Pompeii victim crushed by boulder while fleeing eruption
Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered the remains of an unfortunate man who was decapitated by an enormous rock while fleeing the volcano. Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing many Pompeii residents and famously freezing them in place.
Scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers
The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists. Xing Lida, a Chinese paleontologist found the specimen, the size of a dried apricot, at an amber market in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border. "I was not sure that (the trader) really understood how important this specimen was, but he did not raise the price."
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