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1 August, 2013 - 06:25 aprilholloway

Expert Cracks Code of 3,000-Year-Old Inscription with Dramatic Implications for the Bible

Earlier this month we reported on the discovery of a 3,000-year-old pottery fragment , now known as the Ophel Inscription, near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, inscribed with the earliest written text...

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Myths & Legends

The stele dubbed by some as the “astronaut of Casar” is exhibited in the Caceres Museum, Caceres, Spain. Source: Left; Alberto del Barrio Herrero / CC BY-SA 2.0, Right; verpueblos

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

Some artifacts seem to be easy to misunderstand or are not well understood at all and this leads to wild theories. One of the biggest curiosities on display at the Caceres Museum in Caceres, Spain is a stele or upright stone slab that originally stood at the southern end of the cemetery in the nearby village of Casar.

The Epic of Gilgamesh Unveiled: Searching For a Way to the Home Planet

A Pilgrimage of Thought: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

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

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

Batman Existed in Mesoamerican Mythology and His Name Was Camazotz

Human Origins

Kalash woman. Kalash people have a fascinating history and culture.

Are the Distinctive Kalash People of Pakistan Really Descendants of Alexander the Great’s Army?

The Kalash (known also as the Kalasha) are an indigenous people living in what is today Pakistan. Although Pakistan is an Islamic Republic, with more than 95% of its population being adherents of Islam, the Kalash people hold on to their own religious beliefs, along with their own identity, way of life, and language.

The Truth Behind 5 Disney Movies That Are Based On Real Histories

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

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

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

Do you dare enter a fairy ring? The mythical mushroom portals of the supernatural

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

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

Ancient Journeys: What was Travel Like for the Romans?

The Indian Sage who developed Atomic Theory 2,600 years ago

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

Ancient Places

Adam’s Calendar: Oldest Megalithic Site in the World?

Adam’s Calendar is controversially suggested to be the oldest man-made structure in the world. Sometimes referred to as "African Stonehenge", it predates both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza...

More than a Dozen Mysterious Prehistoric Tunnels in Cornwall, England, Mystify Researchers

The Beauty of Loulan and the Tattooed Mummies of the Tarim Basin

Tristan da Cunha: Only 269 People Remain on World's Most Remote Inhabited Island

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

A New Japanese Emperor Takes To The Chrysanthemum Throne

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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