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4,500-year-old ramp system discovered in Egypt
Nov 1, 2018Unearthed in an alabaster quarry, the ramp may have been used by the builders of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Creepy pre-Incan masked idols found in Peru
VIDEO Oct 29, 2018The unnerving statues, which date back 800 years, were unearthed in the ruins of the ancient city of Chan Chan.
Hurricane makes an entire island disappear
VIDEO Oct 25, 2018An island in the remote Hawaiian archipelago was wiped off the face of the Earth by a storm earlier this month.
Rare Thor's hammer amulet found in Iceland
Oct 22, 2018The 900-year-old trinket was unearthed at the site of a Viking farmstead in Iceland's Thjorsardalur valley.
Road workers unearth woolly mammoth bones
Oct 21, 2018The prehistoric remains of a mammoth and rhinoceros have been discovered near Cambridge, England.
Jurassic piranhas roamed prehistoric waters
Oct 19, 2018A fossil belonging to one of the world's earliest known flesh-eating fish has been unearthed in Germany.
Hadron Collider could 'shrink Earth to 330ft'
Sep 30, 2018Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
Skull-shaped asteroid set to miss Halloween
Sep 29, 2018The unusually-shaped space rock made headlines back in 2015 when it passed the Earth on October 31st.
800 tombs unearthed in Egyptian necropolis
Sep 15, 2018Archaeologists have discovered more than 800 tombs in an ancient necropolis outside of the village of Lisht.
Huge pot of gold found under Italian theater
Sep 12, 2018Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a broken soapstone amphora containing hundreds of gold coins.
Man claims discovery of MH370 in Cambodia
Sep 5, 2018A British man claims that he has discovered the missing airliner in the jungles of Cambodia using Google Earth.
Scientists unlock secrets of the Great Dying
Aug 28, 2018A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Pyramid-sized asteroid poses no risk to Earth
Aug 25, 2018Despite being labelled by NASA as 'potentially hazardous', asteroid 2016 NF23 does not pose a threat.
Earth may have several orbiting 'mini-moons'
Aug 18, 2018Scientists have discovered that the Moon may not be the only natural satellite in orbit around our planet.
Second Sphinx possibly discovered in Egypt
Aug 12, 2018Construction workers have unearthed what is thought to be a second Sphinx near the Valley of the Kings.
Meteorite found in Africa is older than the Earth
Aug 7, 2018Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
Scientists warn of dangers of 'Hothouse Earth'
Aug 7, 2018A runaway global warming effect may still occur even if countries do manage to slash CO2 emissions.
Mystery surrounds damaged 1881 time capsule
Aug 4, 2018The contents of a 19th-century time capsule unearthed in Massachusetts still remain something of a mystery.
'Super-Earth' most likely candidate for life
Aug 2, 2018A large Earth-like world has emerged as the most likely place to look for life outside of our solar system.
New geological era named the Meghalayan Age
Jul 18, 2018Scientists have announced that the last 4,200 years of Earth's history have been given an official name.
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