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05/04/2022

Box made of emeralds b same person who designed the Taj Mahal at 1:37:55.

Subscribe and click the bell icon to get more arts content every week:https://tinyurl.com/yc3m7n4mThis feature-length documentary examines Islam's rich and s...

05/02/2022

Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897, leading to the Klondike gold rush. He's now the namesake of a main-belt asteroid that orbits with other asteroids in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

04/13/2022

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Archaeologists from Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) and the National Museum of Costa Rica (MNCR) have recovered and restored six ancient stone spheres from the small island

04/11/2022

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How to make an arrowhead using ONLY rocks and antlers. This primitive style of flintknapping is also called "abo," meaning aboriginal. Even if you're an expe...

03/29/2022

Rock art sites are more complex than the images on the rocks. Archaeologists have recognized the bedrock metates and mortar holes found at rock art sites, bu...

03/10/2022

On February 13, 2022 NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover found unusual rock formation on the surface of Red Planet. This time rock has strange structure. Presented i...

02/26/2022

One of the largest supervolcanoes on the planet is located within a remote section of Yukon in Canada. This supervolcano, although extinct, contributed in pa...

02/10/2022

02/05/2022

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What is it about coloured gems that make them so alluring? Colour has always been synonymous with artistic creation. Famous artists ranging from Yves Klein to Piet Mondrian have always chosen specific shades to express their feelings or thoughts. Like art, gemstones of all colours each possess cultu...

02/03/2022