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Archeologists have discovered 3,800-year-old remains of two children, a teenager, and an adult in Peru. Knewz.com has learned that the respective burial site is believed to belong to a “water cult” and expected to change expert perspectives of South American history. The skeletal remains were found positioned so that they faced the mountains. Scientists speculate that these individuals – buried on the site of the temple dedicated to water – were placed this way because the worshippers of the era believed that water came from the mountains. In the same ancient tomb, stone pennants and snail she...
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An almost-centenarian former Nazi camp secretary in Germany has just lost the appeal against her conviction for complicity in the murder of over 10,000 people. Knewz.com has learned that the defendant’s conviction involves her actions at the Stutthof concentration camp in erstwhile Nazi-occupied Poland. Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary, had initially received a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 for her complicity in the “cruel and malicious murder” of prisoners at the concentration camp. The presiding judge Dominik Gross said at the time that “nothing that ...
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Following extensive reconstruction efforts by experts, the haunting visage of a 3,500-year-old mummy, known as “The Screaming Woman,” has been brought to life. Knewz.com has learned that the face of the mummy, which appears to have been frozen in a grotesque scream, has led scientists to believe that the individual died a painful death. The mysterious mummy was unearthed nearly a century ago in 1935 in Deir Elbahari, Egypt, within the family tomb of Senmut, a renowned royal architect. Researcher Sahar Saleem from Cairo University explained, “This mummified Screaming Woman is a true ‘time capsu...
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A CT scan of a 3,000-year-oldmummified crocodile revealed a brass hook and its last meal in an undigested state, offering new insights into ancient Egyptian practices of animal worship. Knewz.com has learned that the 7.2-foot reptile is believed to have been killed shortly after its capture for the specific purpose of mummification. To the researchers, the latter indicates the animal had religious value to ancient Egyptians. They believed that when embalmed and buried, crocodiles guided dead humans from Earth into the afterlife. In the way that Hawks were perceived as having a connection to th...
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Iowa’s Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) has uncovered what it believes is a 13,600-year-old mastodon skull. Knewz.com has learned that the discovery, the organization hopes, will offer insights into prehistoric human interactions with the elephant-like animals. The well-preserved mastodon skull – a first of its kind – along with other bones in the area (which took 12 days to excavate), point to an era between 3.5 million years and 10,500 years ago when the elephants and mammoths roamed the area freely. “OSA is excited to share that we’ve recently completed a 12-day mastodon excavation! ...
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The origins of the mystical Stonehenge, an array of menhir-like megaliths believed to have been erected more than 5,000 years ago, are subject to new scientific theory—and this time experts are 95% certain. Knewz.com has learned that the circular display is believed to have come into existence before the wheel was invented but consists of massive rocks that could only have been excavated 500 miles away. Researchers believe that the six-ton slabs of Old Red Sandstone hail from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland. Chris Kirkland at the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin’s Sch...
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Archaeologists have uncovered a “Palace of bones” made from the ancient remains of over 60 woolly mammoths in an archaeological site in Russia. Knewz.com has learned that the find has been labeled a “hunter-gatherer” relic, and is believed to be the oldest “mammoth house” ever discovered in the Russian site. Located at the archaeological site Kostenki 11, around 300 miles south of Moscow, experts believe that the mysterious and ancient “relic” is over 40,000 years old. Sprawling across an area of 30 feet by 30 feet, the hunter-gatherer relic is also considered the largest prehistoric monument ...
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Four clay tablets discovered a century ago have been translated, and based on the predictions of the ancient Mesopotamian diviners, there are numerous instances of catastrophe yet to befall the Earth. Knewz.com has learned that the artifacts which were discovered in modern-day Iraq, speak to the deaths of rulers and the collapse of civilizations. These prognoses are based on the Moon’s movement – specifically lunar eclipses – and to arrive at their conclusions, the Earth’s only natural satellite had to be studied at night. These early astrologers watched the movement of the Earth’s shadow, how...
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Jaw and arm bone fragments at an archeological site in Indonesia have revealed that humanity‘s so-called “Hobbit” ancestors were even smaller than initially thought. Knewz.com has learned that the first discovery of these humans was made when scientists dug out fairly recent remains dating back between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The latest find, located 45 miles from the earlier one 20 years prior, comprised a bone fragment 3.5 inches long, initially thought to be from a crocodile. It was later determined that the item belonged to a human arm and indicated that its owner – Homo floresiensis...
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Miners in Russia “struck gold” – figuratively – when they uncovered what appeared to be a largely intact carcass of a Woolly rhinoceros—an animal that went extinct over 10,000 years ago. Knewz.com has learned that the reportedly well-preserved body of the Ice Age mammal was uncovered in Kolyma, far eastern Russia. The region is mostly covered in permafrost, which might explain why a carcass from a long-bygone era was discovered in such good condition. When it was uncovered by miners, it was just an oddly shaped lump. Upon cleaning the curious find, they realized that it was a member of the lon...
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