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13 January, 2021 - 00:57 dhwty

Hachiman: Deified Emperor, War God, Protector Of The Japanese People

Hachiman is a Japanese Shinto deity who is often considered to be the god of war. Although he is worshipped as a Shinto god, Buddhist elements were incorporated into this deity, following the arrival...

The star chart painting on the ceiling of the Kitora Tomb, Asuka, Japan

19 July, 2015 - 14:21 Robin Whitlock

Kitora Tomb Star Chart is Declared the Oldest in the World

The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs have announced that a star chart discovered in ancient Asuka in the country’s Nara Prefecture, is based on much older celestial observations made in China,...

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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