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Archaeologists find Bronze Age ritual pyramid in Karaganda Region

Archaeologists have discovered a ritual pyramid in the Karaganda region. The Bronze Age burial belonged to a noble dignitary, although no human remains have yet been found. For about two months, archaeologists have been at work in the Karaganda steppe. The clearing of the site has now been completed, and

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Amargasaurus

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Persian soldiers used inflatable objects to cross rivers

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Goddesses, British Museum

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These films are of such dreadful quality that you cannot tell whether it is a backstage shot or a proper frame

Poster for “Carnosaur 2” showing a predatory dinosaur on a red background with the names of actors John Savage, Don Stroud and Cliff De Young.

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Finale of the first film reused in “Carnosaur 2” due to lack of funds

When "Carnosaur 2" was being filmed, the money ran out before the final scene. The makers decided to tack on the closing scene of the first film, even though the plot and the actors were entirely different

Illustration of a furry animal with reddish-grey fur and a long tail walking along a moss-covered branch.

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Approximate reconstruction of a tiny lion, whose teeth appear in the previous photo

The previous photo shows the teeth of a tiny lion. This illustration is a reconstruction of the animal's approximate appearance

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In Australia, fragments of a lion's skeleton 70 million years old have been found

In Australia, fragments of a lion's skeleton 70 million years old have been found. This lion was the tiniest member of its family: no larger than a modern squirrel. All the same, the little fellow was a predator

Page of text on the execution of Old Believers; at right, a painting of people by a fire amid smoke, before a wooden wall and churches in winter.

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Pustozersk martyrs and the Solovetsky uprising: text and painting of an execution

Chart with X and Y axes from 0 to 100: black dots form a dinosaur outline. Above it: N = 157, means, standard deviations and Pearson correlation of −0.1772.

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Scatter plot whose points form the outline of a dinosaur

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Summer jacket of salmon skin sewn by a Nanai woman in the Amur valley

SALMON-SKIN CLOTHING WOULD BE FIT EVEN FOR A KING. This summer jacket, which looks like a tsar's baby-shirt, is made of salmon skin. It was sewn by a Nanai woman from the Amur valley, though the piece looks like a statement coat from a Dries Van

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