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Turkish Culture Minister confirms the existence of a 9-km tunnel beneath Hagia Sophia

“Once the work is completed, we can assess opening the appropriate and safe sections to visitors,” Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said

“It was the most important moment in my 30 years at sea”: He went diving for fish and discovered the 2,400-year-old shipwreck off Andros (photos)

The spearfisherman and professional diving instructor discovered the shipwreck in 2018 and reported it to the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in 2021. In 2025, he returned to the site with archaeologists and showed them its exact location

The “devil’s worm” that lives 1.3 kilometers beneath the Earth and changes what we knew about life: “Humans do not rule the world”

The Halicephalobus mephisto that was found at a depth of 1.3 kilometers inside a gold mine in South Africa overturns what we knew about the limits of life

9-million-year-old shark fossil found intact, has sword-like teeth and is an ancestor of the great white

It is striking that remains of sardines were found in its stomach area. The fossil was discovered about 235 kilometers south of Lima, in the Pisco Basin

A headless marble statue of the goddess Athena was discovered in Turkey (video-photos)

The statue of Athena was found among piles of rubble, facing downward, at the outer wall of the stage building of the Western Theater in the ancient city of Laodicea (modern-day Denizli)

The lost Alexandria on the Tigris founded by Alexander the Great discovered in Iraq: Its enormous size surprised archaeologists (photos)

The ancient city was founded in the 4th century BC as a port linking trade from India with Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, and it fell into obscurity after the 3rd century AD

The deepest Blue Hole in the oceans has been found: The phenomenon that puzzles experts (video)

So-called “blue holes” are naturally formed cavities on the sea floor with vertical walls, mostly found in coastal regions

Scientists detect…alcohol & vinegar in a neighboring Galaxy!

For the first time, scientists have detected complex organic molecules outside our own galaxy, in the ice surrounding a young star, opening new pathways for understanding the chemistry of the universe

Rare gold coin depicting a queen of the Hellenistic period found in an excavation in Jerusalem

It is the first coin of this kind to be discovered outside Egypt, according to researchers

Remains of British researcher who disappeared in 1959 in Antarctica found – “We had given up the search for our brother”

25-year-old Dennis "Tink" Bell fell into a glacier ravine 66 years ago, despite his partner's efforts to save him - See photos

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