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A 125-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, noted to be one of the most complete assemblages of bones discovered in the last century, was excavated from an island off the southern coast of England. Knewz.com has learned that the creature it belonged to, Comptonatus chasei, lived in a period when ocean levels were higher and continents were divided by small seas. Said Comptonatus chasei – named after a relic hunter Nick Chase who discovered the 149-bone skeleton – is believed to be a herbivorous dinosaur—the remains of which were first found in 2013. Despite it being excavated (on the Isle of Wig...
Knewz
A 125-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, noted to be one of the most complete assemblages of bones discovered in the last century, was excavated from an island off the southern coast of England. Knewz.com has learned that the creature it belonged to, Comptonatus chasei, lived in a period when ocean levels were higher and continents were divided by small seas. Said Comptonatus chasei – named after a relic hunter Nick Chase who discovered the 149-bone skeleton – is believed to be a herbivorous dinosaur—the remains of which were first found in 2013. Despite it being excavated (on the Isle of Wig...
Knewz (CA)
In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain - a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed his life. Sanborn, a rebel and adventurer by nature (she dropped out of college to meditate in India for a year), quit her job, gave up health insurance and pooled her savings to take two months to walk the Camino. By the third day of her walk, she promised herself she’d return every year. Nine months later, she was back, guiding her first group of eight pilgrims. A decade later, now 45 and residi...
Euronews (English)
An ancient Roman garden likely owned by Emperor Caligula and dating back around 2,000 years has recently been unearthed near the Vatican. Knewz.com has learned that the discovery was made during the construction project to pedestrianize the Piazza Pia in Rome. The Piazza Pia is a square located just outside the Vatican walls, in proximity to St. Peter's Basilica and other notable landmarks. The ongoing construction project focuses on connecting Castel Sant'Angelo with Via della Conciliazione, by diverting traffic through an underpass and making the square a pedestrian zone. Notably, the projec...
Knewz (UK)
An ancient Roman garden likely owned by Emperor Caligula and dating back around 2,000 years has recently been unearthed near the Vatican. Knewz.com has learned that the discovery was made during the construction project to pedestrianize the Piazza Pia in Rome. The Piazza Pia is a square located just outside the Vatican walls, in proximity to St. Peter's Basilica and other notable landmarks. The ongoing construction project focuses on connecting Castel Sant'Angelo with Via della Conciliazione, by diverting traffic through an underpass and making the square a pedestrian zone. Notably, the projec...
Knewz
An ancient Roman garden likely owned by Emperor Caligula and dating back around 2,000 years has recently been unearthed near the Vatican. Knewz.com has learned that the discovery was made during the construction project to pedestrianize the Piazza Pia in Rome. The Piazza Pia is a square located just outside the Vatican walls, in proximity to St. Peter's Basilica and other notable landmarks. The ongoing construction project focuses on connecting Castel Sant'Angelo with Via della Conciliazione, by diverting traffic through an underpass and making the square a pedestrian zone. Notably, the projec...
Knewz (CA)
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a ceremonial temple dating back 5,000 years beneath a sand dune in Peru following a nearly month-long excavation. Knewz.com has learned that the archaeologists have also found the skeletal remains of three adults at the site. The discovery was made at the Los Paredones de la Otra Banda-Las Ánimas Archaeological Complex in the Zaña Valley in Peru, where a team of archaeologists has been carrying out excavations since June 3. The team has unearthed two archaeological sites in the region, one of which appears to be the remains of a ceremonial temple a...
Knewz (UK)
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a ceremonial temple dating back 5,000 years beneath a sand dune in Peru following a nearly month-long excavation. Knewz.com has learned that the archaeologists have also found the skeletal remains of three adults at the site. The discovery was made at the Los Paredones de la Otra Banda-Las Ánimas Archaeological Complex in the Zaña Valley in Peru, where a team of archaeologists has been carrying out excavations since June 3. The team has unearthed two archaeological sites in the region, one of which appears to be the remains of a ceremonial temple a...
Knewz
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a ceremonial temple dating back 5,000 years beneath a sand dune in Peru following a nearly month-long excavation. Knewz.com has learned that the archaeologists have also found the skeletal remains of three adults at the site. The discovery was made at the Los Paredones de la Otra Banda-Las Ánimas Archaeological Complex in the Zaña Valley in Peru, where a team of archaeologists has been carrying out excavations since June 3. The team has unearthed two archaeological sites in the region, one of which appears to be the remains of a ceremonial temple a...
Knewz (CA)
Memorial to Nama and Ovaherero killed at Shark Island. Photo by Matthew Hendricks, used with permission. On May 28, Namibian Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus announced that, from next year, 2025, the 28th of May will be a public holiday, to be known as Genocide Remembrance Day. The day is meant to commemorate all those Nama and Ovaherero people killed during the 1904–1908 genocide engineered by colonial Germany. The announcement comes some three decades after Namibia first gained independence from apartheid-South Africa. The question, therefore, emerges: Why did...
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