Mark Anthony

14 April, 2020 - 19:00 ashley cowie

New Evidence Throws Doubt On Nazareth Inscription’s Ties To Jesus

During the 1930s, a stone tablet was sent from Nazareth to the Louvre Museum in Paris, which became the focus of religious scholars and biblical archaeologists after its inscription was translated...

Antony and Cleopatra, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

23 January, 2016 - 14:39 Natalia Klimczak

Unraveling History: The Final Fates of the Children of Cleopatra VII?

Cleopatra VII had four children. One with Julius Caesar and three with Mark Anthony. Until 31 BC the family of the last Ptolemaic queen lived a magnificent life in a golden palace, one of the most...

Myths & Legends

Is the answer of the downfall of the giants found in ancient texts? Source: grandfailure / Adobe Stock.

The Fall of the Giants and Their Fate According to Ancient Texts

Giants were here. In using the term giants, I am referring to persons at least 7 feet (2.1m) and up to 13 feet (4m) in height. Given that pre-modern man was significantly shorter on the average than we are today

The Real Story of the ‘Bearded God’ Named Quetzalcoatl

Cossack-Sorcerers: The Secretive and Magical Warrior Society of Ukraine

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

Of Runes And Sacrifice: The Initiation Ritual Of Odin in Norse Myth

Unravelling the True Story of the Legendary Trojan Horse

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.

Asherah: God’s Forgotten Wife

The Christ And The Buddha: How Can You Explain the Uncanny Similarities?

Religion Isn’t The Enemy of Science: It’s Been Inspiring Scientists for Centuries

The ‘Dynastic Race’ and the Biblical ‘Japheth’ – Part I: After the Deluge

The Theory of ‘Three Human Species’

Ancient Technology

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

Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many don’t realise that this process began nearly 2000 years...

An Unbreakable Story: The Lost Roman Invention of Flexible Glass

Norimitsu Odachi: Who Could Have Possibly Wielded This Enormous 15th Century Japanese Sword?

Egyptian Blue – The Oldest Known Artificial Pigment

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

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

Ancient Places

The circular structure was first detected in a sonar survey of part of the sea in the summer of 2003.

Enormous Underwater Structure in the Sea of Galilee is a Mystery to Archaeologists

A gigantic monument at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee, as well as several mysterious structures, including a gigantic stone wheel and a moon-shaped monument, were recently found in northern Israel...

Skeleton Lake: Ancient Remains Frozen in Time in the Himalayas

The Caledonian Dream: A Scottish Colony’s American Nightmare

Dumbarton Castle: Ancient Stronghold and Symbol of Scottish Defiance

European Standing Stones: The Mute Witnesses of Forgotten Times

Homer’s Iliad Casts Doubt on the Aegean Location of Troy

Opinion

Petroglyphic Features of Portable Rock Art

Paleo rock art from around the world ranges in style, method, and age, and includes cave paintings, petroglyphs, pictographs, polished and engraved stones such as effigies, stone sculptures, and portable ceremonial objects.

The Northern Mysteries Current: Futhark and Mystery Schools of the Viking Age

Was There Ever a Trojan War?

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

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

3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis

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