disciples

Rembrandt - Christ with Hands Folded (Public Domain), and Nivedita, Sister - the Departure of Siddhartha

8 July, 2017 - 18:54 Jim Willis

The Christ And The Buddha: How Can You Explain the Uncanny Similarities?

Buddhism and Christianity arose independently of each other, separated as they were by almost 3,000 miles and at least 500 years. In terms of religious belief systems they are even farther apart...

The Magdala Stone or altar in a temple where Jesus possibly preached (Wikimedia Commons)

6 August, 2015 - 00:23 Mark Miller

Archaeologists Excavate Possible Home of Mary Magdalene and Synagogue Where Jesus May Have Preached

A Catholic priest and archaeologists in Israel are excavating an ancient synagogue and a site that may have been the home of Mary Magdalene, who has been called Jesus' most beloved disciple...

Myths & Legends

Trailer for Ouija Movie. (BagoGames/CC BY 2.0) Insert: Ouija board on your skull: noe valley, san francisco (2015).

Talking Boards: Terrifying Tales of Ouija Boards and Demons, Possession, and Death

Ouija boards, also known as talking boards or spirit boards, are a relatively modern tool/game that strikes fear and wonder in the hearts of many people. Almost everyone has heard stories of someone connecting with malevolent beings or suffering unfortunate events following the use of a Ouija board. But what’s the real story behind these terrifying tales?

The Sumerian King List still puzzles historians after more than a century of research

Thoth’s Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?

Ancient Race of White Giants Described in Native Legends From Many Tribes

Lilith: Ancient Demon, Dark Deity or Sex Goddess?

The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin

Human Origins

A Wa'a Kaulua (double canoe) of Hawaiian Nobility of the 18th Century. Polynesia was inhabited by skilled seafarers.

Where Did the Polynesians Really Come From?

Oceania was the last region to be settled by humans and the last part of Oceania to be settled by humans was Polynesia. Polynesians are famous for their voyages to remote islands in distant parts of the Pacific. Using outrigger canoes, they founded a society across islands stretching in a triangle from the Hawaiian Islands to Easter Island to New Zealand

Thoth’s Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

Are The Nephilim Really The Offspring Of Sons of God And The Daughters Of Man?

Khoisan people of South Africa were once the most populous humans on Earth

Ancient Technology

The Vajra: An Ancient Weapon of War

The vajra is the most important ritual implement of Vajrayana Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the word vajra is defined as something hard or mighty, as in a diamond. It symbolizes an impenetrable, immovable and indestructible state of knowledge and enlightenment.

The Solution to the 5,500-year-old Mesopotamian Clay Ball Enigma

Could the Egyptian Ankh Symbol Be Spawned of the Viscera of Bulls?

150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?

The Great Pyramid at Giza and Noah’s Ark: Are we coming closer to an understanding of the Ancient Mind? Part II

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

Ancient Places

Mysterious Map Emerges at the Dawn of the Egyptian Civilization and Depicts Antarctica Without Ice – Who Made it?

On a chilly winter day in 1929, Halil Edhem, the Director of Turkey's National Museum, was hunched over his solitary task of classifying documents. He pulled towards him a map drawn on Roe deer skin. As Halil opened the chart to its full dimensions (two feet by three feet wide or 60 X 90 cm) he was surprised by how much of the New World was depicted on a map which dated from 1513.

Memnon’s Musical Statues: The Long-Standing Guardians of Amenhotep III’s Temple That Found a Voice

Island in the Clouds: Is Mount Roraima Really A ‘Lost World’ Where Dinosaurs May Still Exist?

Tower of London: A Palace, a Prison and a Place of Execution

Plagued by Floods Yet the Giza Pyramid Builders Refused to be Relocated

Urnes Stave Church: A Final Vestige of Viking Innovation

Opinion

Borgund Stave Church (Eduardo/CC BY-SA 2.0), pentagram, Vitruvian man, and serpent

The Viking Serpent: Serpent Worship, Sacred Geometry, and Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway

Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code, inspired by Henry Lincoln and his two co-authors’ The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. The Norwegian researcher Harald Boehlke was inspired by the same book. Lincoln’s tantalizing bait was religion and sacred geometry—specially the sacred pentagram.

Atlantis Unearthed – Do Surprising Underwater Scans Show Lost Architecture on the Sea Floor?

Do Your Eyes Fool You? Ancient Vision and a New Reality — How to See and Draw Like the Ancients

Did David Wyrick Find the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail Near Newark, Ohio?

What’s It Like to Travel the Oldest Road in the World? Think Dragon’s Blood and Neolithic Barrows

Caves and Portals: The Hidden World Beneath Us & Rites of Passage

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