America
A rare copy of the US constitution sold at auction for $ 43 million
An extremely rare original copy of the US constitution has sold for $ 43 million - a world record for a historical document sold at auction, Sotheby's said. It is…
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Archeology
“Tiffany” from the Paleolithic. Archaeologists find world’s oldest jewelry in Morocco
Morocco is a country located in the northwestern part of Africa, a former French colony. The capital is Rabat. Famous and one of the largest cities in the country are…
Archeology
A fragment of a long-lost 12th-century poem has been found in the cover of a book
The work tells the story of the siege of Orange - a city in the Rhone Valley, France, and is part of a series of epic narrative poems about the…
News
A New Mineral – From Deep Inside the Earth – Discovered in a Diamond
UNLV mineralogist Oliver Tschauner and colleagues discovered a new mineral that was carried to the surface of the Earth in a diamond (pictured here). Credit: Aaron Celestian, Los Angeles County…
International
Jeff Bezos predicts that in the next 100 years, humanity will be born in space and fly to Earth as tourists
According to Jeff Bezos, the hour is not far off when people will be born in the space colonies of the galaxy. Humanity will populate other planets and satellites and…
America
Scientists decipher a 16th century Aztec manuscript
Researchers have rethought the meaning of the pictograms that illustrate the famous Telleriano-Remensis Codex, created in the 16th century in Mexico. It turned out that this document is the first…
Europe
Mayor of Madrid: “We intend to turn Madrid into the largest digital hub in southern Europe”.
The Mayor of Madrid José Luis Martínez-Almeida has assured that the City Council intends to "turn Madrid into the largest digital hub in southern Europe" that brings together innovation, talent…
America
Scientists have learned how living organisms acquire symmetry
A team of American researchers using the example of starfish studied how living organisms become symmetrical. All multicellular organisms originate from a single oocyte - the female reproductive cell, the…
Archeology
Archaeologists have found unusual toilets 2000 years old
The toilet is a U-shaped line of seats that 13 actors could use at the same time. In Turkey, archaeologists have discovered an ancient latrine that allowed at least a…
Archeology
Archaeologists have figured out how the Assyrians took an ancient biblical city
The first mentions of the city of Lakhish date back to the 15th century BC, in Egyptian sources it appears no later than the 14th century BC. This ancient city,…