Fairies: Nothing Like American Myths, Says Irish Farmer of Ancient Land
In Ireland, stories about the fairies persist today. However, they aren’t like the fairies depicted in America at all. š§āāļø š§āāļø Rather than looking like...
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5,000-Year-Old Penguin ‘Mummies’ Found in Antarctica
Penguin mummies dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Antarctica. An ornithologist from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Steven Emslie, has studied penguins in...
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An Ancient Tablet’s Clue to Immortality Sounds Like One Scientists Study Now
A strange alien-looking creature spreading across the world’s oceans isĀ practically immortal.Ā It’s TurritopsisĀ dohrnii,Ā the “immortal jellyfish” that can avoid death when stressed. In a manner that’s similar...
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Ancient Dogs that Sing Like Whales Rediscovered in the Wild
Wild dogs among those thought to be “the most ancient domestic dogs on earth” have been rediscovered in Papua New Guinea after half a century....
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Archaeologists uncover Celtic smelting furnace in Poland that pre-dates Jesus
Archaeologists in Poland made a delightful and exciting find near the city of Warkocz by excavating a Celtic iron smelting furnace that pre-dates Jesus, a...
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Fox News Host Tucker Carlson doesn’t believe Trump’s answers about UFOs
Controversial Fox News’s Tucker Carlson appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens program on November 22 to discuss UFOs and his prior July interview with...
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World’s oldest chess piece could be a rook dating back to the 7th century
The game of chess has been around for a very long time, both fascinating and frustrating players of every age for 1,500 years. Now, one...
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Study finds that inbreeding and other demographic problems alone could have wiped out Neanderthals
Humans may not have been responsible for the ultimate extinction of the Neanderthals according to a new study by Dutch researchers who wanted to know...
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Mass extinction saw an invasion of giant-headed Komodo Dragon-like Triassic predators
Today, we marvel at creatures such as crocodiles and Komodo Dragons, but they would be even more fearsome if they had giant heads. And it...
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Researchers discover new 91-million-year-old giant shark species in Kansas
Deep in the heart of northern Kansas, researchers excavated farmland that used to be under the ocean and ended up finding a brand new species...
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Study suggests Neanderthals were wiped out by a common childhood ear infection
Of all the possible ways the Neanderthals may have gone extinct, it turns out that it may have been as simple as a common childhood...
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Unusual twin Viking boat graves discovered in Norway by archaeologists
Archaeologists made a fascinating find in Norway recently by uncovering not just one ancient Viking boat grave, but two. And the mysterious bit is that...
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Have the tools used to build ancient monuments been staring us in the face all along?
One main reason why we remain fascinated by ancient structures today is the mystery of how often massive stones were cut and fitted together with...
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Researchers reveal 143 new Nazca Lines of strange humanoid beings and a two-headed ‘snake’
A team of researchers from Yamagata University, along with IBM researchers, has found 143 new Nazca Lines in Peru with the help of A.I. technology....
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Do descendants of the mysterious Green Children of Woolpit exist today?
It’s a common stereotype that extraterrestrials may have green skin color, from green Martians to the Egyptian god Osiris, depicted with greenish skin. Ancient Celtic...
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New study reveals what brought down the powerful Assyrian empire
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
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Archaeologists apply radar tech to study ‘ghost footprints’ of ancient humans and animals
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
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The Mysterious Origins Of Merlin The Magician: Evil Wizard Or Wise Tutor?
Even those who know little about world history have likely heard of Merlin the Magician. The mythology which has been built up around him has...
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Scientists confirm legends, revealing the face of Viking warrior woman with battle wound
For fans of the “Vikings” series on the History Channel, the idea of shield-maidens, strong woman warriors are welcomed and unsurprising. However, in the real...
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Giant mammoth traps uncovered outside of Mexico City with multiple skeletons inside
For the first time, archaeologists in Mexico have found direct evidence that ancient humans actually engineered traps to hunt and kill woolly mammoths to butcher...
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Study reveals ancient humans migrated to the Levant from Europe 40,000 years ago
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
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What became of the Siberian unicorns that once walked the Earth?
There are few creatures surrounded by more mystery, wonder, and fascination than unicorns. Some say they existed and then died out. Others insist unicorns are...
