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Discovered at the Sutton Who Estate in Suffolk, England, the Anglo-Saxon ship has long fascinated history enthusiasts since its discovery on the eve of World War II.
And the location of the 7th century royal burial has produced more wonders of the ancient past in recent decades. In 1986, tractor halo haloed excavated fragments of a Byzantine bucket.
Made from thin sheets of copper alloy, the artifact depicts the North African hunting scene. Researchers believe that the sixth century object took an unusual journey from Antioch (modern turkey) to the East Coast of England.
Archaeologists have discovered and assembled pieces of buckets over the years, but clues that could shed light on the base and its purpose remained elusive.
Now, a new excavation at Sutton Hoo reveals the entire base of the bucket and what once was housed.
In another surprising discovery, when two hikers exploring the Krkonoshe Mountains of the Czech Republic took place in a box of aluminum protruding from a stone wall, they discovered a gold bracelet, a cigar case, a powder compact, and a mysterious cache of hundreds of coins.
The duo was discovered at the East Bohemia Museum in Fradek Krarove. There, experts are currently studying their works.
Miroslav Novak, head of the museum’s Ministry of Archaeology, shares speculation about where the trobes came from, as none of the coins are local.
One hypothesis is that this collection is related to the departure of the Czech and Jewish population before World War II, or the departure of Germany after the war in 1945. However, the latest coin in the stash dates from 1921, adding another layer to the mystery.
If you’ve ever wondered why your teeth hurt after chewing on something very cold or sweet like ice cream, then ancient fish could be the root cause (no pun intended!).
New research shows that dentin, the sensitive interior of human teeth, is likely to evolve from sensory tissue within the ridges of armored fish exoskeletons 465 million years ago.
The fish used these bumps, known as Odontode, to sense the periphery of Earth’s early oceans, filled with predators. Over time, the nostrogenic genetic toolkit was reused for animal and human teeth.
During the study, scientists received another incredible revelation. The fossils, thought to belong to ancient fish, were completely different things.
Check out this squirrel-like robot made for parkour
Biologists and engineers from the University of California, Berkeley worked together to create an acrobatic robot with animal jumping and landing skills. Take a look at the parkour movements of this squirrel-like robot.
A new study shows that Camera Island, located on an unconfined island on Jaikaron, a deserted island off the coast of Panama, captures bewildered behavior by some male Capuchin monkeys.
A white-faced cappuchin, known as the “joker” due to the wound, was seen lured to the temptation of the temptation Howler Monkey. Apart from totting the baby on his back, Capuchin no one interacted with or cared for the Howler, and in the end, all infants died of starvation.
Given the endangered species status of the island’s Haurasar population, researchers have sought to find the potential motivation behind such extraordinary behavior – and they have revealed the trends in behaviors that primates share with humans.
Two distant galaxies enter the “universe joke” and merge into one large galaxy.
One galaxy repeatedly drilled holes with intense radiation as giant objects were damaged towards each other at over 1.1 million miles per hour (1.8 million kilometers per hour).
Dynamic activities with bright objects from Galaxy’s Center can destroy gas clouds and star nurseryes, preventing stars from forming in the future.
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– After a string of explosive disasters, SpaceX was cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration as early as Tuesday to begin its latest Starship test flight. The company plans to reuse key components of its launch vehicle for the first time.
– Ancient reptile relatives created small claw footprints fossilized on rocks from 356 million years ago. The track is rewriting the way scientists understand the evolution of four-legged creatures.
– As the owners of orange cats know, golden cats are special. Now, scientists think they know why: abnormal genetic variations not found in other animals.
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