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20 December, 2016 - 02:17 Charles Christian

The Wold Newton Meteorite: An Extraordinary Stone and the Birth of a Superhero

In a remote part of North-East England called the Yorkshire Wolds, an incident took place on Sunday 13th December 1795 that not only became talking point of late 18th century London society but also...

22 September, 2013 - 07:05 johnblack

Universe may not be flat as we thought

One of the main perspectives in the scientific community regarding the shape of the Universe is that it is flat. However, new research done at the University of Edinburgh in the UK suggests that the...

Myths & Legends

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

The swastika is a symbol that has been used for at least 12,000 years. While in the Western world it is synonymous with fascism, being the centerpiece of the Nazi flag, in ancient times it was used as a positive symbol representing well being and good fortune.

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

A Pilgrimage of Thought: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

The Sumerian King List still puzzles historians after more than a century of research

Batman Existed in Mesoamerican Mythology and His Name Was Camazotz

Ramayana: The Grand Epic of Ancient India

Human Origins

The Controversial Lapedo Child – A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid?

Buried for millennia in the rear of a rock-shelter in the Lapedo Valley 85 miles north of Lisbon, Portugal, archaeologists uncovered the bones of a four-year-old child, comprising the first complete Palaeolithic skeleton ever dug in Iberia.

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?

The Secret Life of an Ancient Concubine

A Patriarchal Portrait of a Witch: Warning of Witchcraft in the Female Wiles

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

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

6 Ways Roman Engineers Were Way Ahead of Their Time

Han Purple: A 2,800-year-old artificial pigment that quantum physicists are trying to understand

Ancient Places

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

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

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

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

Return of the Ancient Gods: The Resurgence of Paganism

Theodoric the Great and His Ostrogothic Mausoleum

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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