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7 February, 2020 - 18:52 ashley cowie

Ancient Viking Glass Artifact Was A Game Piece Of The Elites

A tiny glass crown is being heralded as a rare archaeological artifact from the first wave of Viking raids in England. The small worked glass artifact was unearthed at an excavation site on the Holy...

They came from the fjords of Western Norway, and when they left, only silence could be heard.

10 December, 2017 - 19:01 ancient-origins

Did the Viking Age Really Start on 8 June 793 AD?

BY THORNEWS “ Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race (…). The heathens poured out the blood of saints around the altar, and trampled on the bodies...

Myths & Legends

Could the origin of the Basajaun myth reside in an encounter between the primitive and Mesolithic populations of the ancient Basque Country, and the migrating Neolithic settlers? Source: Gorodenkoff / Adobe Stock

The Myth of the Basajaun: A Basque Story of an Ancient Encounter

The genetic background of modern day Europe can often be a complicated topic to talk about. History often brings the migrations of faraway peoples, which is how the Indo-Europeans merged with the proto-populations of Old Europe.

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

Exploring the True Origins of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Cwezi: Ancient Race of Mystical People and the Modern-Day Cwezi Cult Accused of Black Magic

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Mammoth-Sized One-Horned Beasts of Legend?

Boudicca: The Celtic Queen Who Unleashed Fury on the Romans

Human Origins

The Stoned Ape theory proposes magic mushrooms helped the Homo erectus evolve quickly.

The Stoned Ape Theory and the Dawn of Human Consciousness: Did Our Prehistoric Ancestors Evolve by Getting High?

The origins of behavioral modernity and what exactly makes us human are topics which have fascinated people for hundreds of years.

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

Human Origins According to Ancient Greek Mythology

The Outstanding Story of Osiris: His Myth, Symbols, and Significance in Ancient Egypt

Pangu and the Chinese Creation Story

Sodom & Gomorrah - Scientific Evidence

Ancient Technology

The Discovery that Revealed Ancient Humans Navigated the Seas 130,000 Years Ago

It was a few years ago that a Greek-American archaeological team made a startling discovery – they found the oldest indications of seafaring and navigation in the world, in an area called Plakia on...

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

Boggling Bannerstones of Ancient Americans: Were They a Function of Flight or More a Flight of Fancy?

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

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!

Ancient Places

The Graveyard Prostitutes of Rome and Beyond

Ancient regulars of the world’s oldest profession may have grown bored with the “usual” items on the coitus menu. That may be why ancient Rome enjoyed a thriving sexual ecosystem with robust variety and a market for all kinds of Roman prostitutes.

El Tajín, The Lost City of a Mysterious People

The Giants of Doddridge County: Burials of a Vanished Race – Part I

Volterra: Home to Three Civilizations and the World’s First Witch

Henge of the World

Greek Government blocked discovery of the ‘mythical’ city of Lacedaemon

Opinion

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

The Vikings’ next step out into the Atlantic – the discovery and settlement of Iceland – is one of the best documented events of the Viking Age. Medieval Icelanders were fascinated by genealogy, not only because, as emigrants

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis

Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?

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

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

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