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Chevalier Tristan Bréville, owner and curator of the Photography Museum of Mauritius Source: Courtesy Micki Pistorius

4 January, 2020 - 14:10 micki pistorius

The First Newspaper in the Southern Hemisphere

In 1773 the first printed newspaper in the Southern Hemisphere was published in Mauritius. The tiny island of Mauritius may only seem like a verdant dot in the azure blue Indian Ocean, yet this...

14 February, 2014 - 23:32 aprilholloway

Scientists turn to ancient Chinese woodblocks to develop new cell-printing technique

Scientists have abandoned high-tech devices for a 2,000-year-old Chinese woodblock in order to find an improved way of squeezing tiny, individual living cells out into orderly patterns for lab...

Myths & Legends

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

In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters known as the Gorgons. The earliest known record about the story of Medusa and the Gorgons can be found in Hesiod’s...

The Powerful Symbol of the Swastika and its 12,000 Year History

Batman Existed in Mesoamerican Mythology and His Name Was Camazotz

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

A Pilgrimage of Thought: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Ramayana: The Grand Epic of Ancient India

Human Origins

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

Over the past two centuries, Europe has become increasingly secular. Scholars in fact no longer talk of the Christian West when they speak of Modern Europe and North America, but of the Secular West.

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

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

Does ‘New Evidence’ Prove Noah’s Ark Is Buried on a Turkish Mountain?

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

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

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

Does ‘New Evidence’ Prove Noah’s Ark Is Buried on a Turkish Mountain?

The Helmet That Shows Celtic Warriors Helped the Roman Army Conquer Briton

The Ancient Invention of the Water Clock

Ancient Places

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

Over the past two centuries, Europe has become increasingly secular. Scholars in fact no longer talk of the Christian West when they speak of Modern Europe and North America, but of the Secular West.

Take an Eye-Opening Journey into the Past: Top 10 Historical TV Series

Time Capsule of the House of the Tesserae Opens Window into the Past

Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC

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

The Rich Mythology and Megalithic Culture of the Ancient Berbers, Lords of the Desert

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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