Auroralumina attenboroughii was alive 560 million years ago and was similar to modern anemones
History


Look out! It’s a giant kangaroo!

Nombe nombe has been extinct for around 50,000 years and is not a close relative of modern roos


Ancient city revealed after dam dries up

The 3,400-year-old ruins in Iraq are thought to be the Bronze Age city of Zakhiku


Presenting pickled glowing spider fossils!

These remarkable 22-million-year-old fossils are full of algae goo!


There’s my shoe! 1,700 year-old sandal found in Norway

The shoe was inspired from Roman fashion and made around 300 CE


Ancient Roman pottery workshop found in Egypt

This comes from a time when the Roman Empire controlled northern Egypt