12 June, 2014 - 08:57 ancient-origins

The Origin of Ancient Cities

In this interview, Lucy Wyatt, author of 'Approaching Chaos' and co-organizer of the Eternal Knowledge Festival, shares her perspectives on the origin of ancient civilizations and cities. Lucy...

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11 June, 2014 - 23:27 aprilholloway

Ancient routes of the Inuit mapped for the first time

A new digital resource brings together centuries of cultural knowledge for the first time, showing that networks of trails over snow and sea ice, seemingly unconnected to the untrained eye, in fact...

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11 June, 2014 - 01:38 aprilholloway

The Menehune of Hawaii – Ancient Race or Fictional Fairytale?

In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune are said to be an ancient race of people small in stature, who lived in Hawaii before settlers arrived from Polynesia. Many scholars attribute ancient structures...

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7 June, 2014 - 14:46 aprilholloway

Ten Must-See Ancient Places

There are literally thousands of spectacular ancient places scattered across our planet and it is, of course, impossible to see all of them. So here we highlight ten unique and magnificent sites...

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7 June, 2014 - 07:49 ancient-origins

The Ancient Symbolism of Stonehenge

In this interview, Paul Burley, author of 'Stonehenge: As Above, So Below', explores the ancient symbolism of the enigmatic stone circle in Wiltshire, England, and explains how this symbolism, which...

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7 June, 2014 - 03:11 dhwty

The Nazca Head-hunters and their Trophy Heads

The Nazca culture of Peru is perhaps most well-known for the enigmatic Nazca Lines , hundreds of lines and stylized images built into the Peruvian coastal plain. Yet, there is more to this ancient...

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7 June, 2014 - 00:24 aprilholloway

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old water system in Iran

Archaeologists in Iran made an unexpected discovery during excavations at the Farash ancient historical site at the Seimareh Dam reservoir – a 5,000-year-old water system . The research team is...

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6 June, 2014 - 04:15 spyropoulos

The ancient city of Lacedaemon – is it the legendary Atlantis? Part Two

(Read Part One) Turning to the second “point of agreement” about the location of Atlantis is the highly disputed location of the ‘Pillars of Hercules’. Many scholars identified the Pillars with the...

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5 June, 2014 - 14:26 spyropoulos

The ancient city of Lacedaemon – is it the legendary Atlantis?

The name Lacedaemon is derived from the verb, λαγχάνω (lachano), to assign somebody something by lot, and δαίμων (daemon), which means God in ancient Greek. Lacedaemon therefore denotes the divine...

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5 June, 2014 - 02:58 davidcarr

The Mystery of the Lost Ancient Culture of the Maya – Part 2

Was the Practice of Sacrificial Rituals used as a Gateway to the Afterlife? Many ancient alien theorists suggest that the Maya’s belief in gods was based on the visitation of aliens from a more...

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5 June, 2014 - 01:01 aprilholloway

New section of Inca road leading to Machu Picchu discovered

A team of archaeologists have just announced their discovery of a new section of Inca Road in Peru which leads directly to the world famous ancient site of Machu Picchu, according to a report in Peru...

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4 June, 2014 - 14:12 davidcarr

The Mystery of the Lost Ancient Culture of the Maya

The collapse of the Maya civilization is considered one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the ancient world. One can only speculate their downfall from the numerous explanations presented by...

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4 June, 2014 - 03:07 aprilholloway

Shameful sell-off of ancient Sekhemka statue makes museum a pariah

A 4,400-year-old Egyptian statue will be sold by Northampton Museum in England, the Council has decided. The Council is auctioning off the historic Egyptian statue of Sekhemka in order to help pay...

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4 June, 2014 - 00:05 ancient-origins

Why and How Different Cultures Bury the Dead

By Tara MacIsaac , Epoch Times Funerary rites, like death, are a source of fascination tinged by mystery and fear. Closely related to how we view the afterlife and how we relate to one another, these...

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2 June, 2014 - 22:39 pkoutoupis

Did Mycenaean Greeks serve in the Egyptian military of Ramesses?

In the year 2006, news outlets all across the globe began to report of an extraordinary archaeological find from a Mycenaean palace located on the island of Salamis, the largest island within the...

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30 May, 2014 - 15:28 dhwty

Egyptian Mummies – to unwrap or not to unwrap?

Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt at the end of the 18 th century sparked a European interest in ancient Egypt. This ‘Egyptomania’ has gripped Europe ever since, and is still visible today. It was gold,...

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30 May, 2014 - 00:28 aprilholloway

The hidden paintings discovered at ancient temple of Angkor Wat

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity revealed more than 200 paintings dating to the 16th century, which were recently discovered at Cambodia’s Temple of Angkor Wat, the world’s largest...

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29 May, 2014 - 00:02 aprilholloway

Discovering the artists of the Eastern Sahara

The identification of rock art found in Farafra as Neolithic adds substance to the argument that Egypt drew on cultural influences from Africa as well as the Near East. Recently discovered rock art...

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28 May, 2014 - 14:34 aprilholloway

Archaeologists discover 2,300-year-old dental implant in Iron Age burial chamber

A new study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed the discovery of an Iron Age tooth implant among the remains of a Celtic woman in northern France. The implant is the oldest of its kind...

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26 May, 2014 - 23:34 garydavid

Mirrors of Orion: Star Knowledge of the Ancient World – An Introduction

Egypt is the image of the heavens, and the whole Cosmos dwells here, in this its sanctuary— but the gods will desert the earth and return to heaven abandoning this land that was once the home of...

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25 May, 2014 - 02:37 aprilholloway

The engraved tablet found inside hidden compartment of thousand-hand Bodhisattva statue

Archaeologists found a treasure within a treasure when they discovered a hidden chamber in the abdomen of the Qianshou Guanyin sculpture (Thousand-hand Bodhisattva) on Mount Baoding in Dazu district...

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22 May, 2014 - 00:42 dhwty

Aboriginal message sticks and an ancient system of communication

Throughout Australia, it is said that there are over 200 Aboriginal languages and 600 dialects, but apparently no writing system for recording the spoken word. How then were messages transmitted...

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21 May, 2014 - 00:28 ancient-origins

Mystery Hill Megaliths May Be 4,000 Years Old—Did Celts Build It?

By Tara MacIsaac , Epoch Times Studying the origins of the aptly named Mystery Hill megaliths, also known as America’s Stonehenge, whets one’s curiosity but does not satisfy—unless one is satisfied...

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18 May, 2014 - 03:38 ancient-origins

Saffron: Ancient Healing Powers Confirmed by Science

By Sayer Ji , www.greenmedinfo.com Clearly there is something magical about the Crocus sativus flower, from which the spice saffron is derived. If its striking beauty does not immediately cast a...

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