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NORTH CHARLESTON - New findings suggest Hunley was ‘much closer’ to torpedo blast - The Civil War: 150 Years Later - TheState.com

NORTH CHARLESTON - New findings suggest Hunley was ‘much closer’ to torpedo blast - The Civil War: 150 Years Later - TheState.com | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
For nearly 150 years, the story of the Hunley’s attack on the USS Housatonic has been Civil War legend.

 

Scientists have discovered a piece of the Confederate submarine’s torpedo still attached to its spar, debunking eyewitness accounts that the Hunley was nearly 100 feet away from the explosion that sent a Union blockade ship to the bottom of the sea off Charleston in 1864.

 

 

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Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?

Great Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room? | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
A sealed space in Egypt's Great Pyramid may help solve a centuries-old mystery: How did the ancient Egyptians move two million 2.5-ton blocks to build the ancient wonder?

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