Read more about the article Worshiped 2,200-Year-Old Tree Nearly Destroyed By Sudden Fire In The Dead Of Winter
An ancient locust tree catches fire in Yangquan, Shanxi, China, undated. The fire parts are mainly concentrated in the roots and branches of trees. (70147750966/AsiaWire)

Worshiped 2,200-Year-Old Tree Nearly Destroyed By Sudden Fire In The Dead Of Winter

Locals from a small village in China were devasted after they discovered a 2,200-year-old sacred tree burning after somehow catching fire in the middle of winter. Witnesses immediately reported the…

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Read more about the article 130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Male Mosquitoes Could Have Been Blood-Suckers, Too
Photo shows a male mosquito fossil that sucked dinosaur blood 130 years ago and it was found near Hammana, Lebanon, undated. The fossil proved that also the male mosquitoes could suck blood back then. (Chinese Academy of Sciences/AsiaWire)

130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Male Mosquitoes Could Have Been Blood-Suckers, Too

A new study led by expert palaeontologists has revealed that male mosquitoes also used to suck blood back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and only later moved to a diet…

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Read more about the article Ancient 2,300-Year-Old Mirror Found In Grave Of General’s Mistress
Photo shows a rare mirror found in the 2,300-year-old grave of a Greek courtesan in Jerusalem, Israel, undated. The well-preserved artifact is found alongside remains, likely of a young woman accompanying a high Hellenic army official on a tour of the Holy Land. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Ancient 2,300-Year-Old Mirror Found In Grave Of General’s Mistress

An ancient Greek mirror unearthed in Israel is believed to have belonged to the mistress of one of Alexander the Great's generals, it has emerged. The 2,300-year-old bronze box mirror…

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Read more about the article Six-Million-Year-Old Owl Fossil Found Had Its Lunch In Its Stomach
Reconstruction of the extinct owl Miosurnia diurna perched in a tree with its last meal of a small rodent, overlooking extinct three-toed horses and rhinos with the rising Tibetan Plateau on the horizon. (IVPP, Zheng Qiuyang/AsiaWire)

Six-Million-Year-Old Owl Fossil Found Had Its Lunch In Its Stomach

Scientists are expecting to make major advances in discovering how owls evolved after this remarkably well-preserved skeleton of an extinct species that lived more than 6 million years ago was…

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Read more about the article Three Adorable Young Lambs Whose Mum Died At Birth Adopted And Raised By Dog In Animal Shelter
Female lamb Mariechen and female dog Rosi cuddling at the Pfotenhilfe located in the Austrian municipality of Lochen am See. (PFOTENHILFE/Newsflash)

Three Adorable Young Lambs Whose Mum Died At Birth Adopted And Raised By Dog In Animal Shelter

Three lambs who were taken in by an animal shelter after their mum died giving birth have formed an unbreakable bond with a female dog in their new home. The…

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Read more about the article Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them
One of the four shrunken heads that were thought to be from the Jivaro tribe of South American origin found in the operation carried out by the police in Izmir, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Mysterious 500 Year Old Shrunken Heads Had Lips Sewn Shut To Keep Evil Spirits Trapped Inside Them

Experts studying these mysterious 500-year-old shrunken heads from the Amazon that were seized from a smuggler during a raid in Turkey revealed they all had their lips sewn shut to…

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Read more about the article Scientists Use Ostrich Eggshell Beads To Map 50,000 Year Old Social Network Spanning Africa
A string of modern ostrich eggshell beads from eastern Africa. (Hans Sell/Newsflash)

Scientists Use Ostrich Eggshell Beads To Map 50,000 Year Old Social Network Spanning Africa

Scientists have used ostrich egg shell beads to map a 50,000-year-old social network - the world's oldest, they claim - spanning Africa after over a decade of gathering data. The…

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Read more about the article Researchers Prove Humboldts 200 Year Old Claim About Volcanic Origin Of Cali Glass Was Right
The unusual Cali glass from Colombia is of volcanic origin, according to latest research. (A. Crosta/Newsflash)

Researchers Prove Humboldts 200 Year Old Claim About Volcanic Origin Of Cali Glass Was Right

New research has proved that Alexander von Humboldt was right in a claim he made 200 years ago about the volcanic origin of the so-called 'Cali glass'. The Cali glass…

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