NASA’s Perseverance rover continues its scientific journey across the surface of Mars, venturing into the lower region of ‘Witch Hazel Hill,’ located on the edge of Jezero Crater. During its trek last week, the exploratory vehicle paused at a notable geological boundary, visible even from orbit, where light and dark rocks meet. This site, named […]
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How the Mongols Conquered All of the Holy Land, Then Withdrew Without Fighting
In a recent article dedicated to the Ninth Crusade, we explained that the English prince and future king Edward I landed in Acre in the spring of 1271, ready to confront the Egyptian Mamluks under Sultan Baibars. His army was too small to prevail on its own, but he had an exotic ally with whom […]
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Over 100 Horse Skeletons from a Roman Cavalry Unit from the 2nd Century A.D. Found in Stuttgart
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation of the Stuttgart Regional Council have found the remains of more than a hundred Roman horses in the Bad Cannstatt district of the German city. The skeletons, belonging to a military cavalry unit stationed in the area in the 2nd century A.D., offer a unique insight into […]
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Scientists manage to stimulate eye cells to visualize “olo”, a color never seen before by humans
In a breakthrough that seems straight out of science fiction, a group of scientists has succeeded in getting the human eye to visualize a completely new color, beyond what it can naturally perceive. This color, named olo, is described as a bluish-green with a saturation never seen before. The achievement, published in the journal Science […]
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Emergence of a land bridge 20 million years ago allowed elephants and humans to cross into Asia, and turned the Sahara into a desert
What happens beneath the Earth’s surface may seem distant, but its effects shape continents, influence ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even the evolution of life. An international team of scientists has discovered that a plume of hot rock rising from the Earth’s mantle millions of years ago may have been a key factor in the […]
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The Pope Who Bore the Name of a Roman God and Changed It Upon Election, Beginning a Tradition
Rome, year 533 AD. The Eternal City, once the capital of the Empire, now under Ostrogothic rule, prepares to receive a new pontiff. But this will not be just any pope—he will go down in history as the first bishop of Rome to change his name upon ascending the throne of Saint Peter. His election […]
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Secret Messages of Pharaoh Ramesses II Discovered on the Obelisk in Paris’s Place de la Concorde
French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute of Paris, has discovered a series of hidden inscriptions on the obelisk in Place de la Concorde. These texts, previously unnoticed, reveal new information about the reign of Ramesses II, the pharaoh who commissioned this monument at the entrance to […]
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Scientists Propose We Live in a Slowly Rotating Universe That Completes One Rotation Every 500 Billion Years
A team of scientists has proposed a revolutionary idea to explain one of the greatest contradictions in our understanding of the universe: the discrepancy in measuring its rate of expansion, known as the Hubble Tension. According to a study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the answer might lie in […]
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Tomb of Prince Useref Ra Discovered in Saqqara, Featuring the Largest False Door in Pink Granite Found to Date
A joint Egyptian archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Dr. Zahi Hawass Foundation for Heritage has revealed an exceptional discovery in the Saqqara necropolis: the tomb of Prince Useref Ra, son of Pharaoh Userkaf, the first monarch of the Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom (around 2500 BCE). The find includes […]
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Rare Glass Ornaments from Egypt Found in Spanish Sites Predate Phoenician Colonization
A multidisciplinary study led by researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and the University of Augsburg (Germany) has discovered that glass ornaments reached the Iberian Peninsula from Central Europe, Egypt, and the Near East during the Bronze Age. The research, based on the analysis of 17 glass beads recovered from archaeological sites in Alicante […]
