The drained Niagara riverbed at the falls, with workers on a rocky ledge, a yellow excavator and pipes laid across the site.

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Engineers stopped the Niagara River before the falls in 1969 to clear rocks from its bed

In 1969 the Niagara River was stopped just above the Falls. Engineers intended to clear the riverbed of rocks, the accumulation of which threatened the very existence of the waterfall. In this, however, they did not succeed.

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Traces of bacteria 3.5 billion years old found in ancient rock in Greenland

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An expedition of the Institute for the History of Material Culture (IIMK) of the Russian Academy of Sciences has discovered an agricultural settlement of the Bosporan Kingdom, dated to about the 4th century BC, on the site of the road being built to the b

The research has shown that one of the inhabitants of the ancient village was an official responsible for keeping account of agricultural produce. "The archaeological excavations covered an area of almost 70,000 square metres, which made it possible to study in detail substantial parts of ancient residential, farming

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The first grenades of the early second millennium and theories of how they got their name

HAVE A POMEGRANATE. Yesterday's grenade from the time of the Crusaders, found by a power-station worker in Israel, looks like a giant stone persimmon (https://telegram.me/captainpaleo/85). So one wonders: why "grenade", of all things? I shall explain. Grenades entered active military use

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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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Persian soldiers used inflatable objects to cross rivers

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

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How Museum Skeletons Were Reconstructed from One or Two Bone Fragments

Incidentally, most skeletons on display in museums are reconstructed from one or two fragments. The originally supposed shape of these models depended solely on the imagination of their author: the first palaeontologists dreamed up improbable Loch Ness monsters and flying brontosaurs. Not infrequently, when checked, exhibits created 100 years ago

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This Toothy, Tailed Toad Is a Cacops

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Crocodiles' kinship with dinosaurs and how ancient crocodilians differed from modern ones

ONE'S OWN REPTILOIDS: LET US SETTLE ACCOUNTS. Crocodiles, like birds, are the closest living relatives of the dinosaurs. And if the appearance of birds has undergone startling changes over the millions of years, the bandy-legged, pot-bellied and goggle-eyed crocodiles look almost exactly as their ancestors

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Engineers stopped the Niagara River before the falls in 1969 to clear rocks from its bed

Traces of bacteria 3.5 billion years old found in ancient rock in Greenland

An expedition of the Institute for the History of Material Culture (IIMK) of the Russian Academy of Sciences has discovered an agricultural settlement of the Bosporan Kingdom, dated to about the 4th century BC, on the site of the road being built to the b

The first grenades of the early second millennium and theories of how they got their name

Archaeologists find Bronze Age ritual pyramid in Karaganda Region

Persian soldiers used inflatable objects to cross rivers

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

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

How Museum Skeletons Were Reconstructed from One or Two Bone Fragments

This Toothy, Tailed Toad Is a Cacops

Crocodiles' kinship with dinosaurs and how ancient crocodilians differed from modern ones

Ancient Crocodiles: Simosuchus of Madagascar and Hoplosuchus kayi of Utah