aristocracy

Left: The inscription on the column lists the titles of Djedkare’s wife, queen Setibhor. (Hana Vymazalová) Right: North and east walls of the decorated antechamber of the ancient Egyptian nobleman’s tomb.

4 April, 2019 - 22:41 Ed Whelan

Experts Find Lost Queen’s Name and a Favorite Nobleman’s Tomb in Saqqara

Experts working in a famous pyramid complex in Egypt have announced the discovery of the tomb of a nobleman. It was made in perhaps the most important archaeological site for the study of the early...

21 August, 2013 - 04:21 aprilholloway

The 14th-Century Bulgarian Ring of Death

Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the remains of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, last year found a well-preserved man’s ring which...

Myths & Legends

The stele dubbed by some as the “astronaut of Casar” is exhibited in the Caceres Museum, Caceres, Spain. Source: Left; Alberto del Barrio Herrero / CC BY-SA 2.0, Right; verpueblos

The Astronaut of Casar Is An Unsolved Mystery, But Can We Explain It?

Some artifacts seem to be easy to misunderstand or are not well understood at all and this leads to wild theories. One of the biggest curiosities on display at the Caceres Museum in Caceres, Spain is a stele or upright stone slab that originally stood at the southern end of the cemetery in the nearby village of Casar.

A Pilgrimage of Thought: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Epic of Gilgamesh Unveiled: Searching For a Way to the Home Planet

Batman Existed in Mesoamerican Mythology and His Name Was Camazotz

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Mammoth-Sized One-Horned Beasts of Legend?

The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon

Human Origins

Snow White a Disney story based on real historical events.

The Truth Behind 5 Disney Movies That Are Based On Real Histories

Many of us grew up watching Disney movies and their tales of fairy princesses and evil queens are undeniably a part of the modern zeitgeist.

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

Ancient Anomalous Human Skeletons: Humanity Could be Much Older Than We Think

Are the Distinctive Kalash People of Pakistan Really Descendants of Alexander the Great’s Army?

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man?

Ancient Technology

The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt

Most people know of the great construction achievements of the dynastic Egyptians such as the pyramids and temples of the Giza Plateau area as well as the Sphinx. Many books and videos show depictions of vast work forces hewing blocks of stone in the hot desert sun and carefully setting them into place.

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world’

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

The Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: Were Humans the First? Part 1

6 Ways Roman Engineers Were Way Ahead of Their Time

Abydos carvings

Ancient Places

Adam’s Calendar: Oldest Megalithic Site in the World?

Adam’s Calendar is controversially suggested to be the oldest man-made structure in the world. Sometimes referred to as "African Stonehenge", it predates both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza...

World’s Oldest Surviving Amphitheater Preserved at Pompeii

Competing for the Title of the Oldest House in England - Luddesdown Court and Saltford Manor

More than a Dozen Mysterious Prehistoric Tunnels in Cornwall, England, Mystify Researchers

Homer’s Iliad Casts Doubt on the Aegean Location of Troy

Ten Precariously Situated Cliffside Constructions from the Ancient World

Opinion

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

The Vikings’ next step out into the Atlantic – the discovery and settlement of Iceland – is one of the best documented events of the Viking Age. Medieval Icelanders were fascinated by genealogy, not only because, as emigrants

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis

Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?

The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man?

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

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