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Posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519.

5 March, 2016 - 22:14 Natalia Klimczak

Two New Theories on the Hotly Debated Origins of Christopher Columbus

During the last few years two new and very interesting theories (supported with scientific research) have appeared about Columbus. They suggest that the history of the man who “discovered” America,...

7 November, 2015 - 03:40 Mark Miller

First known colonial building in sub-Saharan Africa, with dark history, revealed to the public

The Cabo Verde islands, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean between Africa and South America, were an important hub in the slave trade. Archaeologists have now revealed to the public a church there...

19 April, 2015 - 01:00 dhwty

Ferdinand Magellan: Defying all Odds in a Voyage around the World

The historical figure Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who remains famous for the first circumnavigation of the earth, proving that the earth is round. However, the voyage was dogged by...

8 June, 2014 - 00:53 dhwty

The Misfortune of the Bom Jesus, the Diamond Shipwreck

The so-called Age of Discovery in Europe began in the early 15 th century, and produced numerous well-known explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Christopher Columbus. But there...

24 May, 2014 - 03:18 aprilholloway

Did Portuguese beat Captain Cook to Australia by 250 years?

Several years ago, a teenage boy stumbled upon an old swivel gun in Darwin, Australia that was found to predate the arrival of the acclaimed Captain James Cook to the continent in 1770. New research...

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Myths & Legends

The Menehune of Hawaii – Ancient Race or Fictional Fairytale?

In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune are said to be an ancient race of people small in stature, who lived in Hawaii before settlers arrived from Polynesia. Many scholars attribute ancient structures...

Achilles’ Shield: What’s the Meaning of the Iliad’s Most Symbolic Object?

The ancient origins of the legendary griffin

The Milesians: Mythic Origins of the Ancient Irish

The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America?

Exposing the Secret History of Giants and the Underground Hyperborean Gallery in Romania

Human Origins

Photo of Zecharia Sitchin (left)(CC0)Akkadian cylinder seal dating to circa 2300 BC depicting the deities Inanna, Utu, and Enki, three members of the Anunnaki.(right)

Zecharia Sitchin and the Mistranslation of Sumerian Texts

In a previous 2-part article (1), the authors wrote about the faulty associations of the Sumerian deities known as the Anunnaki as they are portrayed in the books, television series, and other media, which promotes Ancient Astronaut Theory (hereafter “A.A.T.”).

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

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

Melancholia: How Ancient Societies Grappled to Understand and Treat Depression

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

King Solomon’s Mines Discovered: Kings and Pharaohs - Part I

Ancient Technology

8 Ancient Chinese Inventions the West Had Not Imagined

The ancient invention of the steam engine by the Hero of Alexandria

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

Vimanas: Greater Understanding on a Hotly Debated Topic

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

The South-Pointing Chariot: This Ancient Chinese Invention Led Armies In a Unique and Impressive Way

Ancient Places

El Caracol Observatory at Chichen Itza (Wright Reading/CC BY-NC 2.0) and Composite 3D laser scan image of El Caracol from above

Advanced Engineering Discovered at the Maya Observatory at Chichen Itza

In 1526, the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo arrived on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and found most of the great Maya cities deeply eroded and unoccupied. Many generations removed from the master builders, engineers, and scientists who conceived and built the cities, the remaining Maya they encountered had degenerated into waring groups who practiced blood rituals and human sacrifice.

The Judean Date Palm: Extinct Tree Resurrected from Ancient Seeds

The Lost Tomb of Imhotep?

Do not Underestimate the Etruscans: Art and Culture of their Own

The Mystery of the Guanches and the Pyramids of Tenerife

Tintignac, Where the Gauls’ Favor of the Gods Couldn’t Last Forever

Opinion

3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

The concept of a Trinity or triadic nature of the divine has been a part of our psyche for thousands of years, and has appeared in creation tales, myths, religious writings and holy texts the world over. Yet to this day, the Trinity is always thought of as having its origin in Roman Catholicism—most notably at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the first ecumenical council of Christian bishops where the consensus of beliefs was decided upon for all of Christendom, including the Trinity as the three-fold nature of the persona of God.

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?

Titans Under the Earth: Evidence for The Tall Ones, and the Mounds of Pennsylvania

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