Archeologists map hidden landscape where the first Australians emerged.

Archaeologists have mapped a hidden landscape where Australia's first people made inroads more than 60,000 years ago. This now-inland region was once a coastal mangrove swamp and, before that, a semi-arid savannah plain hundreds of kilometers from the seashore. During the…

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The biggest diamond ever found weighed the same as 7,692 bees.

The largest rough diamond ever found is known as the Cullinan Diamond and its story is pretty interesting. Found in South Africa in 1905, this whopper of a gemstone weighed 3,106 carats and was 10.1 x 6.35 x 5.9 centimeters when it was first found. To put this in context th…

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Cannes Film Festival 2023.

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival has come to a close, with the 76th annual celebration of cinema awarding the coveted Palme d’Or to Justine Triet’s crime drama Anatomy of a Fall. French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s P…

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Story of the first successful ascent of ball's pyramid inthe pacific ocean.

Ball’s Pyramid lies about twelve miles southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. The formation is a remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. Ball’s Pyramid is based on the Lord Howe Rise, part of the submerged continent of Zea…

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Cannabis cultivation project to commence soon.

A pilot project to cultivate cannabis within the Board of Investment (BOI) zone in Katunayake has been approved by an expert committee.  Accordingly, the pilot project to cultivate cannabis within the BOI is expected to start soon, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilu…

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South Carolina approves six-week abortion ban for most women.

Legislators in the US state of South Carolina have passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy - before most women know they are pregnant. The bill is expected to be signed into law by the state's Republican governor, Henry McMas…

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Scientists have found a chapter of the Bible hidden more than thousand years.

Scientists say they have found an old version of a Bible chapter that was hidden underneath a section of text for more than 1,500 years. Grigory Kessel, a historian at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, announced the discovery earlier this year in an article in New Testament …

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Brazil declares animal health emergency after several cases found.

Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered in Rio de Janeiro state. The emergency declaration makes it easier for the govern…

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Giant petroglyph carving found hidden under moss in Sweden.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR DOCUMENTATION OF BOHUSLÄN’S ROCK CARVINGS HAVE DISCOVERED A GIANT PETROGLYPH CARVING IN THE SWEDISH PROVINCE OF BOHUSLÄN. A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading as …

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Archaeologists excavate Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria.

A POLISH-EGYPTIAN TEAM OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE RECOMMENCED EXCAVATIONS AT KOM EL-DIKKA IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. Alexandria (as the new capital of Egypt) was founded by its namesake – Alexander the Great in 332 BC, who drove the Persians from Egypt. The Ptolemaic dynasty, which wa…

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Archaeologists discover cave paintings using drones.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE HAVE DISCOVERED CAVE PAINTINGS IN PENÁGUILA, SPAIN. The team were conducting a drone survey of the Castellet-Barranc del Salt ravine and Port de Penáguila, revealing Neolithic cave paintings from 7,000-years-ago. The survey is pa…

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Archaeologists discover lost church in submerged medieval settlement.

A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL TEAM OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THE REMAINS OF A CHURCH FROM THE SUBMERGED MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT OF RUNGHOLT IN THE NORTH FRISIAN WADDEN SEA, GERMANY. Rungholt reportedly sank beneath the waves when a storm tide (known as Grote Mandrenke or Den Sto…

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1,000 Year old Pre-Inca Tomb unearthed in Peru.

Archaeologists excavating at the Macatón cemetery in Huaral, approximately 45 miles northwest of Lima, Peru, have made an exciting discovery. The National Major University of San Marcos announced on May 15th that they have uncovered a large Pre-Inca empire tomb during their…

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Greece recovers hundreds of stolen artefacts.

Greece says it has recovered hundreds of looted artefacts, including a 2nd-Century bronze statue of Alexander the Great. The trove was recovered after a legal battle with the company of a British antiquities dealer, officials said. Robin Symes had amassed thousands of pieces …

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Tomb from the ICHMA culture found in Peru.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNCOVERED A TOMB FROM THE ICHMA CULTURE DURING EXCAVATIONS IN ANCÓN, A DISTRICT OF NORTHERN LIMA PROVINCE, PERU. The Ichma were a pre-Inca indigenous polity located south of Lima in the Lurín River valley and the Rímac River valley. The culture emerged ar…

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Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu: Buckingham Palace rejects calls to return royal's body.

Buckingham Palace has declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the 19th Century. Prince Alemayehu was taken to the UK aged just seven and arrived an orphan after his mother died on the journey. Queen Victoria t…

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Ray Stevenson: Thor, Volstagg and Star Wars actor dies aged 58.

The actor Ray Stevenson, who appeared in major TV shows such as Rome, Vikings and Dexter, has died aged 58. He was known for roles in the Thor films and the Divergent series, as well as several UK TV shows like Band of Gold, Peak Practice and Murphy's Law. His US-based pu…

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Blackstone acquires International Gemological Institute.

Private equity company Blackstone Inc (BX.N) said it has fully acquired the jewellery certification firm International Gemological Institute (IGI) from China's Fosun (0656.HK) and the company's founding family. Blackstone bought IGI, whose majority revenue and profit…

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Facebook owner fined €1.2bn for mishandling data.

Facebook's owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people's data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), it is the largest fine imposed under the EU's General Data Prot…

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Ireland to introduce alcohol label health warning.

The Republic of Ireland is set to introduce health warning labels on alcohol products. Stephen Donnelly, the Irish minister for health, signed new regulations into law on Monday but they will not come into force until 2026. Labelling will warn consumers about the risks of dri…

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