HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

Siberian burial site with 18 sacrificed horses may reveal mysterious origin of ancient warrior culture

Dig suggests horseriding Steppe culture originated farther to the east

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024

Archaeologists have found dozens more sacrificed horses in 2,800-year-old burial in Siberia that's eerily similar to Scythian graves

The sacrifices could be an early form of a Scythian burial tradition that lasted for hundreds of years.

LiveScience · Oct 7, 2024

We're one step closer to finding out why Siberia is riddled with exploding craters

A new physical model suggests meltwater from thawing permafrost on Russia's Yamal Peninsula can unlock methane sources at depth, triggering explosions that open enormous craters at the surface.

LiveScience · Oct 3, 2024

The Changjiang Siberian Express 750 Isn't A Threat, It's An Upgrade

If the words "Siberian Express" instantly make you picture cold, inhospitable climes in one of Earth's remotest regions, Changjiang wants to change your mind.

RideApart · Aug 30, 2024

Siberian gold miners accidentally find ancient woolly rhino mummy with horn and soft tissues still intact

Mummified woolly rhino discovered by miners in Russia's Sakha Republic to be fully excavated in the coming months, as researchers begin studying its intact horn.

LiveScience · Aug 7, 2024

Perfectly preserved woolly mammoth DNA uncovered in Siberia could help resurrect species, scientists say

Discovery offers unprecedented insight into the genetic makeup of animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Methane 'kitchens' in Siberia's permafrost form mounds that can erupt, creating giant craters

A buildup of methane and other fluids in open and closed "systems" in the permafrost could explain why strange, icy mounds sometimes erupt to form giant crater, researchers say.

LiveScience · Jul 29, 2024

3D Genome Extracted From 'Freeze-dried' Woolly Mammoth

About 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so frigid that it spontaneously freeze-dried, locking its DNA fragments into place.

International Business Times · Jul 12, 2024

16 best places to see the 2026 total solar eclipse

Here are 16 of the best places to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. The eclipse will be visible from remote Russian Siberia to eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain.

Space · Jun 28, 2024

Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims

Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.

LiveScience · Jun 27, 2024