Archaeology

Cerne Abbas Large is an outline of Hercules

Enlarge / Behold, the “Impolite Man” chalk large carved on a hill above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. (credit score: Barry Batchelor/PA Pictures/Getty Pictures) A serious attraction of Dorset, England, is the Cerne Abbas Large, a 180-foot-tall

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Robotic canine might be on patrol in Pompeii

Enlarge (credit score: Archaeological Park of Pompeii) The close by volcano blackened the sky and swallowed town in clouds of ash; centuries later, robotic canine now prowl the ruins, guarding town’s useless towards the ravages of time. That’s not a

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That is the world’s oldest picture of a ghost

(credit score: {Photograph}: The British Museum) A curator exploring the shadowy recesses of the British Museum’s archives lately encountered a ghost—or somewhat, the world’s oldest picture of 1, etched onto a 3,500-year-old Babylonian clay pill. The determine of a tall,

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