Fossil

A fossil is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
==History==
===5th century BCE===
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the locale known as the Valley of the Snake in Phokis, Greece in her quest to locate and assassinate Elpenor, a member of the Eyes of Kosmos branch of the Cult of Kosmos. While in the region, she came across the ruins of the Snake Temple, where she saw the monstrous fossilized skeleton of the mythical serpent Python, who had been killed by the Greek god Apollo.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
===1st century BCE===
 fossils could be found in the Faiyum, Saqqara Nome and the Sinai.Assassin's Creed: Origins The deserts of Egypt, specifically the is evidence of the seas which once covered the area.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Deserts of Egypt: Western & Eastern Deserts
===9th century CE===
Fossils could be found around Norway, England, Vinland and Ireland, in locations such as Stavanger and Kinder Downfall.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
===19th century===
During his administrative career in India, the Master Templar William Sleeman found several dinosaur fossils in the whilst searching for Isu artifacts on behalf of the British Rite of the Templar Order.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: William Sleeman
In 1841, Richard Owen, a zoologist known for his opposition to , coined the term 'Dinosaur'.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Richard Owen
In 1868, Charles Darwin tasked the twins Jacob and Evie Frye from the British Brotherhood of Assassins with retrieving an fossil known as the "Berlin " from German scientist Dr. Schwartz at Charing Cross station. However, Dr. Schwartz was revealed to be an imposter intent on killing Darwin and was subsequently killed by the Assassins, who then recovered the fossil and gave it to Darwin.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Berlin Specimen
===21st century===
In 1997, the Templar front company Abstergo Industries buried fake skeletons near Tim D. White's expedition in Ethiopia to throw off the scientific community from discovering the truth of humanity's origins.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #20: "Origin of the Species"
In 2011, Templar recruits who participated in Abstergo's second stage of their Animi Training Program received a dossier on the history of company and the Templars. In one of the files, it was theorized that the Isu had also evolved on Earth, and that with a 30% larger found around Boskop, South Africa were proof of their existence.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Abstergo Files: File.0.20\FC_Entities
In 2014, Dr. Álvaro Gramática, a member of the Templars' Inner Sanctum, proposed in a public relations primer for a coordination of pre-existing disinformation campaigns to ensure that interest in Precursor fossils was misdirected into harmless avenues.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: 08. Public Relations Primer
==Gallery==
Phokis-SnakeTemple1.jpg|A snake skeleton in the Snake Temple, Phokis
KinderWhale.jpeg|A whale skeleton nearby Kinder Downfall, Snotinghamshire
KinderMammoth.jpeg|A mammoth fossil near Kinder Downfall, Snotinghamscire 
VinlandWhale.jpg|A whale skeleton nearby Okonhsa:ke, Vinland
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
**The Hidden Ones
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
**Wrath of the Druids
==References==
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