Florida

Hernando De Soto and Spanish Conquistadores seeing the Mississippi River for the first time.

21 February, 2016 - 14:51 Natalia Klimczak

The Forgotten Story of Spanish Conquerors in North America

Official history says that the Spanish colonizers in America were focused on the territory from Mexico to the end of South America. For centuries, there was the question of why the Spaniards didn't...

Little is known about the natives with whom the Luna expedition made contact, but they left behind these beads, which were unearthed in Pensacola, Florida.

31 December, 2015 - 15:09 Mark Miller

Lone Archaeologist Discovers First Multi-Year European Settlement in the U.S.

An archaeologist and historian working on his own found the first multi-year settlement by Europeans on U.S. soil, in Pensacola, Florida. The mid-16th century expedition of about 1,500 people led by...

27 December, 2015 - 20:50 ancient-origins

Overcoming Gravity: The Enigma of Coral Castle

How were monuments such as Stonehenge, the Great Pyramids of Giza, Sacsayhuaman fortress and other ancient monuments built? Many scientists believe that in some cases workers numbering in the tens of...

The "Tricentennial Royal" coin pictured here was die-cast, unlike most coins minted in the Spanish colonies during the 1700s.

30 July, 2015 - 21:56 Robin Whitlock

Rare coin hoard worth $1m discovered by treasure hunters off the coast of Florida

Treasure hunters exploring the waters off the coast of Florida, USA, have discovered a hoard of long forgotten treasure that has been lying on the seabed for at least 300 years. At a depth of about...

1 January, 2015 - 00:49 Mark Miller

First humans in Florida lived alongside giant animals

Recent research has confirmed an old theory that the first humans in Florida lived alongside giant animals that have since become extinct. A geologist made the proposal a century ago following the...

1 March, 2014 - 22:34 aprilholloway

Will new excavation solve mysteries of Old Vero Man site?

A major excavation is due to begin soon in Vero Beach, Florida at the site where Old Vero Man was discovered, the remains of a male human believed to be at least 13,000 years old. Scientists from the...

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Myths & Legends

Jaques Le Gris, played by Adam Driver on the left, and Jean de Carrouges, played by Matt Damon, in The Last Duel. Source: 20th Century Studios

The True History Behind “The Last Duel” - A Tale of Trial by Combat

Medieval chivalric duels were undoubtedly the most thrilling events of the time. The last vestige of the ancient gladiatorial fights, knightly duels were a true display of the skill with arms and chivalrous honor.

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

Crossing the Veil: The Pre-Christian Origins of Halloween and Samhain

Finding Beowulf: Is Some of the Famous Anglo-Saxon Heroic Epic Based on Truth?

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Beasts of Legend?

Edgar Cayce, Six-fingered Giants and the Supernatural Creation Gods of Atlantis: Part 1

Human Origins

The lower jaw of the 7.175 million-year-old Graecopithecus freybergi (El Graeco) from Pyrgos Vassilissis, Greece (today in metropolitan Athens).

7.2 million-Year-Old Pre-Human Fossil Suggests Mankind Arose in Europe NOT Africa

A new analysis of two 7.2 million-year-old fossils belonging to a hominin species nicknamed “El Graeco” from Mediterranean Europe, suggests that mankind emerged in Europe and not in Africa. The new study could reshape history, since it openly challenges the “out of Africa theory.”

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

Edgar Cayce, Six-fingered Giants and the Supernatural Creation Gods of Atlantis: Part 1

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

Who Were The Andronovo? Bronze Age Culture Of The Eurasian Steppe

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

Ancient Technology

Two years ago, German scientists dated the Idol as being 11,000 years old.

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

Dating back 11,000 years - with a coded message left by ancient man from the Mesolithic Age - the Shigir Idol is almost three times as old as the Egyptian pyramids. New scientific findings suggest that images and hieroglyphics on the wooden statue were carved with the jaw of a beaver, its teeth intact.

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

Catapult: The Long-Reaching History of a Prominent Medieval Siege Engine

Data Testing Julian Cope’s Dunnideer Hill Alignments Theory

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

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

Ancient Places

An aerial view of the Latvian shipwreck as it was found in deep beach sand near the country’s capital, Riga. Source: Rigas Brivosta

Mysterious 40 Foot Latvian Shipwreck Unearthed On the Beach Near Riga

A 40-foot-long (12-meter-long) Latvian shipwreck has been found on a beach near the country’s capital, Riga. Might this be the ghostly remains of a lost British Royal Navy warship?

Time Capsule of the House of the Tesserae Opens Window into the Past

3500-year-old Babylonian Ghost Image Discovered in British Museum Vaults!

The Mysterious Midas City: 2,800-Year-Old City with Monumental Facades and Strange Inscriptions

Cretan Footprints Challenge Darwin’s Out of Africa Theory, Says Study

Renaissance-Gothic Corvin Castle: One of the Seven Wonders of Romania

Opinion

Deriv; Hawaiian Tiki carvings and Easter Island statues with Rongorongo script

Was there a Common Writing System used by Pacific Islanders?

In 2016 two tourists found engraved petroglyphs on a Hawaiian Beach. This was an important find because it suggested that the ancient Polynesians had a common writing system which was used from...

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America?

Astonishing Human Heads: Do Satellite Photographs Now Prove Existence of Humans on Antarctica…6000 Years Ago? – Part I

The Great Salt Lake Enigma: Science Shows Anomalies – Evidence of a Global Flood?

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