Eww, yuck. 800-year-old monk remains found sticking out of cliff face.

800-year-old monk remains found sticking out of cliff face

Mandy Ewington was strolling along a British coastline when she looked up and noticed two odd-looking “tubes” sticking out of the face of a cliff. She quickly recognized the protruding white tubes for what they were, femur bones, and snapped pictures which she sent to leading coastal archaeologist Karl-James Langford. Langford also recognized the grisly…

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Archaeologists discover huge stone structure beneath Sea of Galilee

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The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology has announced the discovery of a mysterious, and huge, stone structure located beneath the southwestern area of the Sea of Galilee in Israel which has archaeologists puzzled as to its purpose and even how long ago it was built. Scientists declared that the object was “definitely human-made and probably…

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Archaeologists discover Pluto’s “Gate to Hell” in southwestern Turkey

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Known as Pluto’s Gate, the famous “Gate to Hell” cave was celebrated as the portal to the underworld in Greco-Roman mythology and tradition. It was said to be located in the ancient Phrygian city of Hierapolis, now called Pamukkale, and described as filled with lethal mephitic vapors. Last week, Italian archaeologists announced that they have…

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