The hoards, filled with metal objects, beads, fabrics, and animal tusks, span the Late Bronze Age into the Early Iron Age.

Volcanoes that have laid dormant for millions of years could revolutionize the sourcing of important rare earth elements, a new study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters suggests.

Some volcanoes never erupt, but still pose a threat. The post Why Some Volcanoes Never Erupt, But Still Pose a Threat ...

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...

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The site covers an extinct volcano and comprises five terraces that border stone retaining walls. The Gunung Padang megalithic site is constructed of columnar basaltic stones. At the site ...

Doane saw only one way to explain the void. "The great basin," he wrote, "has been formerly one vast crater of a now extinct volcano." The lieutenant was right: Yellowstone is a volcano ...

This effect is not occasioned by the Upas tree, but by an extinct volcano near Batar, called Guava Upas. From the old crater and the adjoining valley is exhaled carbonic gas, such as often ...

The Popa langur -- named for an extinct volcano home to its largest population, some 100 individuals -- has been around for at least a million years, according to a study detailing the find ...

Volcano Live's Ed Byrne listed it as his favourite volcanic feature in the UK. DOWNLOAD: A guide to volcanic walks in the UK (PDF - 3.4MB) What is the difference between a dormant and an extinct ...

Photo by László György via Soós, et al (2025) In the middle of Hungary’s vast western plains, an extinct volcano rises from the earth, reaching over 1,400 feet high. It is Somló Hill ...