A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany, officials say. Bavaria’s state office for the preservation of historical monuments says the sword, which is believed to date back to the end of the 14th century BC — the middle of the Bronze …
A rare hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore at a Californian beach left scientists baffled when they could not identify it. An intern at the University of California had spotted the 2.1-metre fish at the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve. Researchers turned to social media for help to identify the creature through a series of photos …
Mystery of the ancient kingdom discovered in Nepal where thousands of caves are carved 155ft off the ground. An estimated 10,000 of the caves have been found in the former Kingdom of Mustang in North, Central Nepal. They have either been dug into the cliffside or tunnelled from above. Caves are thousands of years old …
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Exactly 1,000 years ago this month, construction started on a magnificent island building off the coast of France that, as it rose improbably from the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, would become a lasting symbol of national fortitude. The medieval abbey atop Mont Saint-Michel, a cascade of walls and buttresses descending from a lofty …
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Mount Nemrut, or Nemrud, is a mountain in southeastern Turkey measuring around 2,134 meters (7,000 feet) high. Atop its summit, lies several statues suspected to be the guardians of a royal tomb dating all of the way back to the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the Taurus Mountains, a …
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You might need a couple of pounds of butter for this big guy! One unsuspecting fisherman caught one heck of a lobster weighing in at 14 pounds while on a fishing trip in Bermuda. The massive crustacean was caught ‘by accident’ as Tristan Loescher was out fishing for snapper, according to Q13 Fox. One unsuspecting fisherman …
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This giant pearl could be the biggest ever found in the world and five times larger than the previous record – after being handed in by a fisherman. The man, who has not been identified, found the priceless 34kg gem ten years ago in sea off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines. He didn’t know …
Footage of a starfish ‘walking’ along a beach has been baffling the web. The creature was spotted by Zeb Hallock in Corolla, North Carolina, who filmed the bizarre spectacle before returning it to the sea. In the video, the sea creature uses the hundreds of hair-like cilia on the underside of its body to inch …
It looks uncannily like something you’d expect to see on Sesame Street – and not on the seabed 900 metres down. The amazing video of the googly-eyed squid has gone viral after it was spotted off the coast of California by a research vessel. The stubby squid was spotted by the the E/V Nautilus, which uses a …
Visibly straining as he holds it aloft, a Japanese fisherman grimaces as he proudly displays a terrifyingly large fish caught in the waters off Japan. With a gaping mouth large enough to swallow a small child, this creature – believed to be a wolffish – would not look out of place in a science fiction …
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