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• Israeli archaeologists discover 3,500-year-old Canaanite staircase

  28-07-2019 23:58
  Israeli researchers have discovered a magnificent staircase that dates back to 3,500 years ago in the northern part of Israel, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported on Wednesday.Stunning 8th century BCE staircase and paved entrance hall at Tel Hazor [Credit: The Selz FoundationHazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin]The stairs were discovered during excavations to expose the palace of Hazor, which was the largest and...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l
  
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• Electricity-driven undersea reactions may have been important for the emergence of life

  28-07-2019 23:49
  Though it remains unknown how life began, there is a community of scientists who suspect it occurred in or around deep sea hydrothermal environments. At such sites, water heated by contact with hot rocks from Earth's mantle flows into the lower ocean, passing over and through minerals which are themselves precipitated by the interaction of this hot water with cold seawater.The research group has proposed an effective mechanism to...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full lin
  
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• Sunken ancient Greek temple, shipwrecks, coins and jewellery found in Egypt's submerged city Heracleion

  28-07-2019 23:41
  Beneath the waves of the Mediterranean, underwater archaeologists were busy digging the sea-bed to uncover more secrets of the sunken cities of Heracleion and Canopus in Abu Qir Bay, in Alexandria.Granite columns and a Greek temple were found during recent dives and studies in the ancient sunkenharbour city Heracleion, off Egypt 's north coast [Credit: Egypt. Ministry of Antiquities]
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• 15,000-year-old stone tools discovered in Slovakian Cave

  28-07-2019 23:13
  Archaeologists from Kraków participating in a joint Polish-Slovak research project have found evidence of human presence from over 10 thousand years ago in a cave in Belianske Tatras mountain range. This is the first discovery of traces of prehistoric human settlement in the region where many researchers have unsuccessfully searched for them since the late 19th century.Remains of a hearth and stone blades dating to the end of the...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f
  
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• Row erupts between volcanologists and archaeologists over Pompeii’s ruins

  28-07-2019 23:08
  A conflict has broken out between volcanologists and archaeologists about the volcanic rocks being chipped away in order to reveal the city’s treasures and secrets, The Guardian reports.Archaeologists at work in Pompeii. Volcanologists complain they have been barred fromaccessing certain areas of the world heritage site [Credit: Cesare Abbate/AP]Pompeii is the fifth most visited site on Earth, with 3 million visitors per year....[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full
  
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