Giant dinosaur skeleton is unearthed in China: 26ft Jurassic monster that’s nearly 70% intact is discovered in ‘rare’ find dating back 180 million years The fossil, found in Lufeng, south west China, is around 70 per cent complete Termed a ‘national treasure’ by head of the city’s dinosaur conservation centre Fossil believed to date back … Read more
What happened? Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more
What happened? Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more
A skeleton belonging to a five-year-old girl was found under the floor of the chapel in the Real Alcázar in Spain. Archaeologists say the remains date to the 1300s, and are of a fair-haired girl who was likely nobility. They believe she was originally buried in a different location, but moved to a spot next … Read more
A thin-looking Alexei Navalny appeared in public for the first time since he ended his hunger strike. The Russian opposition leader appeared in court via video link on Thursday, telling his wife had eaten ‘five tablespoons of porridge’ as he starts eating food after a three-week hunger strike. The 44-year-old looked skinny in his standard issue … Read more
Skeleton racer Amy Williams talks about her travels, from her proposal in Botswana to being carried by Sir Richard Branson during a flight – and why she always turns off hotel air con By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 11:33 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 11:33 GMT, 19 March 2021 Amy Williams … Read more
The skeleton of a friar with two broken legs resembling a medieval ‘hit and run’, probably from a cart accident that killed him, has been unearthed by Cambridge archaeologists. The team from the University of Cambridge were examining skeletal trauma from 314 skeletons buried at three locations in the city between the 10th and 14th … Read more
The skeleton of a friar with two broken legs resembling a medieval ‘hit and run’, probably from a cart accident that killed him, has been unearthed by Cambridge archaeologists. The team from the University of Cambridge were examining skeletal trauma from 314 skeletons buried at three locations in the city between the 10th and 14th … Read more
The remains of a two-year-old Neanderthal who died some 41,000 years ago had been lain carefully in a grave that was covered with fresh soil, a study has concluded. The poor child’s skeleton was unearthed in 1973 from a rock shelter at the La Ferrassie dig site in Savignac-de-Miremont, Dordogne, southwest France. Researchers from France re-examined the … Read more
Mark Consuelos shows off a new bicep tattoo of a skeleton wearing a sombrero holding a gun and a pocketwatch By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 02:03 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 02:03 GMT, 2 December 2020 Mark Consuelos celebrated the last month of 2020 by getting some unique new ink on his bicep. … Read more