ATLIXCO, MEXICO—According to a statement from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), a team renovating a Catholic chapel dedicated to archangel San Miguel uncovered vestiges of a pre-Columbian temple known from legend in the central Mexican city of Atlixco. After stumbling upon 1,000-year-old artifacts such as clay vessels, …

5,000-Year-Old Wine Jars Unearthed in Egypt Wednesday, October 11, 2023 ABYDOS, EGYPT—Egyptologists excavating at the 5,000-year-tomb of the First Dynasty Queen Merneith at the sacred city of Abydos have unearthed hundred of sealed wine jars, reports Newsweek. Some of the jars still bear the remains of grape seeds. Organic residue …

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, BRAZIL—Science reports that a new survey of lidar data suggests that thousands of sites containing evidence of human activity lie undiscovered in the Amazon rain forest. Researchers led by Vinicius Peripato, a remote sensing scientist at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, reviewed 2,050 square miles …

Roman Altars to an Egyptian Goddess Share Enjoy this selection of images from Caska Cove on Croatia’s Island of Pag, which was once the site of the Roman settlement of Cissa. There, a first-century A.D. Roman noblewoman named Calpurnia erected four limestone altars dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis. Source: …

Mercury, nestled closest to the sun in our solar system, endures the might of solar winds: high-speed streams of plasma… The post Electromagnetic Discoveries at Mercury Illuminate Magnetospheric Mysteries appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

NASA gears up for the grand reveal of images showcasing the largest asteroid sample ever retrieved from space. Anticipated to… The post NASA Set to Showcase Images of Asteroid Sample appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

In an unparalleled cosmic revelation, ESA’s Gaia telescope has unearthed approximately half a million hitherto undetected stars in the densely… The post Gaia Spacecraft Finds Half a Million New Stars appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

A captivating cosmic conundrum has recently been brought to the spotlight by astronomers examining the neighboring supermassive galaxy, M87. The… The post M87’s Galactic Jet Linked to Stellar Explosions appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

In an astonishing discovery at the First Dynasty Egyptian queen Meret-Neith’s tomb, archaeologists have unearthed not only hundreds of large,… The post Archeologists Find 5,000-Year-Old Wine in Ancient Egyptian Tomb appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 4 minuti Secondo un nuovo studio, gli antichi bacini idrici maya, che utilizzavano piante acquatiche per filtrare e pulire l’acqua, potrebbero fungere da archetipi per i futuri sistemi idrici naturali e sostenibili. Secondo Lisa Lucero, docente di antropologia dell’Università dell’Illinois Urbana-Champaign, i Maya costruirono e mantennero …