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New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from
1+ week, 2+ day ago (444+ words) NEW YORK " Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years. Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in…...
A new exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the time of death
3+ week, 1+ day ago (449+ words) Francesco Sportelli And Giada Zampano POMPEII " More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition. The casts, which scholars call "imprints of…...
Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (522+ words) A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs. The…...
A prehistoric skeleton found deep in a flooded Mexican cave was likely placed there in a ritual
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (483+ words) MEXICO CITY " A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico's Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist who made the…...
The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (805+ words) Nicole Winfield And Francesca Primavilla TIVOLI " Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus " now known as travertine " and float…...
Rare dinosaur mummies help scientists recreate their prehistoric lives
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (378+ words) This image provided by the University of Chicago shows a mummy of a duck-billed dinosaur resting on its ribcage. (Tyler Keillor, The University of Chicago via AP) NEW YORK " Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem…...
A mysterious envelope from Czechoslovakia's founding father has been found
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (371+ words) PRAGUE " Unknown musings of the founding father of an independent Czechoslovakia, its first president, Tom" Garrigue Masaryk, are believed to have been unearthed. An envelope, whose existence was unknown to living members of the family, was unveiled in a live…...
Indonesian handprints are the oldest cave art found yet
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) This undated image provided by Maxime Aubert shows handprints with sharpened fingertips in the Maros region of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Ahdi Agus Oktaviana/Maxime Aubert via AP) NEW YORK " Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may…...
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (320+ words) The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some five kilometers (three miles), and the location near the Swiss border, once a prehistoric coastal area, that has…...
Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of pharaoh in Luxor
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (615+ words) By Samy Magdy And Ahmed Hatem LUXOR " Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government's archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists…...