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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

Glastonbury Tor. Source: vlorzor / Adobe. Inset: Representational image of a skeleton.

The Glastonbury Giant: Who Did the Mystery Bones of A Nine Foot Skeleton Belong To?

When researching the reality of giants in the past, one story which has survived the ages is the apparent discovery of the ‘Glastonbury Giant’ which was allegedly unearthed in 1190, on orders of King Henry II, following rumors that the legendary King Arthur was in fact buried at that specific location.

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

Lilith: Adam’s First Wife in Eden or a Diabolical Demoness?

Batman Existed in Mesoamerican Mythology and His Name Was Camazotz

Lilith: Ancient Demon, Dark Deity or Sensual Goddess?

The Ancient Pagan Origins of Easter

Human Origins

Representational image of human skeletons. The discovery of anomalous skeletons suggests humanity may be older than we think.

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

There are many reported human skeletal finds which are in discordance with current evolutionary beliefs dating back to anomalously ancient geological periods in the distant past, way before it is accepted that human beings ever existed.

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

Chichen Itza's Shadows: Unexpected Light Shed on Ancient Maya

Rh-Negative Blood: An Exotic Bloodline or Random Mutation?

Easter Island’s Birdman Cult: A Story of Struggle and Survival

Zecharia Sitchin and the Mistranslation of Sumerian Texts

Ancient Technology

Deriv; Step Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt., El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá, Mexico, Candi Sukuh in eastern Central Java

Mysterious GodSelf Icon Found Worldwide: Lost Symbol of an Ancient Global Religion?

Significant evidence now exists that ancient cultures worldwide were all connected by a powerful religious symbol which I call the “GodSelf Icon,” that is especially conspicuous among the pyramid...

Robots Guarded Buddha’s Relics in a Legend of Ancient India

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

Secrets Behind the Creepy Plague Doctor Mask and Costume

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

Hero of Alexandria and his Magical Jugs

Ancient Places

Palmerston Island part of the Cook Islands.

Populating Palmerston Island: One Man, Three Wives and A Desert Island Paradise

Palmerston Island is part of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. This island is one of the six main islands located on a coral atoll and is the only one that is inhabited. Palmerston Island is one of the most isolated places on earth, and almost all of its inhabitants today are related to each other, as they are all descended from one Englishman who settled there about 150 years ago.

Kimberley Mine is Better Known as ‘The Big Hole’, but Was it Cursed?

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

Atlantis in India: Did Plato’s Lost City Exist in the East?

The Lost Gardens of Heligan: Rediscovering a Centuries-Old Paradise

The White Slaves of Barbary

Opinion

Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?

Halfway up a near-vertical ravine in the Andes, someone carved an inverted V-shaped entrance into the mountainside. Then they sliced the bedrock with great precision to create a shallow door that...

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

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

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?

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