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4 November, 2016 - 02:54 Natalia Klimczak

Three Famous Sites in One – The Story of the Legendary City of Tanis

For centuries, it was believed the city of Tanis was nothing more than a legend. Many people had doubts that it ever really existed. But that all changed when researchers who Napoleon Bonaparte...

Myths & Legends

Aztec god of the underworld Mictlantecuhtli

Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Land of the Dead, Tried to Stop the Recreation of Man

Mictlantecuhtli was a god in the Aztec pantheon. Translated literally, his name means ‘ Lord of Mictlan’ , Mictlan being the Aztec underworld or land of the dead. The Aztecs believed that there were...

The Legendary Emerald Tablet and its Secrets of the Universe

Helen of Troy, The Beauty Who Sparked the Trojan War

From Incest to Incense: The Sad and Sordid Affair of Myrrha’s Punishment by Aphrodite

The Dramatic Life and Death of Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons

Ten Mythological Creatures in Ancient Folklore

Human Origins

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.

Asherah: God’s Forgotten Wife

Is the Universe Only 6,000 years old? Young Earth Creationists Say Yes!

Purification as the Core of the Ancient Shinto Faith

Pangu and the Chinese Creation Story

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

Ancient Technology

The Medieval ring found in Kavarna, Bulgaria (Image: Kavarna Municipality)

Jewelry to Die For: 14th-Century Bulgarian Ring with a Killer Dose

When a medieval ring was uncovered by Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the remains of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, they were surprised to discover that it was not a simply a decorative piece but looked to have been designed for the far more sinister use of murder.

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

10 Innovative Medieval Weapons: You Would Not Want To Be At The Sharp End Of These!

The Ancient Invention of the Water Clock

Common Tools or Ancient Advanced Technology? How Did the Egyptians Bore Through Granite?

The revolutionary invention of the wheel

Ancient Places

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

Abu Simbel: The Great Temple of Ramesses II was Almost Lost

The Construction of Venice, the Floating City

Was the Amazon Rainforest Once Home to A Massive Lost Civilization?

Risky Wealth: Would You Dare to Open the Mysterious Sealed Door of Padmanabhaswamy Temple?

The Mystery of the Ancient Greek ‘Dragon Houses’

Opinion

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American...

Mysterious Worlds: Travels to the Faerie and Shamanic Realms

Pharaoh Akhenaten: An Alternative View of the Heretic King

Changing Colors and Scampering Across the Night Sky: What Did the Ancients Say about Sirius?

Cracking the Code to Discover Ancient Tarot Symbolism and Forgotten Universal Knowledge

The Secret Strategic Plans of Darius the Great

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