During the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

During the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

During the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions. Several European sovereigns maintained menageries at their royal courts during the Middle Ages. An early example was that of the 8th century, Emperor Charlemagne. His three menageries, situated in today’s Netherlands and Germany in Aachen, Nijmegen […]

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Swords And Spears Of The Yotvingians – A Long-Forgotten Ancient Warrior Culture Discovered In Poland

Swords And Spears Of The Yotvingians – A Long-Forgotten Ancient Warrior Culture Discovered In Poland

Swords And Spears Of The Yotvingians – A Long-Forgotten Ancient Warrior Culture Discovered In Poland Archeologists dating back about 1,000 years have found over 500 swords, spears and knives that once belonged to an ancient Poland’s long-disappeared tribe-the Baltic Yotvingians. The Yotvingians arrived in the Suwałki region in the mid-first millennium AD with strong cultural ties to the Lithuanians and […]

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Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt

Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt

Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt The authorities in Egypt have announced that the necropolis of Saqqara was a rare discovery of mummified lion cubs, big cats, cobras and Crocodiles that date from around 2,600 years ago. The collection for ancient mummified animals contains dozens of mummified cats and birds; An enormous mummified beetle reported being “three to four times” the normal size and 75 wooden and bronze cat statues. The big mummified cats were found near the remains of an adult mummified lion discovered under the necropolis of […]

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A “high status” medieval building has been discovered under public toilets in Cardiff.

A "high status" medieval building has been discovered under public toilets in Cardiff.

A “high status” medieval building has been discovered under public toilets in Cardiff. Under a derelict public restroom, an archaeological dig in Wales, United Kingdom, has made an amazing find. The site of a large and significant medieval building was discovered. Clearly, the discovery is important, but the building’s nature and original use is a mystery and is disconcerting to […]

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Inuit Mummies Had Clogged Arteries Despite High Omega-3s

Inuit Mummies Had Clogged Arteries Despite High Omega-3s

Inuit Mummies Had Clogged Arteries Despite High Omega-3s The mummified Inuit scans of Greenland from the 16th century show that, despite a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, the ancient hunters suffered from clogged-up arteries. Atherosclerosis — the build-up of fat, cholesterol, and calcium plaques in one’s arteries — is a leading cause of death in the wealthy countries of […]

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4,000-Year-Old Guide to the Ancient Egyptian Underworld May Be Oldest Illustrated ‘Book’

4,000-Year-Old Guide to the Ancient Egyptian Underworld May Be Oldest Illustrated ‘Book’

4,000-Year-Old Guide to the Ancient Egyptian Underworld May Be Oldest Illustrated ‘Book’ Few rides outside the subway system of New York City rival those mentioned in “The Book of Two Ways,” a mystical road map to the ancient Egyptian afterlife, when it comes to difficult travel. This user’s guide, a precursor to the corpus of Egyptian funerary texts known as […]

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Priceless Gold Coins Discovered in Ancient ‘Piggy Bank’ in Israel

Priceless Gold Coins Discovered in Ancient ‘Piggy Bank’ in Israel

Priceless Gold Coins Discovered in Ancient ‘Piggy Bank’ in Israel In an ancient harbor off Israel’s coast, a massive trove of thousand-year-old gold coins was unearthed. The hoard, discovered by members of an amateur scuba diving club for the first time, is Israel’s largest haul of gold coins ever unearthed. The finding raises the possibility that an ancient shipwreck, once […]

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