Ruins recently discovered in southern Peru could be the ancient "lost city" of Paititi, according to claims that are drawing serious but cautious response from experts. The presumptive lost city, described in written records as a stone settlement adorned with gold statues, has long been a grail for explorers—as well as a lure for local tourism businesses. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Gold. It's the ultimate luxury gift and nowhere more so than in India where brides are draped in gold from dowries laden with jewellery. With around ten million brides getting married every year in India, many festooned with gold, it's no wonder that India is the world's largest consumer of gold. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists have suspected that the three known domains of life -- eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea -- branched off and went their separate ways around three billion years ago. But pinning down the time of that split has been an elusive task. Now, a team of scientists present direct evidence that the three domains of life coexisted at least as long as 2.7 billion years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas. The temple, inside a larger ruin, includes a staircase that leads up to an altar used for fire worship at a site scientists have called Ventarron. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The Royal Canadian Mint created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records as world's biggest gold coin. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an ancient Persian artifact.

*I only have ancient dust rhinos under my bed. picked by dollyllama 3 months ago

A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A 2,000-year-old mine has been discovered high in mountains in Peru. The find offers proof that an ancient people in the Andes mined hematite iron ore centuries before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday. The fossil, weighing some 19 pounds (8.7 kilograms), was found in the cargo hold of the bus, which was headed for the capital of Lima, and had been sent on the bus company's package service. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Archaeologists from the Institute of Prehistory and Early History of the University of Vienna have found an amulet inscribed with a Jewish prayer in a Roman child’s grave dating back to the 3rd century CE at a burial ground in the Austrian town of Halbturn. This amulet shows that people of Jewish faith lived in what is today Austria since the Roman Empire. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys. The late 16th or early 17th century grooming tool, which weighs only about an ounce, was located Sunday by Blue Water Ventures diver Chris Rackley as he searched the area about 22 feet below the surface and 40 miles west of... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

"There is a bone in the neck that hasn't grown and this is an inherited characteristic only found among Inca Indians in Peru. This is sensational," Buckholm said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Gold is used in more than jewelry. It is used in high tech windows, to treat cancer, in satellites, to color glass red and much more. picked by rockhunter 1 year ago

Researchers have found the ruins of an Inca temple built for religious ceremonies in the Andes mountains, at a park in the archeologically rich region of southern Peru that includes Machu Picchu. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Under threat from Romans ransacking Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Jewish residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Jerusalem's southern end unnoticed. The ancient tunnel was recently discovered buried beneath rubble, a monument to one of the great dramatic scenes of the destruction of the Second Temple in the year 70 A.D. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

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Researchers have thawed ice estimated to be at least a million years old from above Lake Vostok, an ancient lake that lies hidden more than two miles beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica. The scientists will now examine the eons-old water for microorganisms, and then through novel genomic techniques, try to figure out how these tiny, living “time capsules” survived the ages in tota... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

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A headless skeleton found in a Peruvian tomb is adding new wrinkles to the debate over human sacrifice in the ancient Andes. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Command & Conquer has become a legendary franchise and it’s time to celebrate its birth once again. As part of our celebration of 12 years of C&C we are offering the original Command & Conquer Gold as a free download, compatible for Windows XP! picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago