15-07-28 Gong Zhiqiao obtained a piece of fine Chinese tung wood and made a qin (stringed musical instrument) out of it. When installed with strings and plucked, it gave out a wonderful sound, harmonious and pleasing to the ear. Gong Zhiqiao thought this was...
12-01-12 A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist(人类学家) from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the...
11-06-21 A recent find by a University of Cincinnati archeologist(考古学家) suggests an ancient Mycenaean(迈锡尼人) city was well protected from outside threats. That research, by UC's Gisela Walberg, professor of classics, will be presented at the annua...
10-12-29 Tel Qudadi, an ancient fortress(堡垒,要塞) located in the heart of Tel Aviv at the mouth of the Yarkon River, was first excavated more than 70 years ago ― but the final results of neither the excavations nor the finds were ever published. Now, r...
10-07-14 Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonise continents that southern species lacked. The research, published in Ecography(描述生态学) , reveals how the ancient 'land bridge' of Panama, which fir...
10-07-01 Many of the Milky Way's ancient stars are remnants(残留) of other smaller galaxies torn apart by violent galactic(银河的) collisions around five billion years ago, according to researchers at Durham University. Scientists at Durham's Institute f...
10-06-01 A lost ancient Egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists in the desert sands south of Cairo. 考古学家在开罗南部沙漠地区发现一座曾经遗失的古埃及坟墓。 The team is looking for a sarcophagus like this one discovered 100 years ago The 3,300-...
10-03-25 Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human through analysis of DNA from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave. 科学家们通过对一块西伯利亚某山洞出土的指骨进行分析,发现一种前所未知的古人种。 The finger bone was unearth...
09-08-05 Ancient fossilised, spider-like species have been imaged in 3D using thousands of X-ray scans and imaging software. 类似蜘蛛物种的古化石通过数千X射线扫描以及成像软件绘制出3D模型。 The two species, Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestvicii, lived 3...
09-07-22 One of the UK's biggest landowners is embarking on a comprehensive survey to identify previously unrecorded ancient trees on its properties. 英国拥有土地最多的一位所有者在他的田产上进行一项关于先前未记录的古树的综合调查。 The UK has a high proportio...