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In their quest for proof, UFO watchers have turned their attention to a 17th-century Georgian fresco of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, because of two strange objects painted in the upper part of the Byzantine style painting which look suspiciously like flying saucers. Artist Grigorii Guldzhavarashvili depicted two semicircular objects with three tails just under the hands of Jesus, and they are at the center of the speculation.
Cerro Guido, Chile, Apr 1 (EFE), (Camera: Felipe Trueba).- A valley at the southern tip of Chile, dubbed the “Rosetta Stone” of paleontology in the Southern hemisphere, is providing an international team of researchers with new findings of well-preserved fossils of vertebrates, invertebrates and plants from the Cretaceous period that could be the key to unlocking the secrets of life and the planet at the end of the dinosaur era.The research by the group of geologists, paleobotanists and biologists in Las Chinas valley, located on a sprawling estate normally used for cattle farming that houses a treasure trove of fossils at the end of the continent, is also shedding light on the common past shared by South America and Antarctica, as the director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) and director of this long-term paleontological expedition, Marcelo Leppe, tells epa-efe.FOOTAGE OF THE RESEARCH.SOUNDBITES OF MARCELO LEPPE, DIRECTOR OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL EXPEDITION:“It's an iconic place with a lot of animal and plant species and microfossils that are helping us elucidate an unknown area of natural history."“We have some of America's oldest mammals in this valley and the oldest in Chile. But its value is not only due to its age, it’s that these are pieces that were missing which have revolutionized our thinking, and allowed us to rattle the cage of our understanding of the evolution of mammals in the cretaceous period."
Rome, Feb 21 (EFE) .- (Camera: Jorge Ortiz) Several archaeologists have found, in the heart of the Roman Forum, a sarcophagus and altar from the 6th century BC in the place where the ancient Romans believed Romulus was buried.FOOTAGE OF THE ROMAN FORUM.SOUNDBITES OF THE COORDINATOR OF THE EXCAVATION. PATRIZIA FORTINI.Translation:1.- "In this structure, we have verified the effective existence of a bay with two elements, one with a sarcophagus and a circular element that had been represented on a 1900 map that explains the excavations of Giacomo Boni in that period." 2.- "The importance is that we are surely in front of a monument, which having been saved and being in a special context such as the Piazza xx, must have a value in itself. It surely represents a memorial, it has a symbolic value of this reality that we don't understand yet."
Russian archaeologists showed off a rare find of 18th century coins and jewelry made in France during the reign of King Louis XIV which, believe it or not, were discovered in the extremely remote northern Arctic region of Russia's Siberia. The artifacts appear to have been obtained and treasured by the indigenous Selkup people for hundreds of years. How exactly the coins and jewelry arrived in Siberia has not yet been established, but they may have been used by explorers to trade with the indigenous people for food and furs when their own supplies dwindled down in the harsh Siberian climate. The find was discovered in the creek of the Taz River, which flows into the Kara Sea. The archaeologists also found Russian made iron knives with enamel patterning, a remarkable collection of Russian buttons, and ancient ornamental objects of the West Siberian and Ural regions, including earrings, rings and badges. All the findings will be transferred to the Shemanovsky Museum in Salekhard.
Authorities rescue a Humboldt penguin that becomes lost in a family home in Peru on the search for food.
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