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Qian Xuesen, the Scientist Expelled from the United States Who Brought China Into the Space Race
On October 31, 2009, an elderly man, nearly a century old, passed away in Beijing. His name was Qian Xuesen, and in China, he ...
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Lucone di Polpenazze, the Bronze Age pile-dwelling settlement that was preserved because a fire caused it to collapse into the lake
Located in the Lombardy region, near the impressive Lake Garda, the archaeological site of Lucone di Polpenazze is a living ...
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Spectacular Celtic Burial Chamber from the 6th Century BC Discovered in the Center of a 65-Meter-Diameter Burial Mound in Germany
In a remarkable archaeological discovery in the Danube Plain, near Riedlingen, Baden-Württemberg (Germany), an early Celtic ...
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The Relationship Between the First Bronze Alloy Used by Humans and the Deformity of Some Gods Like Hephaestus and Vulcan
Toward the end of the 4th millennium B.C., a revolutionary technology emerged in the Near East: metallurgy, which gave its ...
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A 1st century AD crypt discovered under the Treasury of Petra may solve the mystery of its construction
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery beneath Al-Khazneh, Petra’s famous Treasury building, may unlock secrets about its construction and the mysterious Nabatean civilization that built it. A team ...
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Mujahid al-Amiri, the Slavic ruler of the taifa of Denia who gathered the best Andalusian intellectuals of the 11th century
In the Christian part of the Iberian Peninsula, the 11th century saw the rise of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, the birth of Portugal, the dominance of the county of Barcelona over the other ...
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A whole Roman village of houses with mosaic floors, fountains with marble ponds, and luxury ceramics discovered in southeastern Sicily
Remains of the mosaic floor of the Roman house in Sicily. Credit: Johannes Bergemann / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen For over 20 years, archaeologists from the University of Göttingen have been ...
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Dunluce, the Spectacular Irish Castle Entirely Surrounded by Cliffs
Perched on a basalt cliff on the rugged coast of Northern Ireland, Dunluce Castle is an imposing ruin that dominates the horizon of County Antrim. Isolated by its steep cliffs and surrounded by the ...
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An Enigmatic Roman Altar Found in England Was Dedicated by a Soldier Stationed on the Danube, in a Legion That Was Never in Britain
A Roman altar dedicated to Mars, found in Marton, Lincolnshire, has revealed a fascinating connection to a soldier of the XI Claudia Legion of the Roman Empire. The altar, which was discovered in a ...
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The Roman Wall of the “Castrum” of Autun in France, Discovered at 6 Meters Depth
A complex project for archaeologists and security contractors. In the left foreground, the Late Antique rampart. Credit: Archeodunum As part of the renovation project of the Panopticon Museum in Autun ...
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The oldest reigning dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, descended from a shaman queen
If we were to ask what is the world’s oldest active monarchy, most readers would probably say the British without giving it much thought. That would be an incorrect answer. We need to shift the focus ...
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Sandby Borg, the Place where Archaeologists Found a Chilling Iron Age Scene Frozen in Time
The isolated island of Öland, off the southeastern coast of Sweden, holds within its windswept landscape the eroded remains of several fornborgs, circular stone fortifications built during the Iron ...