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Kazinform International News Agency reports that the intact burial of a Saka warrior has been discovered at the Karabie burial site in central Kazakhstan by researchers from the Karaganda Regional History Museum. The burial has been dated to the sixth or seventh century B.C. The deceased was found holding a bronze sword, or akinak, in the right hand. Decorated with images of steppe birds of prey, its blade is about 12 inches long. "This type of akinak, with such design, has not yet been found elsewhere in Kazakhstan. It reflects the high level of metallurgy and artistic taste of the...

According to a statement released by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the ScanPyramids research project, conducted by researchers from Cairo University and TUM, has identified two air-filled anomalies on the eastern side of the pyramid of the pharaoh Menkaure. Estimated to have been built some 4,500 years ago, the Menkaure Pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids on the Giza Plateau. The pyramid's known entrance, on its northern side, features stone blocks that had been polished smooth. Similar blocks on the pyramid's eastern side hinted that there may have once been an entrance there as well, so...

"Follow me along ancient caravan tracks, reading a hieroglyphic inscription carved on a mountain, and up and down millennia-old staircases to find a lost temple in the desert east of Elkab in Upper Egypt." Finding a Lost Temple in the Egyptian Desert | 4:57 Vintage Egyptologist | 74.2K subscribers | 9,501 views | Premiered November 12, 2025

&This week at Starbase while various construction projects continue at the usual rapid pace, crews begin scrapping Booster 17, test article B18.1 undergoes another round of cryo testing at the Massey Outpost and the Pad 1 launch mount practically disappears right before our eyes. Meanwhile in Florida, SpaceX launches 4 separate Starlink missions, ULA launches the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite aboard an Atlas V, and Blue Origin launches their second New Glenn mission to send a pair of Satellites to Mars.nbsp;SpaceX's Gigabay Begins to Take Form - Spaceflight Weekly #193 | 12:09 LabPadre Space | 250K subscribers | 12,200 views |...

Vertiv Chairman Dave Cote joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss why he expects AI-driven data-center growth to remain positive for at least five years, how machine-to-machine AI is beginning to reshape business operations, and much more. Vertiv chairman Dave Cote: AI data-center demand 'very positive' for at least the next five years | 4:40 CNBC Television | 3.29M subscribers | 12,152 views | November 14, 2025 Vertiv search

No serious art collection today is complete without a genuine Rembrandt. Born in 1606, the son of a miller, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn revolutionized painting, famously capturing the very souls of his subjects through his portraits. But the life of this Baroque genius was as dramatic as his art. Plagued by tragedy and family struggles, the art titan died at 63, lonely, poor, and misunderstood. This documentary journeys back to his Dutch roots and offers an intimate look at the groundbreaking conservation effort, "Operation Nightwatch," underway at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. New Technology Reveals Hidden Secrets Behind Rembrandt's Masterpiece |...

There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered "official" -- but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family's mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third? British window washer Steven Wadlow, whose father bought the portrait in the 1960s, is on the hunt to prove the painting is indeed genuine. If so, it could be worth as much as $200 million. New Shakespeare Portrait Could Change History | Full Episode Secrets of the Dead | 55:35 PBS | 1.62M subscribers | 59,578 views | November 12, 2025

Corinth was the capital of Achaea, the Roman province that covered most of Greece. This video explores its most important monuments. Corinth: Roman Capital of Greece | 6:45 Scenic Routes to the Past | 47.3K subscribers | 6,906 views | November 14, 2025 0:00 Introduction 0:57 Temple of Apollo 1:47 Forum 3:06 Rostra 3:40 Lechaion Road 4:38 Sacred Spring 5:12 Odeon 5:41 Theater

The James R Thompson Center is a Chicago Icon. Designed by legendary architect Helmut Jahn, and opened in 1985, the building housed offices for the State of Illinois, as well as courts, a DMV, retail spaces and a food court. Its dazzling, 17 story high atrium created an inviting and well utilized civic space. But maintenance and operations issues would lead to its eventual sale. While many feared the building was headed for demolition, in 2021, Google purchased the building for use as its Chicago HQ. Its $280 million dollar renovation will mark a new life for the iconic building....

The Mojave Megaphone, sometimes called the Sentinel Enigma, has been a mystery for decades. It sits high on a rocky ridge in one of the most remote parts of the Mojave Desert. This odd, welded-steel structure looks out over the empty landscape, and no one knows who built it or why. Some people wonder if it was part of a railroad warning system, a military sound monitor, or a surveying tool lined up with desert landmarks. Others even believe it might have been used to communicate with UFOs. But a rare clue from a 1990 Desert Dispatch newspaper article may...

According to a statement released by Antiquity, an international team of researchers is investigating the site of the palace of the Oba, or king of the Kingdom of Benin, which was looted and demolished by the British in 1897. The work is being conducted ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City by a team of scientists from MOWAA, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, and the British Museum. The study has uncovered evidence for the development of the city, its architecture, and Benin's famed metalworking. “We know that we cannot arrest...

Tarlton takes his place in theatrical history as creator of the stage yokel; his performance in this role is thought to have influenced Shakespeare's creation of the character Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Tarlton himself is said to have been the model for the court jester Yorick described in Hamlet. Tarlton's popularity and genius were undisputed. Thomas Nashe wrote that audiences began "exceedingly to laugh when he first peept out his head"; Edmund Spenser mourned him as "our pleasant Willy . . . with whom all joy and jolly merriment/Is also deaded"; and in 1643 Sir Richard Baker...

Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck breaks down the company's latest space projects and what's next on 'Making Money.' Rocket Lab CEO reveals two 'BIG' opportunities for humanity | 5:27 Fox Business | 3.24M subscribers | 9,348 views | November 12, 2025

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" shares a DM clip of Russell Brand's appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher," where he roasted MSNBC's John Heilemann for media bias. Bill Maher's Crowd Roars for Russell Brand's Relentless Truth Bombs | 4:40 The Rubin Report | 3.12M subscribers | 551,542 views | November 12, 2025

Throughout the arid regions of Iran, agricultural and permanent settlements are supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water along underground tunnels by gravity, often over many kilometres.Each qanat comprises an almost horizontal tunnel collecting water from an underground water source, usually an alluvial fan, into which a mother well is sunk to the appropriate level of the aquifer. Well shafts are sunk at regular intervals along the route of the tunnel to enable removal of spoil and allow ventilation. These appear as craters from above, following the line...

Reuters reports that Peruvian authorities announced the discovery of a major lost ancient city in the country's Barranca province. The site of Peñico was founded high in the Andes mountains between 1800 and 1500 b.c. following the collapse of the nearby Caral culture, which is often considered the oldest civilization in the Americas. The site features a monumental central plaza with a large circular structure and walls bearing relief sculptures and depictions of pututus, or conch shell trumpets. Over the past several years, archaeologists have uncovered 18 buildings that include residential complexes and ceremonial temples. Among the objects they recovered...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered three New Kingdom tombs,,. The burials were found within a cemetery now known as Dra Abu el-Naga, which is near modern-day Luxor (ancient Thebes).The three deceased individuals, all men, each held important roles in ancient Egypt's temples and grain silos. So it's no surprise they were buried at the Dra Abu el-Naga cemetery, which is located near the Nile and is a necropolis for important non-royal people.One of the tombs belongs to a man named "Amun-Em-Ipet" who served in a temple or estate that was dedicated to Amun, a god associated with ancient Thebes, Egypt's...

According to an IFL Science report, traces of opium have been detected in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase held in Yale University's Peabody Museum. A team of researchers led by Andrew J. Koh of Yale University used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyze the sticky, dark-brown residue with a distinct odor that was found in the jar. Noscapine, hydrocotarnine, morphine, thebaine, and papaverine -- all diagnostic biomarkers for opium -- were identified. The alabastron bears inscriptions written in Akkadian, Elamite, Persian, and Egyptian, and names “Great King” Xerxes I, who ruled Persia in the fifth century B.C. It had been previously...

Hürriyet Daily News reports that two bone awls and four beads dated to 13,000 years ago have been discovered in Direkli Cave in south-central Turkey. Cevdet Merih Erek of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University said that differences between the awls suggests that one may have been used to pierce stone beads, while the other is thought to have been used in working leather or making clothing. The beads are thought to have been placed in burials to adorn the dead, he added. "The differentiation in this tool industry and the use of various materials in different fields point to a...

Traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old have been discovered at the Kani Shaie archaeological site, which is located in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by the University of Coimbra. Researchers from the University of Coimbra, the University of Algarve, the University of Cambridge, and the Slemani Antiquities and Heritage Directorate think that the building may have been used as a temple. They note that it was decorated with wall cones, which are typically found in monumental architecture in Uruk, an early Sumerian metropolis in...