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Dolmen Shelter renderings imagine stone-shaped guest rooms

Sibling team Davit and Mary Jilavyan have imagined a boutique hotel with stone-shaped guest rooms partially...

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Archaeologists just discovered dozens of new Nasca lines in Peru

Peruvian archaeologists recently discovered over 50 new Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert. Scientists found the...

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Pulling the "magic" Maya Nut tree back from near-extinction

A French-Colombian NGO is racing against time to save the Maya Nut tree from near-extinction. A remarkable tree...

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Archaeologists discover 'a miniature model of the universe' near Mexico City

A recent archaeological find could offer insight into how ancient people viewed the world. At Nahualac, a site...

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Prehistoric women’s arms were up to 16% stronger than today's rowing champions

If a group of prehistoric women somehow time-traveled to the present, they could probably lick the rowers of Cambridge...

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Ancient flying reptile was around the size of a small plane

Pterosaurs roamed the skies long ago as the first animals to evolve powered flight after insects - and in the Gobi...

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Ancient papyrus scroll offers insight into Great Pyramid of Giza mystery

Ancient Egyptians moved more than 170,000 tons of limestone to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the...

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MIT researchers explore ancient firebrick technology to store energy

Firebricks - or bricks made with clay able to endure temperatures of 1,600 degrees Celsius - have been around for...

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Why 2,000-year-old Roman concrete is stronger than our own

The exact formula for Roman concrete has been lost. This is unfortunate, as many 2,000-year-old Roman concrete...

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Research suggests humans emerged 2.8M years ago amid major climate change event

Mystery still shrouds much of the story of our origins, but new Arizona State University (ASU) research sheds new...

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Ancient village discovered in Canada is 10,000 years older than the pyramids

The discovery of a 14,000-year-old ancient village in Canada could forever alter our understanding of early civilization...

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The original Brexit: ancient Britain's geological split from Europe

Brexit - or Britain's vote to leave the European Union - remains controversial even as Prime Minister Theresa May...

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2,000-year-old pre-Aztec ancient palace complex found in Mexico

There's so much we don't know about ancient civilizations, but the discovery of a 30,031-square-foot palace complex...

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World's oldest fossils discovered in Canada - and they're 4 billion-years-old

Around four billion years ago, bacteria formed tiny tubes and filaments, likely in deep-sea hydrothermal vents....

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Hundreds of ancient earthworks similar to Stonehenge found in the Amazon

For hundreds of years, the Amazon rainforest concealed over 450 massive, mysterious earthworks similar to those...

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