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For a long time, there have been works of puzzles that are lacking in Jerusalem history. The ancient texts provided some clues, but archaeological records of early Hellenistic cities from 332 to 141 BC were largely missing until now.
Within a year, excavators at Jerusalem Walls National Park excavated two child-sized gold rings with shiny red gems from the excavation site.
Both gems were in very good condition, and at first glance, archaeologists thought they were modern.
Now they believe that the ring, two or three hundred years ago, was intentionally buried by a young woman as part of a pre-marriage coming-of-age ritual.
Together, rings and other objects from excavations depict more detailed portraits of Greek influence in the history of Jerusalem.
Speaking of precious caches, most of the Earth’s gold is trapped in the planet’s cry, the melting core. However, new analysis of Hawaiian volcanic rocks suggests that other precious metals, such as gold and platinum, are fleeing to the mantle.
Within the rock samples, researchers saw traces of silver-gray metal that are almost as rare as gold, which is likely to be more abundant in early Earth building materials when the core developed around 4.5 billion years ago.
As volcanic islands form, gold and other metals ultimately go towards the surface. If the metal core is still leaking, it will likely appear more in the Earth’s crust, researchers say.
SpaceX’s Starship’s ninth test flight was the most powerful rocket ever built, reusing the ultra-heavy booster for the first time on Tuesday.
The spacecraft is farther than we had during the last two tests, but failed to achieve any important objectives, such as the deployment of dummy satellites that were advanced for boarding and rekindling the engines in space.
The mission controller lost contact with the spacecraft, and the spacecraft was spun out of control when re-entered to Earth.
An unusual video shows 12 sharks socially co-fed
Sharks usually prefer to eat alone. However, observers filmed footage of at least 12 sharks from two different species that share an east feast for over eight hours off the coast of Hawaii’s large island.
Astronomers have detected an unusual object known as askap J1832-0911 Emitting a flash of radio waves every 44 minutes, a new entry in a class of recently discovered mysterious objects could be a new entry called long-term transients.
This object releases not only radio pulses, but also powerful X-rays that NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has happened to be released. High-energy X-rays set Askap J1832-0911 separately from other space phenomena.
“This object is different from what we saw before,” said Dr. Andy Wang, associate lecturer at Curtin Radio Astronomy Institute in Australia.
Excavations in Luxor revealed three tombs at an ancient Egyptian burial facility.
Located in a cemetery called Dra’Abu El-Naga, reserved for the prominent non-royals, the burial room dated to the new kingdom that lasted from 1539 BC to 1077 BC.
The painted figures, hieroglyphs and inscriptions inside the tomb helped researchers to determine the names and occupations of the people placed there.
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– Approximately 43,000 years ago fingerprints appear to mark where the nose should be on a rock that resembles a face, but add to the evidence that ancient human ancestors can create art. Forensic police helped to unravel the mystery of who printed it.
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