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Archaeologists excavating a Ming dynasty tomb have being astonished by the discovery of a watch ring with 'Swiss' engraved o...
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The disc of Phaistos is the most important example of hieroglyphic inscription from Crete and was discovered in 1903 in a small roo...
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Dropa Stones, China, c. 12,000 years old In 1938 in the Baian-Kara-Ula mountains on the border that divides China and Tibet an ...
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Nicolaas van Rensburg (1862-1926)was born on the farm Rietkuil near Ottosdal, South Africa, on 30 August 1862. There he grew up wit...
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Hereward Carrington, Ph.D. (born Hubert Lavington ) (17 October 1880 – 26 December 1958) was a well-known British investigator of ...
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A strong narrowband radio signal was detected by Dr. Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977, while working on a SETI project at The Big ...
In 1974 a strange object was discovered on the riverside of Mures river, near the town of Aiud, Romania. The object similar to a hammer was brought to the Institute of Archaeology from Cluj-Napoca were it was thoroughly studied. Surprisingly, the object was made from alumimium, a metal first obtained in 1808 and produced in large scale after 1885. Aluminium is obtained from bauxite - aluminium oxide found in great quantities in Earth's crust. It has the advantage of resisting corosion. This is the reason the object found near Aiud was so well preserved, having approx. 10,000 years.