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Scientists Recreate Voice Of 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Using A 3D Printer

"The idea of going to a museum and coming away having heard a voice from 3,000 years ago is the sort of thing people might well remember for a long time."

By Natasha Ishak • Jul 3, 2024

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Scientists Recreate Voice Of 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Using A 3D Printer

"The idea of going to a museum and coming away having heard a voice from 3,000 years ago is the sort of thing people might well remember for a long time."

By Natasha Ishak • July 3, 2024

500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils Have Been Unearthed In Morocco — And They’re Almost Perfectly Preserved

The trilobites were preserved thanks to the volcanic ash they were buried in — and they've now been nicknamed the "Pompeii trilobites."

By Amber Morgan • Jun 28, 2024

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500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils Have Been Unearthed In Morocco — And They’re Almost Perfectly Preserved

The trilobites were preserved thanks to the volcanic ash they were buried in — and they've now been nicknamed the "Pompeii trilobites."

By Amber Morgan • June 28, 2024

Remains Of Warrior Buried 2,600 Years Ago Identified As A 12-Year-Old Girl

The young fighter was originally misidentified as male after she was first excavated in 1988. Now, modern scientific techniques have revealed her true identity as an Amazon warrior.

By Natasha Ishak • Jun 26, 2024

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Remains Of Warrior Buried 2,600 Years Ago Identified As A 12-Year-Old Girl

The young fighter was originally misidentified as male after she was first excavated in 1988. Now, modern scientific techniques have revealed her true identity as an Amazon warrior.

By Natasha Ishak • June 26, 2024

This Newly Discovered Horned Dinosaur Is The ‘Largest And Most Ornate’ Of Its Kind Ever Found

The Lokiceratops rangiformis, whose relatives include the Triceratops, roamed what is now North America over 78 million years ago.

By Amber Morgan • Jun 25, 2024

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This Newly Discovered Horned Dinosaur Is The ‘Largest And Most Ornate’ Of Its Kind Ever Found

The Lokiceratops rangiformis, whose relatives include the Triceratops, roamed what is now North America over 78 million years ago.

By Amber Morgan • June 25, 2024

The Eerie Story Of Bog Bodies, The Ancient Mummies Found In Peatlands Across Europe

Bog bodies are corpses that are mummified when they are submerged in highly acidic bodies of water with low temperatures and oxygen levels, such as peat bogs — and dozens of them have been accidentally uncovered across Europe over the centuries.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 23, 2024

The Eerie Story Of Bog Bodies, The Ancient Mummies Found In Peatlands Across Europe

Bog bodies are corpses that are mummified when they are submerged in highly acidic bodies of water with low temperatures and oxygen levels, such as peat bogs — and dozens of them have been accidentally uncovered across Europe over the centuries.

By All That's Interesting • June 23, 2024

A Homebrewer In Utah Just Used A Recipe From A 3,500-Year-Old Papyrus To Recreate Beer That Ancient Egyptians Drank

Dylan McDonnell used ingredients like sycamore figs, Israeli golden raisins, frankincense, and 3,000-year-old yeast to brew a beer that was once consumed in ancient Egypt.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 21, 2024

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A Homebrewer In Utah Just Used A Recipe From A 3,500-Year-Old Papyrus To Recreate Beer That Ancient Egyptians Drank

Dylan McDonnell used ingredients like sycamore figs, Israeli golden raisins, frankincense, and 3,000-year-old yeast to brew a beer that was once consumed in ancient Egypt.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 21, 2024

Israeli Researchers Resurrect Biblical Beer Using 5,000-Year-Old Yeast

In an effort to expand the field of experimental archaeology, Israeli scientists were eager to brew the beer of our ancestors in order to better understand our past.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 17, 2024

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Israeli Researchers Resurrect Biblical Beer Using 5,000-Year-Old Yeast

In an effort to expand the field of experimental archaeology, Israeli scientists were eager to brew the beer of our ancestors in order to better understand our past.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 17, 2024

The Last Woolly Mammoths On Earth Died Of Catastrophic ‘Icing Events,’ New Study Finds

The study suggests that the dietary wellbeing of Wrangel Island's mammoths was stable and that all long-term weather events had already passed. The culprit of their demise, it claims, were short-term "icing events."

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 15, 2024

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The Last Woolly Mammoths On Earth Died Of Catastrophic ‘Icing Events,’ New Study Finds

The study suggests that the dietary wellbeing of Wrangel Island's mammoths was stable and that all long-term weather events had already passed. The culprit of their demise, it claims, were short-term "icing events."

By Marco Margaritoff • June 15, 2024

This Rarely-Glimpsed Seven-Foot Sunfish Just Washed Up On An Oregon Beach

The hoodwinker sunfish was first described by marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard in 2017, but the one that washed ashore in Oregon this month may be the largest ever observed.

By Austin Harvey • Jun 14, 2024

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This Rarely-Glimpsed Seven-Foot Sunfish Just Washed Up On An Oregon Beach

The hoodwinker sunfish was first described by marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard in 2017, but the one that washed ashore in Oregon this month may be the largest ever observed.

By Austin Harvey • June 14, 2024

Ancient Roman Grave Site Shows Child Was Subjected To ‘Vampire Burial’ To Prevent Him From Rising From The Grave

Ancient Romans feared that "evils" would haunt them from the grave — and took drastic measures to keep that from happening.

By Caroline Redmond • Jun 13, 2024

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Ancient Roman Grave Site Shows Child Was Subjected To ‘Vampire Burial’ To Prevent Him From Rising From The Grave

Ancient Romans feared that "evils" would haunt them from the grave — and took drastic measures to keep that from happening.

By Caroline Redmond • June 13, 2024