25 Million Old Moqui marbles naturally occurring iron oxide concretions that arise from Navajo sandstone
25 Million Old Moqui marbles naturally occurring iron oxide concretions that arise from Navajo sandstone Walkers wandering through the sandy canyons of Utah sometimes come across a strange sight. Where the Navajo Sandstone loses its iconic peach, orange, and red stripes, hundreds of round, iron-coated stones often litter the ground. Sandstone balls are cemented with … Continue reading 25 Million Old Moqui marbles naturally occurring iron oxide concretions that arise from Navajo sandstone
A New Unified Model For Cave Pearls: Insights from Cave Pearls in Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, U.S.A.
A New Unified Model For Cave Pearls: Insights from Cave Pearls in Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, U.S.A. The Cave of Lechuguilla is the deepest of the Americas, but it is most notable because of its unique shapes, its peculiar geology, and its impermanence. Agave lechuguilla, a plant species found near his entrance, is called the … Continue reading A New Unified Model For Cave Pearls: Insights from Cave Pearls in Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, U.S.A.
archaeologists discover almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton
Archaeologists discover almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton 300,000 years ago in Lower Saxony elephants spread around Schoningen. In recent years there were the remains of at least ten elephants at Palaeolithic sites situated on the edges of the former opencast lignite mine. In cooperation with the National Saxony State Office for Heritage, archeologists at the Senckenberg … Continue reading archaeologists discover almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton
70 million animal mummies: Egypt’s dark secret
70 million animal mummies: Egypt’s dark secret In what is described as Egypt’s “dark secret,” a staggering 70 million mummified animals have been found in underground catacombs across Egypt, including cats, birds, rodents, and even crocodiles. But surprises awaited a research team when they scanned the animal-shaped mummies and found many of them empty! Radiographers … Continue reading 70 million animal mummies: Egypt’s dark secret
Dental Tartar Yields Food Data from Japan’s Edo Period
Dental Tartar Yields Food Data from Japan’s Edo Period Rikai Sawafuji of the University of the Ryukyus, Shintaroh Ueda of the University of Tokyo, and their colleagues analyzed samples of tartar from the teeth of 13 people who were buried in what is now eastern Tokyo in the latter half of the Edo Period, from … Continue reading Dental Tartar Yields Food Data from Japan’s Edo Period
Text Found on Supposedly Blank Dead Sea Scroll Fragments
Text Found on Supposedly Blank Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Four fragments of the manuscript Dead Sea Scroll, located in the John Rylands Library of the University of Manchester, which were previously thought to be blank, do in fact contain text. The finding reveals that Manchester University is the only UK institution with authenticated textual fragments … Continue reading Text Found on Supposedly Blank Dead Sea Scroll Fragments
Controversial Claim by Geologist: 14 million-year-old vehicle tracks
Controversial Claim by Geologist: 14 million-year-old vehicle tracks An ancient civilization drove massive all-terrain vehicles around Earth millions of years ago – and the traces are still visible today – a Russian university scholar claimed. Dr. Alexander Koltypin a geologist believes that mysterious groove-like markings in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were made by … Continue reading Controversial Claim by Geologist: 14 million-year-old vehicle tracks
What Are the Mysterious and Enormous Stone Spheres Found in Costa Rica?
What Are the Mysterious and Enormous Stone Spheres Found in Costa Rica? Many will be familiar with the opening scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” where a giant stone sphere nearly crushes Indiana Jones to death. While everyone recognizes the movie as a work of fiction, the giant stone spheres are not. While clearing … Continue reading What Are the Mysterious and Enormous Stone Spheres Found in Costa Rica?
The oldest submerged city: A 5000 old sunken perfectly designed city in southern Greece
The oldest submerged city: A 5000 old sunken perfectly designed city in southern Greece There is a little village called Pavlopetri, in the Peloponnesus region of southern Greece, where a nearby ancient city dating back 5,000 years resides. This is however not a typical archeological site, the city is located about 4 meters underwater and … Continue reading The oldest submerged city: A 5000 old sunken perfectly designed city in southern Greece
For the First Time in a Century, Norway Will Excavate Viking Ship Burial
For the First Time in a Century, Norway Will Excavate Viking Ship Burial Smithsonian Mag reports that Sveinung Rotevatn, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, announced that the 65-foot Gjellestad ship will be excavated in order to protect what is left of it from being destroyed by fungus. Archaeologists are racing against the clock to … Continue reading For the First Time in a Century, Norway Will Excavate Viking Ship Burial