Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools
A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...
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The Five Rivers of the Greek Underworld
Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient literature.
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Liquid Water Once Flowed on the Surface of Mars
NASA's Rover found ripples in Martian rock that resemble the wave patterns on a sandy lake bed on Earth. The ripples could ...
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Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years
Among the most ancient artifacts uncovered were hand axes estimated to be approximately 1.5 million years old. The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake ...
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Ancient Water, Alien Salts, and Life’s Building Blocks Were All Found in Bennu Asteroid
This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...
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Archaeologist Discovers a Hoard of Paleolithic Artifacts From Ancient Lake, Most Notable Are 1,500-Yr-Old Hand Axes
Archaeologist Discovers a Hoard of Paleolithic Artifacts From Ancient Lake, Most Notable Are 1,500-Yr-Old Hand Axes In 2024, ...
NASA Finds Evidence of Ancient Lake with Rippling Water on Mars
The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water, not ...
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A piece of the dawn: Asteroid sample science hints at an ancient salt lake and conditions in the early solar system
The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...
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Rising deforestation threatens rare species in Indonesia’s ancient Lake Poso
The forests around the ancient Lake Poso in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province are being lost to mining, oil palm plantations and smallholder farm expansion, threatening both unique species ...
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Explosive volcanic eruption may have led to growth of ancient city in Bolivia
New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity ...
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Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools
The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the early human activity of the region. A pilot project to investigate the archaeological surface material ...