The Lying Stones of Adam Beringer
Anonymous
Mar 15, 2022
Fossils prove the existence of life at its peak, but in Dr Adam Beringer’s case, they wrote nothing but demise. Almost 300 years ago, he dis...
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Ciampate del Diavolo: 350,000 Years Old Fossilized Hominid Footprints
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 29, 2021
Near the Italian town of Foresta in the province of Caserta, and very close to the extinct volcano Roccamonfina, there is an area called Cia...
The World’s Longest Dinosaur Trackway
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 27, 2019
In the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains, 200 kilometers east of Lyon, there is a set of huge footprints made 150 million yea...
Whale Graveyards
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 22, 2018
Movement of the earth’s crust over millions of years have drastically changed the geography of the planet such that what is land now was onc...
Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2016
The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, United States, is two attractions in one. First, there are ichthyosaur fossils, and second, it ...
The Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 10, 2016
The Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, in the state of Colorado, is one of the world’s most famous dinosaur sites. Discovered in 1877 by Arthur Lak...
Dig Your Own Fossils at These Quarries
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 16, 2015
People knew about fossils since the time of Herodotus, but it was only in the late 18th and early 19th century, when the importance of fossi...
The Stunning Secret of Politehnica Metro Station, Bucharest
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2015
The Politehnica metro station in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, near the Politehnica University of Bucharest, sees relatively little t...
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2014
About 95 million years ago, a herd of two-legged dinosaurs, some as small as chickens and some about the size of emus came to drink at the m...
Wadi Al-Hitan, the Valley of Whales in Egypt
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2014
The deserts of Egypt contains some of the best preserved paleontological sites in the world one of which is Wadi al-Hitan or the Valley of W...
Dinosaur Footprints at Gantheaume Point in Broome
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 17, 2014
At the southern end of Cable Beach, approximately 6 kilometers from the town of Broome in Western Australia is Gantheaume Point, a scenic ar...
Cal Orcko: A 300 Feet Wall With Over 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2013
On the outskirts of the city of Sucre, in Bolivia, is a large cement plant, and when the quarry it uses was being expanded, workers discover...
Kubu Island: A Desert Island of Baobabs and Ancient Fossils
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2013
In the vast expanse of the great salt flats of Makgadikgadi in the north of the Kalahari, lies an isolated granite outcrop, some 10 meters h...
Cabin Built From Fossilized Dinosaur Bones
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2011
Located near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, along US Route 30 lies one of USA’s oddest roadside attraction. It’s a cabin constructed out of fossiliz...
