Author: Daniel Tom
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Medieval mystery: Archaeologists are baffled by a 14th-century Ьᴜгіаl on Chapelle Dom Hue
Archaeologists are Ьаffɩed by a 14th-century Ьᴜгіаɩ on Chapelle Dom Hue, a small islet once used as a monastic retreat. Because the ɡгаⱱe was so well constructed, researchers initially believed it belonged to a human and were ѕһoсked when they encountered the bones of a porpoise. Although these marine mammals were eаteп during medieval times,…
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Archaeologist unearths 2000-year-old city in China
Dating back more than 2,000 years, an ancient settlement has been unearthed in Shenyang, capital of China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, the city cultural relics and archaeology institute said on Sunday. The institute started work on Dating back more than 2,000 years, an ancient settlement has been unearthed in Shenyang, capital of China’s northeastern Liaoning…
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Boeing Has Completed Engine Run on First Unmanned Loyal Wingman Aircraft For Australia
Two new photos and a video have been released along with the news of the first engine run of the “artificial intelligence-powered teaming aircraft” for the Royal Australian Air Force. Boeing Australia has just fired up the commercial turbofan engine on the first Loyal Wingman, as part of ground testing and preparations for first flight…
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Airbus Spent Billion $ to Make its Massive A400M TakeOff Vertically
The A400 was never intended for verticle capability. It was designed to have short field takeoff and landing. It is a very capable aircraft. JATO has not been used on US C130 aircraft since the H model C130 was introduced in 1974. The H model -15 engines create the same power as the E…
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NASA Woke Up Voyager 1 From 13 Billion Miles Away, And The Spacecraft Actually Signalled Back
Have you ever tried starting a car that’s been sitting unused for a couple of decades? There’s no guarantee that will even respond, let alone actually start up. That makes the feat NASA achieved just a few days ago even more impressive. The space agency contacted the Voyager 1 spacecraft in interstellar space after an…
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China’s ambitious plan to find the first Earth 2.0
Despite several high profile missions to find an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, astronomers have failed to find one. Now the Chinese are launching their own space telescope to hunt for Earth 2.0. The Kepler Space Telescope made some of the most exciting discoveries in astronomy. Launched in 2009, the telescope observed 13 million…
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9 Things About The Apache Helicopter – We Didn’t Know
The AH-64 Apache helicopter is arguable the most famous military vehicle of them all. The first introduction of tanks during the early part of the 20th Century changed the face of modern battlefields, no longer susceptible to light arms fire, troops could cover terrain with little resistance. However, technology waits for no man, advances in…
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Scientists ‘unwrapped’ An Ancient Egyptian Mummy Using Digital Technology
Scientists used state-of-the-art medical technology to unveil the secrets beneath the wrappings of a 3,000-year-old mummy from ancient Egypt. In a study published at Frontiers in Medicine, the team of scientists described how they were able to scan inside the mummified remains without having to disturb the antiquated wrappings. The mummy of…
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Ancient secrets of 3,000 year-old Egyptian priest are set to be revealed as his mummy is sent to Italian hospital for CT scan
Researchers believe they can reconstruct the life and death of the Egyptian priest and understand which kinds of products were used to mummify the body Researchers believe they can reconstruct the life and death of the Egyptian priest and understand which kinds of products were used to mummify the body Ancient Egypt met modern medical…
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The Chinese mummy that aged 300 years in a day: Experts baffled by ‘perfectly preserved’ body that turned BLACK just hours after its coffin was opened
A 300-year-old burial area, in which two bodies were reduced to skeletons while one was perfectly preserved, has left Chinese archaeologists baffled. When one of the coffins was opened, the man’s face, experts claim, was perfectly preserved. Within hours, however, the face started to go black, and a foul smell began to emanate from the…