Border Cave

14 August, 2020 - 16:17 Ed Whelan

Newly Discovered ‘Oldest Bed’ Found in South African Cave

Archaeologists in South Africa have claimed that they have evidence of the oldest bed ever found. They believe that they have discovered bedding material that dates from an incredible 200,000 years...

Border Cave Excavation site, Lebombo Mountains, South Africa. Source: Credit Dr Lucinda Backwell/ Wits University

3 January, 2020 - 14:02 ashley cowie

170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables

New research focused on the roasted remnants of rootstalks found in a Lebombo Mountain cave in South Africa suggests early humans brought the plants to the cave to feed to their young and old. A new...

Myths & Legends

Legendary Black Knights: Mysterious Medieval Entities of Neutrality

Black Knights began to appear in history during the Middle Ages. Since the 13th century, a series of legends mentioning the mysterious Black Knights emerged. Although the Black Knights were said to...

Viking Berserkers – Fierce Warriors or Drug-Fuelled Madmen?

The Penteli Cave Enigma – A Place of Unexplained Phenomena Since Ancient Times

Talos of Crete: A 2,000-Year-Old Tale of the First Robot God

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Human Origins

A modern human, left, and Neanderthal woman, right.

Research Confirms That 20% of the Neanderthal Genome Can Be Found In Modern Humans

Though it was disputed for many years, there is conclusive evidence that Neanderthals bred with modern humans (Homo sapiens). The first complete mapping of a Neanderthal genome took place about five years ago - supporting the human-Neanderthal hook-up and also showing that Neanderthal DNA in humans is a thing.

Dark Skin and Blue Eyes: European Hunter-Gatherers Did Not Fit with Common Representations

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Peking Man and China’s Paleontological Nationalism

The human skull that challenges the Out of Africa theory

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.

Near-Pristine Bronze Age Spear Dated Over 3,000 Years Found in Britain

Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked!

Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet

1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization

Ancient Maya Tooth Bling Was Also Good for Oral Hygiene!

Ancient Places

Pompeii man and woman discovered in the Casa de Fabbro, or House of the Crafsman, in a photograph taken in 1934. Source: Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità

First Complete DNA Sequencing Unveils Truth of Pompeii Victim

The skeletons of a man and woman discovered around 100 years ago, as they were trying to survive the notorious Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, have been put under the scanner by scientists.

Iklaina: Perhaps the First City State of Mycenaean Culture

Wars of the Diadochi: Alexander the Great’s Generals Fight For Spoils

The mummies of Qilakitsoq and the Inuit baby that captured hearts around the world

Home to 20,000, But Who Built it? The Underground City of Derinkuyu

A Lost Primeval World Has Been Found in a Giant South China Sinkhole!

Opinion

The Coming Gnostic Civilization, and his most recent book, Sedona: City of the Star People.

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds

Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

Two Sides to Every Story: The North American Martyrs Shrines and Indigenous/ Roman Catholic Relations

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Curse of the Buried Pearl: The Hunt for Ancient Treasures – Part I

The Enigma of the Shugborough Inscription

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170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables

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