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Eight-Year-Old Girl Finds 100,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Bones In Russia While Fishing With Her Father

Maryam Mirsaitova and her father stumbled across bones from a woolly mammoth, a bison, and a third animal that's yet to be identified.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 2, 2023

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Eight-Year-Old Girl Finds 100,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Bones In Russia While Fishing With Her Father

Maryam Mirsaitova and her father stumbled across bones from a woolly mammoth, a bison, and a third animal that's yet to be identified.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 2, 2023

Archaeologists Discover 7,000-Year-Old Shark Tooth Knives In Indonesia

Archaeologists believe that the shark tooth knives were used as weapons or in rituals and not as day-to-day tools for cutting.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 1, 2023

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Archaeologists Discover 7,000-Year-Old Shark Tooth Knives In Indonesia

Archaeologists believe that the shark tooth knives were used as weapons or in rituals and not as day-to-day tools for cutting.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 1, 2023

Mummified Mice Discovered Atop Andean Volcanoes, Leaving Biologists Baffled

Both living and dead mice have been found atop Andean volcanoes, raising questions of how they got there — and why.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 25, 2023

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Mummified Mice Discovered Atop Andean Volcanoes, Leaving Biologists Baffled

Both living and dead mice have been found atop Andean volcanoes, raising questions of how they got there — and why.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 25, 2023

This Toddler Has Visited All 63 U.S. National Parks — All Before Her Fourth Birthday

Journey Castillo visited her first national park when she was just a few days old and recently finished visiting all 63 after a tour of the parks in Alaska.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Oct 24, 2023

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This Toddler Has Visited All 63 U.S. National Parks — All Before Her Fourth Birthday

Journey Castillo visited her first national park when she was just a few days old and recently finished visiting all 63 after a tour of the parks in Alaska.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • October 24, 2023

An Enormous Statue Of Man Appearing To Hold His Penis Was Just Unearthed At A Prehistoric Site In Turkey

The statue of the man holding his phallus at the ancient Karahan Tepe site may have been a "progenitor of a social group" and may be around 11,000 years old.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 17, 2023

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An Enormous Statue Of Man Appearing To Hold His Penis Was Just Unearthed At A Prehistoric Site In Turkey

The statue of the man holding his phallus at the ancient Karahan Tepe site may have been a "progenitor of a social group" and may be around 11,000 years old.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 17, 2023

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence To Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls Charred By Mount Vesuvius

Using artificial intelligence to read the Vesuvius scrolls could have profound implications for our understanding of the ancient world, as many texts from antiquity have been lost through the ages.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 13, 2023

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Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence To Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls Charred By Mount Vesuvius

Using artificial intelligence to read the Vesuvius scrolls could have profound implications for our understanding of the ancient world, as many texts from antiquity have been lost through the ages.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 13, 2023

Stage Where Shakespeare Allegedly Performed Uncovered In England

William Shakespeare allegedly performed at St. George’s Guildhall in Norfolk at the end of the 16th century when London's theatres were closed because of the plague.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 11, 2023

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Stage Where Shakespeare Allegedly Performed Uncovered In England

William Shakespeare allegedly performed at St. George’s Guildhall in Norfolk at the end of the 16th century when London's theatres were closed because of the plague.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 11, 2023

The Fascinating History Of The Great Pyramid Of Cholula, The Largest Pyramid In The World By Volume

Spreading across 300 by 315 meters with a total volume of 4.45 million cubic meters, the Cholula Pyramid in Puebla, Mexico was widely mistaken for a hill for centuries.

By Matt Crabtree • Oct 6, 2023

The Fascinating History Of The Great Pyramid Of Cholula, The Largest Pyramid In The World By Volume

Spreading across 300 by 315 meters with a total volume of 4.45 million cubic meters, the Cholula Pyramid in Puebla, Mexico was widely mistaken for a hill for centuries.

By Matt Crabtree • October 6, 2023

Clumps Of Spiders Are Falling From The Sky In California In A Phenomenon Called ‘Ballooning’

Ballooning happens every year, but experts aren't exactly sure why there have been so many of these spider sightings recently.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 6, 2023

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Clumps Of Spiders Are Falling From The Sky In California In A Phenomenon Called ‘Ballooning’

Ballooning happens every year, but experts aren't exactly sure why there have been so many of these spider sightings recently.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 6, 2023

25 Enchanting Photos Of Spadena House, The Storybook Cottage In The Middle Of Beverly Hills

This "Witch's House" was originally built in 1921 to hold offices and dressing rooms for a silent film studio, but it was transformed into a single-family home and moved to Beverly Hills just a few years later — and Spadena House remains there to this day.

By Erin Kelly • Oct 4, 2023

25 Enchanting Photos Of Spadena House, The Storybook Cottage In The Middle Of Beverly Hills

This "Witch's House" was originally built in 1921 to hold offices and dressing rooms for a silent film studio, but it was transformed into a single-family home and moved to Beverly Hills just a few years later — and Spadena House remains there to this day.

By Erin Kelly • October 4, 2023