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  From Ancient Mummification Workshops to a New Moai statue – Fascinating discoveries in Archaeology 2023 2023 was a fruitful year for Archaeology. With examples of great discoveries being made with technology such as AI before our very eyes, scientists have been able to shed new light on previously excavated artifacts. Again, this year has been one for constant new discoveries in the world of archaeology. One notable example being the revelation of burial techniques in an Egyptian mummy workshop. A 2000-year-old sunken temple, currently laying at the bottom of the sea in Italy, was found to have been built by merchants from the Arabian desert. Also, a city belonging to the great Mayan civilisation was discovered deep in the jungle, by the use of laser technology. The Swords of the Dead Sea In June, 4 swords in a surprisingly preserved state were discovered in a cave in the Judean Desert. These swords were hidden in this cave around the 1 st to 3 rd century AD. At the ...

  2 species of freshwater fish that live over 100 years confirmed. New research on why these relatives of giant fish don’t age. North America’s Buffalo Fish are ‘Wonderful fish that can live over 100 years in the right conditions’ In new research published in the academic journal Scientific Reports on October 20 th 2023, the Smallmouth Buffalo Fish (Ictiobus bubalus) and the Black Buffalo (Ictiobus niger) living in the wide expanses of North America have been confirmed to live for over 100 years. From brown to blue-tinged, these fish come in a variety of colours, until just a few years ago were thought to be able to live for 2 and a half decades. However in research published in 2019, it was found that the Bigmouth Buffalo Fish (Ictiobus cyprinellus), weighing up to 35 kilograms, can live up to 112 years. On top of this, in January 2023, a 127-year-old Bigmouth Buffalo fish was found in Canadas Saskatchewan province. As far as we know, of about 12,000 species of freshwater ...

  Mercury – the smallest planet in the solar system, but the biggest mystery.      Mars and Venus always take the spotlight in big news articles and so little attention is paid to the tiny planet closest to the sun. It’s often an afterthought. Mercury, taking only 88 days to complete its rather elliptical orbit around the sun has many strange and unclear points. Mercury’s diameter is about a third of Earth’s and, at a glace, its surface covered in craters is a little similar to that of the Moon. The slowly rotating Venus is covered in craters and running across the surface are jagged cliffs of about 2km high. On top of this, what makes Mercury’s surface so unique is that it has the Caloris Basin, the largest impact crater in the solar system with a diameter of 1550km. The surface of this planet is pretty much unsuitable to hosting life. As its surface temperature reaches 180 to 450 degrees Celsius, there aren’t many planetary scientists who believe it would hav...