Author: Harry
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Fossil of a 120 million-year-old “dancing dragon” discovered recently in China
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Α120 millioп-year-old fossil of a пew ѕрeсіeѕ of a creatυre dυbbed the ‘daпciпg dragoп’ has beeп foυпd iп Chiпa, which coυld shed пew light oп the eⱱoɩᴜtіoпагу gaps betweeп diпosaυrs aпd birds. Αccordiпg to a report iп Daily Mail, the two-legged was a Cretaceoυs period diпosaυr that was somewhat bigger thaп a crow. Iпterestiпgly, the remaiпs…
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Lion Mama Adopted Sick Baby Leopaгd Cub As Heг Own
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Lions and leopaгds at the Giг National Paгk don’t usually get on. “They compete with each otheг” foг space and food, said Stotra Chakгabaгti, a гeseaгcheг who studies animal behaʋiouг. “They aгe at peгpetual odds.” And until гecently, this statement wouldn’t haʋe been questioned. But one paгticulaг lion, against all odds, broke the baггieг…
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King Lycaon of Arcadia – The First Werewolf?
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Lycaon’s Family Ties According to Greek mythology, Lycaon was the son of Pelasgos, who is generally considered to have been the progenitor of the Pelasgians, the earliest inhabitants of Greece. According to one version of the myth, Lycaon’s mother was Meliboea, while another claims that his mother was Cyllene. Both figures are said to be…
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The Children’s Crusade: Thousands of Children March to Holy Land but Never Return
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The Children’s Crusade is one of the more unusual events that occurred in Medieval England. In the year 1212, tens of thousands of self-proclaimed, unarmed crusading children set out from northern France and western Germany to regain Jerusalem from the Muslims. While never actually receiving official sanction, the so-called crusade was a disaster. None of…
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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Sells For 135 Million Euros & Becomes World’s Most Expensive Car
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Records have been broken with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé selling for 135 million Euros becoming the world’s most expensive car. Going into the hands of a private collector the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut is iconic and incredibly rare with only two prototypes built. Named after the creator and chief engineer, the car is considered…
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The Caterham Seven 620 Receives “S” Pack and Widebody Chassis
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From now on, Caterham customers have two more options to choose from before buying a Seven 620. We’re talking about an “S” pack and, for the first time, a wide-bodied S5 chassis. The Caterham Seven 620S is a tamed version of the hardcore 620R and features a full windscreen, hood and side screens, as well…
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Discover the “Beast of Arsenoe” who is large, thick-skinned, and competes with heavy rival males
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Arsinoitherium is an extinct paenungulate mammal which lived approximately 35 to 30 million years ago during the Late Eocene through the Early Oligocene Periods. It was first discovered in the early twentieth century and was named in 1902 by paleontologist Mr. Beadnell.The name of this dinosaur means “Arsenoe’s beast.”It was given this name because it was…
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Largest carnivorous dinosaur in Europe unearthed on the Isle of Wight
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The largest meat-eating dinosaur ever found in Europe once prowled the beaches of what is now the Isle of Wight. The fragmentary fossils of the theropod dinosaur were unearthed over a number of years and add to the evidence that spinosaurs might have evolved in western Europe before spreading out to the rest of the…
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Atlantis Unearthed – Do Surprising Underwater Scans Show Lost Architecture on the Sea Floor?
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In his poems of the Iliad, the Greek Philosopher Homer introduces us to the mythical city of Troy, which remained a curiosity to many until the late 1870s when Heinrich Schliemann, on a hunch, began excavating the remains of an ancient city in Turkey. Although he was an amateur archaeologist and his methods were considered…
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Battle of Gaugamela: Alexander the Great Thrashes the Achaemenids
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No name in world history rings more familiar than that of Alexander the Great. A man that managed extraordinary feats, conquering huge swaths of the world and placing his banner in many a kingdom and empire. His empire spanned from Greece to India – one of the largest empires in history. But gaining it was…