously unknown dinosaur, well that’s priceless. Precious stones recovered from the opal fields of Australia have turned out not just to be opalised …
A crystal mountain in Egypt near an Oasis
A crystal mountain in Egypt near an Oasis which dates to 33 million years ago. “Crystal Mountain”. Located within the white desert, 120 km from the Farafra Oasis and 160 km from the Bahariya Oases is one of the rarest mountains in the world, it is a mountain full of different crystal, where there are …
7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth
7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth Philipp Heck, Field Museum curator and ᴀssociate professor of the University of Chicago and lead author of the paper on findings from the national academy of science, said: “This is one of the most interesting projects I worked on.” “These are the oldest solids ever discovered …
600-Year-Old Foundations Unearthed in Mexicapan
600-Year-Old Foundations Unearthed in Mexicapan Archeologists in the Mexico City district of Azcapotzalco have discovered the base of the pre-Hispanic house and other building remnants of an ancient settlement. In a declaration, the INAH confirmed that the finds in the historic center of the northern borough were part of the ancient altépetl, or city-state, of Mexicapan. The …
Due to heavy rain: Ritual Temple Baths now fully functional in 2000 years, for the first time.
Thanks to Heavy Rains: Ritual Baths for Temple now fully functional for first time in 2,000 years Two thousand years ago, Jews from all over Israel attended the Holy Temple in Jerusalem three times a year to worship God, as the Bible commands Three times a year—on the festival of Pesach, on the festival of Shavuot, and …
Sensational findings show ‘ mysterious buried treasure in old synagogue
The sensational find reveals ‘mysterious’ buried treasure in an old synagogue A decaying box buried in a synagogue in Małopolska has revealed a treasure. 350 valuable pieces were found in a discovery that was proclaimed sensational by archaeologists at Wieliczka’s Old Synagogue. The archaeologists were digging a small test hole by a wall inside the …
Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school
Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school Sherry Read Math teacher Classroom is a total mess. The students are gone for the summer, and light fixtures dangle from the ceiling. There is a dust layer on the floor. The worker’s rackets down the corridor during the refurbishment of the school, which …
Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago
Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago A new study has found that prehistoric humans have preserved bone marrow in their caves for up to nine weeks as a soup pot. Researchers previously thought that Paleolithic people lived a hand-to-mouth existence but this research shows they were sophisticated enough to preserve …