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Secret Underground Passages Described in Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketches Discovered Beneath Milan’s Sforza Castle
As part of a doctoral thesis, the prestigious Politecnico di Milano has conducted a pioneering technological study that has ...
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Human Footprints from the Bronze Age Left by People Fleeing a Vesuvian Eruption and Other Extraordinary Discoveries in Campania
During improvement works on the Diramazione Nocera-Cava dei Tirreni gas pipeline in the municipalities of Nocera Superiore, ...
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Archaeologists Find Evidence That Kurd Qaburstan Could Be the Ancient City of Qabra, Mentioned in Babylonian Inscriptions
The archaeological site of Kurd Qaburstan, located in the Erbil region of northeastern Iraq, has emerged as an invaluable ...
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Herzgruft, the Crypt in Vienna Where the Hearts of the Habsburgs Are Preserved
Saying that the heart of the Habsburgs is in Vienna may sound like a poetic expression to embellish a historical fact, but it ...
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The Oldest Neolithic Settlement of France’s First Farmers, Discovered on the French Riviera
Described as a rare find by the regional archaeology department, one of the oldest Neolithic settlements in France, ...
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Uncovering a Massive Ancient Fortress with a 1-Kilometer-Long, 3,000-Year-Old Wall in the Caucasus
View of the location and excavations of the ancient mega-fortress discovered in Georgia. Credit: Nathaniel Erb-Satullo A recent study led by Dr. Nathaniel Erb-Satullo of Cranfield University has shed ...
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The Strongest Earthquake in History Was Recorded in Chile in 1960 and the Tsunami it Triggered Wreaked Havoc even in Hawaii
The tsunami that followed the earthquake dragging a boat onto the beach. A landslide can be seen in the background Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Some videos of the earthquake that shook ...
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Mysterious Medieval Discs Found in Ukraine Are Solar Compasses Used by Viking Navigators for Orientation
A recent study published by scholars Olena Veremeychyk and Olga Antowska-Gorączniak analyzes the possible function of pyrophyllite discs found in southern Ukraine. These medieval artifacts may have ...
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Antarctic Ice Drilling Achieves Continuous Climate Record Spanning 1.2 Million Years
An international team of researchers from twelve institutions across ten European countries has achieved an unprecedented milestone in climate sciences. This group successfully drilled through ...
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Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus: The Rivalry of Two Roman Centurions as Told by Julius Caesar
We know the names of very few Roman centurions and legionaries, mostly those found on inscriptions and commemorative steles, along with a few mentioned in written sources. However, there are two whose ...
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The Oldest Three-Dimensional Map in the World Discovered in a Paleolithic Cave Near Paris
View of the three-dimensional map on the cave floor. Credit: Pascal Crapet, Fontainebleau / courtesy of Médard Thiry for labrujulaverde.com French scientists have identified a unique engraving in the ...
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Ranavalona I’s Bloody Crusade Against Christianity and Foreign Influence: The Ruthless Queen Who Defended Madagascar’s Traditions
Some 19th-century historians described her as the modern Messalina; others as a female Caligula. Meanwhile, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, an explorer and travel writer who traveled around the world twice in the ...