Articles Posted in the Fossils – Ruins Category
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Workhouse which inspired Dickens, saved from demolition
The British government banned the demolition of an old workhouse which is believed that Charles Dickens served as the inspiration for the novel “Oliver Twist”. The building dating from the seventeenth century and located in…
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It was discovered a canoe, 1100 years old
The ancient craft has a length of 12, 20 feet, and was accidentally discovered on the shores of an island near Florida. The boat was excavated from a beach, Weedon Island, being restored by a…
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Human Ancestors Lived on Shaky Ground
Our earliest ancestors preferred to settle in locations that have something in common with cities such as San Francisco, Naples and Istanbul — they are often on active tectonic faults in areas that have an…
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California Islands Give Up Evidence of Early Seafaring: Numerous Artifacts Found at Late Pleistocene Sites on the Channel Islands
Evidence for a diversified sea-based economy among North American inhabitants dating from 12,200 to 11,400 years ago is emerging from three sites on California’s Channel Islands. Reporting in the March 4 issue of Science, a…
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Chemical Analysis Confirms Discovery of Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
Analysis by a UCLA-led team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the oldest complete wine production facility ever found, including grape seeds, withered grape vines, remains of pressed grapes, a rudimentary wine press, a…
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People started to wear clothes 170,000 years ago
A genetic study of lice has provided researchers from the American Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida information about the era in which people have adopted the clothes. Clothing items do not…
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Living Bridges of India
Some are 500 years old, and it is estimated that each one requiring at least 10-15 years to complete. Are some of the most beautiful bridges stronger and more elaborate ever made by man ……
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British Puritans require dressing mummies in museums
Even if some of them have over two thousand years, British Puritans feel offended by their exposure without any Coatings. Moreover, the same protesters argue their opinions by researchers disrespect towards human beings, even if…
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Ancient Water Secrets at Royal Garden Dig
Ancient gardens are the stuff of legend, from the Garden of Eden to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Heidelberg University in Germany, have uncovered an ancient…
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Geologists Revisit Earth’s Great Oxygenation Event: More Like the ‘Great Redox Evolution’
In “The Sign of the Four” Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, “with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash.” He finds the…