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Scientists Discover Fossil That Does Not Belong to Any Known Life Form Classification

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Fossil of Prototaxites, an extinct “plant”- Photo taken at Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt. Credit: Ghedoghedo – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists have discovered a 400-million-year-old fossil of an…

New Study Reveals Forgotten Ritual in King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, a Century After Its Discovery

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Tutankhamun’s golden mask. Credit: Roland Unger / CC BY-SA 3.0 More than a century after archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun, a new study suggests that a…

Gladiator Tomb found in South Italy’s Liternum Necropolis

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

An aerial view of the Roman-era gladiator tomb in Liternum, Italy. Credit: Soprintendenza ABAP per l’Area Metropolitana di Napoli A marble tomb believed to belong to a Roman gladiator has…

World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Prisoner Receives $1.4 Million

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Iwao Hakamada with a hat in 2022. Credit: Noah Matsuki Halbur / CC BY 3.0 A Japanese prisoner who spent nearly 40 years on death row for a crime he…

2,200-Year-Old Greek Pyramid-Shaped Structure Discovered Near Dead Sea

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

A mysterious stone mound near the Dead Sea believed to be a Greek pyramid-shaped structure. Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority A mysterious pyramid-shaped stone mound that stood undisturbed for…

New Species of Dinosaur Discovered in Mongolia Reveals Unexpected Evolution

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Life reconstruction of two-fingered hand and sharp, curved claws of Duonychus tsogtbaatari. Credit: Masato Hattori A newly discovered dinosaur species found in Mongolia is challenging what scientists thought they knew…

What Happened to the Remains and Tombs of Roman Emperors?

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Most of the Roman Emperors’ remains or ashes have been lost forever. Credit: VincenzoCamuccini, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Regarding Roman Emperors and their fate, a significant mystery has baffled historians…

The Mysterious Ancient Greek Sage Who Slept for 57 Years

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

The life of the mysterious ancient Greek sage, philosopher and prophet Epimenides of Crete straddles history and myth, but some of his works were real.Credit: GreekReporter archive The life of…

The Gold Trail of the Mycenaeans: Where Did Their Treasures Come From?

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Remarkable gold artifacts discovered within the Mycenaean citadel. Credit: Xuan Che / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists have long admired the gold artifacts of the Bronze age Mycenaean civilization which thrived…

The 20 Events That Defined the Greek War of Independence

Christopher Enolpe March 25, 2025

Metropolitan Germanos of Patras raises the flag of the Greek Revolution during the War of Independence. Credit: Public Domain The Greek War of Independence, which brought about the birth of…