Archaeologists have discovered in Kazakhstan the burial of a girl – a representative of the nomadic elite of the Hunnic time. She was buried in royal vestments with a lot of jewelry in the V-VI centuries adhttps://t.co/NyuASq65Wi — N + 1 (@nplusodin) December 28, 2021 During the ongoing excavations near the city of Karakabak in the south-east of Kazakhstan, archaeologists examined a previously found burial mound from the time of the Huns (5-6 centuries AD) and found the remains of a girl, presumably belonging to the nomadic elite and buried in royal vestments. The grave turned out to be looted, but the criminals did not take away numerous gold jewelry, but the skull of the buried girl. In addition to the bones, scientists found in the burial a gold lining of a wooden belt buckle, a gold earring, a rich headdress resembling the diadem of Byzantine kings, parts of a
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Evgeny Grishkovets was elected Chairman of the Public Council at the Federal Penitentiary Service
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Fotografía y dibujo lineal del cuerpo del espécimen holotipo de Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus, nueva ave del Cretácico descubierta en China ?Li, Stidham, Zhou, Clarke, 2021 pic.twitter.com/NiG82GDAbS — CRCpaleos (@CRCpaleos) December 28, 2021 The bird, which lived simultaneously with the dinosaurs on the territory of modern China, had an unusually long tongue. As scientists found out, its size exceeded the length of the head of a fossil creature, whose fossilized skeleton, 120 million years old, was discovered in the northeast of the country. Some modern birds, such as woodpeckers or hummingbirds, also have a very long tongue. But the extinct bird, which was named Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus (which means “a bird with a short head and a big tongue”) is the earliest such example, scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the University of Texas at Austin, who owns the discovery. The team hypothesized that
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The prosecutor's office of Ukraine sent a case against Aksenov and Poklonskaya to court
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Why are they deprived of citizenship in different countries
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In the USA, the second time capsule found under the statue of General Lee was opened
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Nasal “Sputnik V” will appear in early 2022
The Gamalei Center assured that the Sputnik V vaccine for the nose will also be effective against the omicron strain of coronavirus. Moreover, not only in terms of protection against infection, but also in terms of preventing transmission of the virus. The head of the center, Alexander Ginzburg, said earlier that the new nasal vaccine will protect against covid, including those who have already been vaccinated with other drugs. In November, he said that the nasal vaccine did not show any side effects. The nasal vaccine was previously tested by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The head of State said that he inhaled the powder through a syringe. The Russian leader admitted that he did not feel anything. He noted that doctors recommended him to be re-vaccinated with the vaccine through his nose. Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that after the revaccination, Putin has a high level of antibodies. And
“Summer” weather in Alaska has set a temperature record
View this post on Instagram A post by Noora-Maria Piirainen (@airamaroon) Last Sunday, the air temperature in the city of Kodiak in Alaska reached plus 19.4 degrees Celsius. This is a new state record for December, the Daily Mail reports. Usually the temperature at this time of year in the region averages minus 1 degree. The cause of the abnormally warm weather was an area of constant high pressure located in the southeast of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state and twice as fast as the entire world on average as a result of global warming. Since 2014, up to 30 record high temperatures have been recorded in the state. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60% Anna Lysenko Even more interesting things about nature