• 稀世珍琴

    15-07-28 Gong Zhiqiao obtained a piece of fine Chinese tung wood and made a qin (stringed musical instrument) out of it. When installed with strings and plucked, it gave out a wonderful sound, harmonious and pleasing to the ear. Gong Zhiqiao thought this was...

  • 古玛雅陶器中发现烟草痕迹

    12-01-12 A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist(人类学家) from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the...

  • 考古学家发现一座迈锡尼古城

    11-06-21 A recent find by a University of Cincinnati archeologist(考古学家) suggests an ancient Mycenaean(迈锡尼人) city was well protected from outside threats. That research, by UC's Gisela Walberg, professor of classics, will be presented at the annua...

  • 一座古特拉维夫堡垒的秘密

    10-12-29 Tel Qudadi, an ancient fortress(堡垒,要塞) located in the heart of Tel Aviv at the mouth of the Yarkon River, was first excavated more than 70 years ago ― but the final results of neither the excavations nor the finds were ever published. Now, r...

  • 远古鸟类从北美洲扩散至南美洲

    10-07-14 Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonise continents that southern species lacked. The research, published in Ecography(描述生态学) , reveals how the ancient 'land bridge' of Panama, which fir...

  • 天文学家发现银河系古恒星的来源

    10-07-01 Many of the Milky Way's ancient stars are remnants(残留) of other smaller galaxies torn apart by violent galactic(银河的) collisions around five billion years ago, according to researchers at Durham University. Scientists at Durham's Institute f...

  • 埃及发现一座遗失的古墓

    10-06-01 A lost ancient Egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists in the desert sands south of Cairo. 考古学家在开罗南部沙漠地区发现一座曾经遗失的古埃及坟墓。 The team is looking for a sarcophagus like this one discovered 100 years ago The 3,300-...

  • DNA检测发现前所未知的古人种

    10-03-25 Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human through analysis of DNA from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave. 科学家们通过对一块西伯利亚某山洞出土的指骨进行分析,发现一种前所未知的古人种。 The finger bone was unearth...

  • Ancient spiders yield 3D secrets 古蜘蛛3D模型显秘密

    09-08-05 Ancient fossilised, spider-like species have been imaged in 3D using thousands of X-ray scans and imaging software. 类似蜘蛛物种的古化石通过数千X射线扫描以及成像软件绘制出3D模型。 The two species, Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestvicii, lived 3...

  • Hunt hopes to find ancient trees 英国开展古树调查

    09-07-22 One of the UK's biggest landowners is embarking on a comprehensive survey to identify previously unrecorded ancient trees on its properties. 英国拥有土地最多的一位所有者在他的田产上进行一项关于先前未记录的古树的综合调查。 The UK has a high proportio...