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Bolsover Castle is voted 'England's spookiest'
Oct 17, 2017Built on an ancient burial ground, Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire has a reputation for being haunted.
Evidence of a massive lake discovered on Mars
Oct 11, 2017NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the site of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.
Jar of toads found in ancient Canaanite tomb
Sep 26, 2017Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 4,000-year-old tomb containing a jar of headless toads.
60 ancient shipwrecks found in the Black Sea
Sep 19, 2017Marine archaeologists unexpectedly stumbled across a goldmine of shipwrecks during a recent expedition.
UFO enthusiasts are flocking to Devils Tower
VIDEO Sep 3, 2017The iconic monument was featured prominently in the 1977 movie 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.
Did the Babylonians invent trigonometry ?
VIDEO Aug 25, 2017The Ancient Babylonians had known about Pythagoras' theorem over 1,000 years before he was even born.
Egyptian pharaoh may be first known 'giant'
Aug 7, 2017The well-preserved skeleton of Sa-Nakht, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, shows clear evidence of gigantism.
Ancient Roman sarcophagus found in London
Jul 19, 2017Archaeologists working near Borough Market have discovered a coffin dating back over 1,600 years.
Ancient Hippocrates text discovered in Egypt
Jul 17, 2017Archaeologists have uncovered new writings by Hippocrates, the famed 'father of Western medicine'.
Ancient monuments used for moonlit ceremonies
Jul 13, 2017Archaeologists have found that ancient stone monuments may have had a hidden purpose.
'Underworld' tunnel found beneath Teotihuacan
VIDEO Jul 8, 2017Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious tunnel underneath the ancient city's Pyramid of the Moon.
What is the oldest living thing on Earth ?
Jun 12, 2017When it comes to extremely long-lived life forms, trees and plants beat animals hands down every time.
Ancient fossil bird found trapped in amber
Jun 9, 2017The incredibly well-preserved hatchling is believed to date back 99 million years to the Cretaceous Era.
Lost Mesopotamian city discovered in Iraq
Jun 7, 2017Archaeologists have unearthed the long-lost ruins of a 4,000-year-old city known as Xarab-i Kilashin.
Long-lost ancient temple discovered in China
Jun 5, 2017Archaeologists have discovered the site of the Fugan Temple which was built around 1,000 years ago.
Egyptian mummy DNA study results revealed
Jun 4, 2017Scientists have revealed the results of a recent study in to the DNA of 151 ancient Egyptian mummies.
Ancient sea monster was the size of a bus
May 26, 2017Palaeontologists in Russia have discovered a huge new sea creature that lived 130 million years ago.
Antikythera Mechanism mystery turns 115
VIDEO May 17, 2017It has been over a century since the ancient device was found in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece.
Africa's T. rex was one of the last dinosaurs
May 4, 2017An extremely rare fossil belonging to an ancient predatory dinosaur has been found in a mine in Morocco.
Ancient carvings confirm deadly comet strike
Apr 21, 2017Symbols found at Gobekli Tepe seem to confirm that a comet struck the Earth in the year 10,950 B.C.
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