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Rare Triassic fossil discovery may rewrite the history of dinosaurs
A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.
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World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident
The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...
5,000-year-old sacrificial site stuns archaeologists in Sweden. ‘Extremely unusual’
Digging into the damp ground of southern Sweden, archaeologists expected to find traces of ancient life. But what reemerged left them stunned. Archaeologists excavating in Hammar found a ...
Smithsonian Magazine14d
Archaeologists Stumble Upon 900-Year-Old Door Guardian Statues in Cambodia
The 900-year-old statues display unique facial hair ornaments and vary ... They were found at a depth of up to 4.5 feet, and ...
USA Today15d
Hidden underground, in shining fool's gold, signs of life from millions of years ago
Until recently, scientists thought arthropods flourished during the Cambrian Period (538 million to 485 million years ago), which ... fossils are spectacularly preserved. They look as if they ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs15d
Scientists unlock secrets of 3,000-year-old tablet revealing path to Noah's Ark
Image by tm-tm, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. (photo credit: FLICKR) Scientists have recently unlocked the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi ...
Miami Herald15d
900-year-old statues — guardians of a palace gate — unearthed in Cambodia. See them
A partially buried 900-year-old statue as seen during excavations. Photo from the APSARA National Authority The sandstone figures, dated to the 11th century, originally sat atop the gate in two ...