The following before & after pictures of the excavation of the Ancient Greek stadium of Magnesia have made rounds in social media, and with a reason. Here’s the story behind them. Image credit: Orhan Bingöl / @archaeologyart Until 1984, one could only guess that there might be an ancient stadium hiding underground in a horseshoe-shaped …
A British angler has broken the world record for catching the world’s biggest known goldfish, aptly nicknamed The Carrot which is believed to be around 20-years-old Angler Andy Hackett with his record-breaking goldfish (Image: JasonCrowther/BNPS) A Brit has reeled in an absolute whopper of a goldfish that dwarfs any found at a fairground. Andy Hackett, …
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Alex Pikul, 31, was enjoying a picturesque dive along the coast of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt when a horrifying triggerfish that looked like it ‘had dentures’ charged at his leg and attacked him The triggerfish’s odd human-like teeth sunk into the diver’s leg (Image: Kennedy News / Mar Hosted Trips) An unlucky bloke was …
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Fisherman Keith Dees and his son Huntley were shocked after landing a record-breaking ‘living fossil’ fish when on their annual Thanksgiving fishing trip last November This beast dates back over 100m years, 35m years before the last dinosaurs went extinct (Image: Facebook/keith.dees.37) A father and son fishing trip ended with the pair landing a record-breaking beast that is older than …
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Despite a find that scientists reckon comes with roughly a one in two million chance, a lifelong fisherman threw the ultra-rare and totally blue crustacean back into the ocean A fisherman has been left stunned after he pulled an incredibly rare blue lobster up from the ocean. Stuart Brown, 28, from Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland, said the …
Rescuers attempt to push stranded whales back into the ocean at Ujong Kareng beach in Aceh province, Indonesia, Nov 13, 2017. An official said 10 whales were stranded at the beach and attracted hundreds of onlookers who posed for pictures with them. (SYAHROL RIZAL / AP) JAKARTA – Indonesian volunteers managed to save six whales …
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A British schoolboy has broken a world record for biggest-ever carp caught for a junior angler. Callum Pettit, 11, snared a common carp that weighed a whopping 96lbs 10ozs – just 4lbs lighter than him – on a fishing trip in Reims, France with his father. The record is even more impressive when the adult record is …
Brave fisherman Kai Survance and his friend leapt into action to rescue a sea turtle from almost certain death in the jaws of a hungry tiger shark in The Bahamas A tiger shark’s meaty meal on a helpless sea turtle was dramatically interrupted by a couple of brave heroes. The fishermen filmed their extraordinary rescue of a …
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The oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis, a burial site dating back to 4,560-4,450 BC, on the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea. Internationally considered to be one of the key prehistoric archaeological sites in the world, the Varna Necropolis (also known as the Varna Cemetery) is a large burial site …
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When was the human face first portrayed? Most probably in (Roman) Egypt, about 2,000 years ago. The Faiyum mummy portraits are regarded as the oldest portrayal of the human face, according to Egyptian Geographic. For the first time in history, these portrays showcased the human face from the front, instead of depicting the person laterally. …
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