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A big congratulations to Jaylen Smith who became the youngest Black mayor in U.S. history at age 18! He will be the mayor of Earle, near Memphis, Tennessee, a town…

2 million year old DNA from Greenland has been analyzed to reveal the arctic region was once richly forested! Over 100 different species never seen in Greenland were discovered according…

A 14th century medieval shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Sweden! The merchant vessels, called cogs, were the best preserved wreckage ever found! #Shipwreck #Discovery #Sweden #MerchantVessel #Varberg https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-shipwreck-found-full-household-223059577.html

A 4300 feet long tunnel was discovered under Tapozeris Magna temple in Egypt! Located west of the city of Alexandria, coins and images of Queen Cleopatra have been found. #Egypt…

Archeologists in Morocco have discovered a first of its kind ancient Roman watchtower in the ancient roman town of Volubilis in Morocco! The ruins are dated over 1700 years old…

Rishi Sunak has become the first Indian-British Prime Minister in U.K. History at age 42! He is the first non-white person to hold the office, and is being celebrated across…

A Thor’s Hammer (Mjolnir) amulet from the 9th to 10th century was discovered in Ysby, Sweden! Though only 1 inch x 1 inch in size, this is the first of…

Archeologists in Poland have discovered stone tools dating back 500,000 years! The tools found in Tunel Wielki cave in Malopolska are believed to belong to Homo heidelbergensis, an ancestor of…

A Roman-era mosaic has been discovered in Rastan, Syria! The mosaic portraying Amazon warriors in Roman mythology is considered the most important archeological find since the conflict in Syria 11…

A 500 year old Aztec mural was discovered inside a Catholic convent in Tepozlan, Mexico! The discovery is the most well preserved painting of the Aztec god Tepoztecatl according to…

An ancient Roman fridge with meat still inside was discovered in Novae, Bulgaria! Dated to between the 1st and 5th centuries, the fridge also contained a bone used for insect…

American space powerhouse, SpaceX, has launched 4 astronauts on a historic flight. The launch includes Nicole Mann, the first Native American to fly to space, and Anna Kikina, the first…

44 gold coins from the Byzantine Era were discovered in Banias, Israel! The coins feature emperors Phocas and Heraclius and are believed to have been hidden during the Muslim conquests…

The James Webb Space Telescope has sent back new unprecedented images of Mars! Using its near-infrared camera, the Hellas Basis, formed some 4 billion years ago, was the result of…

Archeologists at Palmachin Beach National Park in Israel have discovered a room full of artifacts from the time of King Rameses II, the pharaoh from the biblical exodus from Egypt!…

Scientists in Pombal, Portugal have likely discovered the largest known sauropod dinosaur skeletons in Europe to date! The bones of the estimated 48 ton creature are believed to be over…

Archeologists have discovered a 7500 year old Neolithic Stonehenge in southwestern Spain! Made up of thousands of stones over a 1500 acre area, called La Torre-La Janera, the complex seems…

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1200 year old luxury estate in the Negrev desert in the 8th century Bedouin town of Rahat in Southern Isreal! Even in times past, the wealthy…

Foot prints of 113 million year old Acrocanthosaurus dinosaurs have appears in the Paluxy river in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas! Increasing heat waves and droughts around…

The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that Sean Connery drove in his James Bond 007 movies has been sold for $2.4 million! A portion of the proceeds will go to the…