Thousands Of Relics Recovered From Ancient Mexican City

                                                                                                                 
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After spending years gradually making their way down a 103 meter (340 foot) long tunnel, a team of Mexican archeologists have gathered some 50,000 relics inside the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The remains, which could offer new insight into the impressive city, have been untouched for almost 2,000 years because the opening was sealed around A.D.250.

The pre-Columbian city of TTeotihuacan is located around 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Mexico City. It was build between the first and seventh centuries A.D., and comprises an awe-inspiring spread of temples that are laid out on geometric and symbolic principles. The city's mos impressive building is undoubtedly the Pyramid of the Sun, which is the third largest pyramid in the world. It was reconstructed by archeologists some time ago, but it's belived they made a mitake and rebuilt this particular structure with the wrong number of levels. Whoops.

The new discoveries were made when project leader Sergio Gomez and his team worked their way down a previously closed off tunnel that was discovered back in 2003. They dug out piles of dirt and rocks using remote - controlled robots, unearthing a trove of goodies on the way.

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The ancient artifacts discovered include shells, animal bones, jewelry, pottery and seeds. They werw located around 18 meters (60 feet) below a building called the Temple of the Plumed Serpent, which is the third largest pyramid at the site.

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They also came across offerings left outside three previously undiscovered chambers, which could suggest that the city's elite may be buried inside. No remains of Teotihuacan's leaders have been discovered so far, and inhabitants never left any written records, so finding them could finally provide archeologists with important information on how the city was ruled. But they'll need to do a lot more digging before they find out, because so far they've only get 60 centimeters inside the chambers.

"We have not lost hope of finding that, and if they are there, they must be from someone very, very important," said Gomez.

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12 Amazing Before-and-After Photos Show The Beauty of Autumn's Transformations

Tu Hwnt I'r Bont Tearoom in Llanrwst, North Wales

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We all haveour favourite seasons and we all have our reasons why.Autumn, or Fall as some call it, is an interesting seasons as it heralds the end of summer and announces the impending arrival of winter. Despite that, for many people Autumn is a special time of year for one particular reason. The changing colors of nature. We recently published a post on 16 of the most beautiful trees in the world, though often these would look at their best in springtime with blossom and newly blooming flowers. Trees in autumn look more impressive because of the change in color of the leaves prior to falling to the ground. Deciduous trees are renowned for the remarkable change from bright green to golden, orange, rust, deep red and purple shades.
These are best captured in the image of the Grand Island East Channel Light house, Michigan,USA.

Gapstow Bridge, New York,USA

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However it isn't just the trees which change color as you will see from many of these photographs. The whole landscape can change in its appearance - grassland, heath moor and scrub all take on a different hue just before the arrival of winter. It is a remarkable time where the passing of one single week can see the whole landscape change color and seem to almost come alive with fire as the mixture of reds, yellows and everything in between bursts  through. How sad it is that just a few weeks later the landscape will become so drab and colorless after the leaves have fallen and the trees stand there, naked, waiting for the arrival of spring. The landscape never looks so dramatic as it can in autumn, and it is hard to imagine a more beautiful time of year.[www.boredpanda.com]

Japanese Maple

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Apartment Building Facade

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Forest Lake In Poland

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Poet's Walks, Central Park, New York, USA

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Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan

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Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland

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Lake Island, Poland

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Capitol Creek Valley

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Kilchurn Castle, Scotland

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Grand Island East Channel Light House, Michigan, USA

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Weird phenomenon called ice circles

Weird phenomenon called ice circles

An ice disc, ice circle, or ice pan is a natural phenomenon that occurs in slow moving water in cold climates. Ice circles are thin  and circular slabs of ice that rotate slowly in the water. It is belived that thay form in eddy currents. Ice discs have most frequently been observed in Scandinavia and North America, but they are occasionally recorded as far south as England and Wales.

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This Is What Will Happen If The Earth Loses Oxygen For 5 Seconds

Oxygen may not be the main constituent of the Earth's atmosphere, but it's role in the survival of many forms of life elevates it's significance. No one can live without sufficient quantity of food, water and oxygen. Of the three, oxygen is by far the most important and urgently needed. Have you ever imagined What if oxygen from the Earth was lost for 5 seconds? To find out read below.

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With This Single Tree, You Can Grow 40 Different Types Of Fruits

Sam Aken is an art professor at the University Of Syracuse, US.After growing up on a farm, he became an artist and it's with these two that he has been able to develop the incredible Tree of 40 Fruit. In 2008, the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station was shutting down an orchard due to funding problems. The orchard was home to a number of antique, heirloom and native stone fruit varieties; some of wich were about 150 to 200 years old. Losing this orchard would have meant the extinction of these rare fruits. Aken bought this orchard and dedicated the years that followed learning ways to graft parts of these trees onto one single fruit tree; in a project he called "Tree of 40 Fruit".

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He worked with over 250 varieties and developed a timeline that showed when each fruit blossomed in relation to others. He started grafting few of these onto the root structure of a working tree. Two years later, he used the chip grafting method to add more varieties as separate branches. The chip grafting technique helped him take a silver from a fruit tree (including the bud), insert into an incision made on the working tree and tape the silver into place. This is left to heal over winter. If the branch grows well, it's pruned back so that it can grow as a normal branch on the tree.

Five years later and after grafting several branches, Aken has hist first tree of 40 fruits. The tree looks normal most of the year but during spring, a stunning patchwork of white, red, pink, and purple blossoms. These then turn into peaches, plums, almonds, nectarines, cherries, and apricots during the summer. They are all unique and rare varieties. The plant is not only beautiful: it preserves the world's diversity of stone fruit. They are grown for commercial use mostly and are selected  depending on their largeness, their look and taste. This therefore means that out of hundreds of stone fruits grown all over the world, only few are commercially viable.

Aken has been able to grown 16 trees so far they can be found in museums, private art collection and community centers around the US. He picked the stone fruits inter-compatibility and diversity. He also added  garlic and peppermint to keep away the deers. His plan is to grow this variety of trees  in a city setting. Does he eat the fruits or what happens to them afterwards?

"I've been told by people that have [a tree] at their home that it provides the perfect amount and perfect varieties of fruit. So rather than having one variety that produces more than you know what to do with, it provides good amounts of each of the 40 varieties. since all of these fruit ripen at different times, from July through October, you also aren't inundated. Personally, i give away most of the fruit that comes from my trees," he said.

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