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Surprising mummies found in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — In the Scottish Outer Hebrides, archaeologists have discovered two strange mummies estimated to be 3,000 years old. The strangest thing that has never been seen before is that both bodies were buried in the fetal position. Using DNA analysis, it was possible to determine that both mummies were collected from the remains…
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A very rare natural phenomenon was filmed in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Nature creates the most amazing things. So, for example, one traveler found a thin, perfectly round ice pancake near the Monroe River. Dan Brown (the name of the traveler) took it and shared the photo on social networks. The man was traveling in Scotland with his father. They saw a rare phenomenon…
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A man with a cleft lip, a bishop and a young woman : Realistic reconstructions of the faces of medieval people in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists have created realistic 3D reconstructions of the faces of a young medieval woman, a chubby priest and a man with a cleft lip. The faces belong to three people whose remains were found during excavations in the area of New South Wales, Scotland. In total, at the site of the medieval…
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Stone Age pot with traces of milk porridge found in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists have discovered Neolithic pottery in Scotland with traces of food. An article about this was published in Nature Communications. Agriculture and the manufacture of ceramics appeared in Europe and western Asia in the 10th millennium BC in the Middle East in the fertile crescent zone. In the 8th millennium BC, migrants…
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Drawing of creature seen on Loch Ness in 1936 found at National Museum of Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — When another report of a sighting of a mysterious creature on Loch Ness was registered, it turned out that the National Museum of Scotland already stores information about meetings with him in their collections called Monster Files. Nessie’s third “sighting” in 2022 was recorded by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sighting Register…
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Ancient Pictish stone covered with patterns found in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists in Scotland shed ‘real tears’ after discovering a stone covered in geometric carvings that the Picts, the region’s indigenous people, developed some 1,500 years ago. The team unexpectedly discovered a 1.7-meter-long carved stone during geophysical surveys in Aberlemno, a village with Pictish roots. The stone has several geometric shapes depicting abstract…
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Archaeologists find rare Pictish stone in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists have unearthed in Scotland the remains of an 11th-12th-century building, in the paving of which Pictish stone was used. About 1.7 meters long, this rare find was carved with classic abstract Pictish symbols such as triple ovals, double discs and a crescent moon. Scientists noted that only about 200 such megaliths…
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Mystical Mummification Latest Secret of Scotland’s Covesea Caves
(ORDO NEWS) — The Covesea Caves range just short of Inverness on Scotland’s northeastern coast have been known to archaeologists since 1929, but each round of exploration and analysis throws up fresh surprises. The latest, truly astonishing discovery is evidence of a deliberate mummification process — most unexpected for the United Kingdom — in the…
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Adrian’s Wall was found not guilty of the division of England and Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — The peoples who inhabited the south and north of the British Isle were culturally different long before the Romans arrived. There is an opinion that once the whole island, later called Great Britain, was inhabited by friendly and kindred tribes. But then the Romans conquered half of the island, divided it, established…
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In Scotland on the island of Öland discovered the ruins of a “ghost castle”
(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists from Scotland have made a statement that they made the largest discovery this year. They discovered the ruins of the well-known “ghost castle” on the Öland island. In another way, the castle is called Serbia Borg and experts have been looking for it for quite a long time. Reported by SVT. For a…
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Man shocked when he saw a ship sailing through the sky in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — You might think that a resident of Scotland went crazy when he saw a ship sailing in the sky. In fact, there is nothing strange about the incident: the man faced an illusion. Colleen McCallum was walking around the city of Banff, suddenly he drew attention to a strange ship that was…
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Mysterious unmanned object washed up on the coast of Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — A mysterious unmanned vessel washed ashore the Isle of Tyree in Scotland. The local Royal Coast Guard Rescue Team shared photos on their Facebook page asking for help in understanding who might own the property. The days of pirate ships and wanderers from unknown lands in the bays of large cities are…
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Viking waterway found in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists from the University of St Andrews and the University of the Highlands and Islands have discovered ancient Viking waterways that ran through Mainland. Mainland is the largest island in the Orkney archipelago located in the north of Scotland. The path found by archaeologists connected the North Atlantic with Scapa Flow. The…
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The story of the first alien abduction victim in Scotland
(ORDO NEWS) — A forester named Robert Taylor from West Lothian, Scotland discovered a strange object and equally unusual small objects. The largest object was circular and hovered above the ground. Two other small objects were round and protruded from them, some kind of pins. He was attacked by these objects and was placed in…
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