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Builders soon found that the stones were useful for more than just jewelry. The sand and stones became components of streets, sidewalks and foundations. It is believed that 10,000 loads [vague] of the stones were crushed and used in the foundation of the Southern California Edison plant built in Redondo Beach in 1907. [3]
Coso artifact in 2018. The Coso artifact is an object falsely claimed by its discoverers to be a spark plug encased in a geode.Discovered on February 13, 1961, by Wallace Lane, Virginia Maxey, and Mike Mikesell while they were prospecting for geodes near the town of Olancha, California, it has long been claimed as an example of an out-of-place artifact. [1]
Two human skeletons, a male and a female, were found in La Jolla, California, in 1976; they date back at least 9,500 years. They were found during construction work on a house. They were the subject of a decade-long legal battle. The University of California decided to return the remains to one of the local Kumeyaay Indian bands. This was done ...
Researchers discovered a 500-year-old compass in a hidden chamber in Frombork, Poland, possibly used by Copernicus, shedding light on his astronomical work.
The Saddle Ridge Hoard is the name given to a hoard of 1,427 gold coins unearthed in the western half of the Shasta Cascade region, of Northern California in 2013. The face value of the coins totaled $27,980, but was assessed to be worth $10 million.
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Coso Rock Art District is a rock art site containing over 100,000 Petroglyphs by Paleo-Indians and/or Native Americans. [1] The district is located near the towns of China Lake and Ridgecrest, California.
A Startling Discovery Found Mandibles in 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils. It Doesn't Make Sense. Darren Orf. July 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM