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Monte Pindo: A Legendary Celtic Olympus from Ancient Galicia
Monte Pindo is a mountain located on the Atlantic coast near Carnota, Galicia, in Spain. Every year, thousands of people visit this beautiful place looking to immerse themselves in pure nature and, for some, to make a connection with Celtic gods.
The oldest evidence of human presence at the site comes from circa 4,000 years BC. It seems that the mountain has been a very important place for the people of this region since the beginning.
Natalia Klimczak - 13/02/2016 - 17:51
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Study of Ceramics Provides New Thinking on Origins of First Peruvian Empire
... of the Wari. “Gate of the Sun” at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia Origin Myths of the Inca Civilization & Piecing ...
Ed Whelan - 22/05/2019 - 13:57
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Archaeozoology at Mapungubwe: Let the Bones Speak
Ever since Creation, mankind has had an interdependent relationship with the animal kingdom. Mapungubwe (circa 1220 to 1290 AD) on the northern border of South Africa, is an Iron Age settlement and can probably be viewed as the first city of the southern-African region. Mapungubwe is famous for its treasure of golden artifacts, but an aspect not often revealed, is its rich assemblage of animal deposits, of particular value to archaeozoologists.
Annie Antonites - 20/04/2018 - 15:28
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50kg Silver Bar Found in Madagascar may be Treasure of Notorious Pirate Captain Kidd
... on Sainte Marie Island, is believed to have its origins in Bolivia, while the ship is thought to have been built in ...
aprilholloway - 07/05/2015 - 16:04
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Chile’s SuperGran Is Last Living Keeper Of A 10,000-Year-Old Language and Culture
... hunting structures found beneath the Great Lakes Was Bolivia-Peru the Sunset Land of the Sumerians? In 1871, ...
ashley cowie - 03/06/2019 - 22:44
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Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Experience Alzheimer’s?
Leigh Hopper/University of Southern California
You might think age-related dementia has been with us all along, stretching back to the ancient world.
ancient-origins - 01/02/2024 - 21:31
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Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 2014
... in a region more than 150 miles across, covering northern Bolivia and Brazil’s Amazonas state. Until recently, it was ...
aprilholloway - 25/12/2014 - 12:12
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The Last Speaker of Resigaro – Murder of a Language
... stretches across countries including Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, and Colombia. Because of ...
Caleb Strom - 01/04/2019 - 18:50
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Scientists Find Massive Footprints, Here’s What Ancient Creatures It Belonged To
... the Wall: Were Dinosaurs Actually Climbing the Cliffs in Bolivia? A sitemap was made using photographs taken by drones ...
ancient-origins - 07/04/2018 - 01:54
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Precision Stone Carvings of San Miguel Ixtapan – the Mexican Tiwanaku?
... great archaeological sites of Tiwanaku and Puma Punku in Bolivia. There is presently no explanation for how exactly ... could have made its way from the highlands of Peru and Bolivia to central Mexico, over 5,000 kilometers (3,107 mi) ...
Marco M. Vigato - 05/11/2021 - 17:58
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Surprising Offering of a Hallucinogenic Cactus Discovered in Prehispanic Temple in Lima
... Effects New study sheds light on drug culture in Tiwanaku, Bolivia In addition to the plant, the researchers have ...
Marilo - 29/08/2016 - 14:35
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The Inkarri and the Golden City of Paititi: The Myths Born from Blood and Greed
... treasure seekers have ventured further into the Amazon, Bolivia , and Brazil in the hopes of finding this mythical ... exist, its location would be somewhere in between Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. However, this area is dense with thick ...
B. B. Wagner - 31/07/2019 - 18:42
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World History and Bosnian Pyramids
... machined granite blocks of Akapana pyramid complex in Bolivia or function of chambers in Giza pyramids. Stone ...
samosmanagich - 16/03/2013 - 18:47
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - The Museum in Hanga Roa (Part 6)
... 1846, Signet Books, NYC. Ancient Technology in Peru and Bolivia , David H. Childress, 2012, AUP, Kempton, IL. Fatu ...
davidchildress - 13/07/2013 - 06:52
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Maria Reiche: The Governess of Nazca
... The unknown origins of the incredible Sajama Lines of Bolivia Maria Reiche, Wax statue in the Museum dedicated to ...
Ed Whelan - 16/05/2018 - 01:49
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Inti, Sun God of the Inca, Spawned the First Rulers of An Unforgettable Empire
... continues to be celebrated today throughout the Andes, in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Modern Inti Raymi festival in ...
dhwty - 06/01/2017 - 14:51
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Deep-Sea Robot Revealed Treasures of $20 Billion on San Jose Wreck
Billions of dollars of gold, silver and emeralds encrust a tiny patch of the Caribbean Sea. In 1708, during the War of Spanish Succession (1701 to 1714), a British Navy warship sailing from Panama sank the 62-gun Spanish galleon known as the San José. This treasure-laden galleon has lain undisturbed off the coast of Cartagena, the fortified city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, for the last three centuries.
ashley cowie - 15/06/2022 - 14:43
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Researchers Unpack Science Behind Unique Presence of Devil in Finnish Cave
Thousands of curious visitors venture to the Pirunkirkko or ‘Devil’s Church’ cave in eastern Finland, in the fervent hope of the contact with the spirit world, specifically, to ‘talk to the Devil’. This crevice cave allegedly served as a gathering spot for local sages seeking connection with the netherworld. Today, the site continues to attract practitioners of shamanism who conduct drumming sessions within its depths.
Sahir - 28/11/2023 - 17:57
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The Myths, Legends and Traditions of Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day
... A Celebration of Freedom and Good Triumphing over Evil Bolivia’s Fiesta de las Ñatitas: Venerating Human Skulls ...
aprilholloway - 08/04/2022 - 01:58
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Newly Discovered 250-Million-Year-Old Fierce Lizard Fossil is Named After Mythical Monster
... who are spread across Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, is as strong today as it was many centuries ago, ...
Mark Miller - 11/03/2016 - 21:49