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The History of the Incredible Vasa Warship and its Humiliating Shipwreck
The Vasa was a Swedish warship that was built during the early part of the 17th century. The construction of this warship was commissioned by the King of Sweden, Gustav II Adolf, whose aim was to increase the military might of his country. This accomplishment of this objective was urgent, as Sweden was at that point of time engaged in a war with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
dhwty - 01/06/2016 - 00:47
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Pterosaurs, the First Flying Dinos, Could Fly as Babies, Says Research
... eggs. Titanoboa: The Monster Snake that Ruled Prehistoric Colombia California Park Ranger Discovers Massive Cache of ...
Nathan Falde - 26/07/2021 - 15:01
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The Celestial Monsters and Demonic Wizards Of The French King’s Surgeon, Ambroise Pare
... sagas Titanoboa: The Monster Snake that Ruled Prehistoric Colombia 1,400-Year-Old Tomb with Bizarre Images of a Blue ...
ashley cowie - 07/09/2018 - 19:00
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Ancient Whale with Four Legs Found Along the Coast of Peru
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Treasures of the Diamond Shipwreck to be Revealed for First Time
The Bom Jesus, a ship which seemingly vanished without a trace, was unearthed in a surprising location in 2008. The ship, its crew, and its cargo of gold went missing in 1533. Known also as the ‘Diamond Shipwreck’, the location of the Bom Jesus has been heavily guarded at its site in the Namibia desert due to its proximity to diamond mines (which influenced its nickname.)
Alicia McDermott - 29/05/2016 - 00:41
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Five Legendary Lost Cities that have Never Been Found
... tribe occupied the Cundinamarca and Boyacá areas of Colombia. According to legend, as written in Juan Rodriguez ...
Joanna Gillan - 28/03/2021 - 14:57
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Lost African City Found and Recreated With Laser Technology
By Karim Sadr / The Conversation
There are lost cities all over the world. Some, like the remains of Mayan cities hidden beneath a thick canopy of rainforest in Mesoamerica, are found with the help of laser lights.
ancient-origins - 31/01/2019 - 18:54
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Göbekli Tepe & The Great Year
The megalithic circles of Göbekli Tepe mark a transitioning from the last Ice Age to the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution. The circles are not coterminous in age but were built progressively over a near two millennia period and likely served different functions. The circles or enclosures excavated to date are arranged in calendar-like structures made up of nearly 12 pillars, with two larger T-shape pillars dominating the centre of each.
Alistair - 20/05/2014 - 14:09
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The Fake Story of Juan Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth
Juan Ponce de León was one of the first Europeans known to have set foot on what is today the United States of America. This was due to his expedition to the area now known as Florida (the first one conducted by Europeans). Incidentally, the name Florida is said to have been given by Ponce de León himself.
dhwty - 31/10/2019 - 00:59
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Salt: Treasure of the Ancient World and Highly-Valued Currency of the Roman Empire
... Mine, The Breathtaking Underground Salt Cathedral of Colombia Divers locate 2,000-year-old Roman wreck with cargo ...
Natalia Klimczak - 10/10/2016 - 00:49
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Indian Woman Arrested for Using ‘Sorcery’ to Cure Covid-19
Hajira Beevi, 47, lives in Cheranalloor, a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India, on the banks of the Periyar River. She was arrested by the local police on Thursday after being caught performing “sorcery” in an attempt to cure Covid-19, otherwise known as coronavirus.
ashley cowie - 29/03/2020 - 19:00
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Incan Tomb Containing Elite Person and Sacrificed Children Unearthed in Peru
... the west of Latin America, they conquered territories from Colombia to Chile. However, the Lambayeque region is believed ...
Ed Whelan - 19/02/2019 - 13:57
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The Inca Empire: What Made it so Powerful?
... which serves today as the boundary between Ecuador and Colombia. The Spanish and the Inca Empire By the 1520s, the ... build and is today located in Argentina , Bolivia, Chile , Colombia, Ecuador , and Peru . This sophisticated road ...
dhwty - 09/11/2019 - 23:05
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Salt Sowing: An Ancient Method to Settle Scores
... Mine, The Breathtaking Underground Salt Cathedral of Colombia Unidentified Salt God Emerges from Ancient Bulgarian ...
Mark Johnston - 28/09/2022 - 19:00
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The last traces of the Taino: Puerto Rican ceremonial sites stand as testament of a rich culture
An ancient ball court, a midden mound and about 400 burials that date back to before Europeans arrived in the Caribbean were found on the Portugues River in Puerto Rico several years ago. The site was considered so important that plans to build a dam there were called off and the historically important site has been preserved. It is one of last material vestiges of a Caribbean people who may have numbered in the millions until the Spanish arrived in the 15th century.
Mark Miller - 25/08/2015 - 21:54
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How Castaway Survivor Alexander Selkirk Inspired the Tale of Robinson Crusoe
... were proven to be right when it sank off the coast of Colombia. Only Stradling and seven other crew members ...
dhwty - 03/02/2015 - 11:55
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Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island
... Natural, and Cultural Significance European Dolmens in Colombia - The Mysterious Ruins of San Augustin Mutiny on the ...
Joanna Gillan - 27/07/2018 - 00:05
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The Medicine Wheel: An Embodied Non-Linear Data Transformation Tool
... ancestry of the Pijaos from the Central Andes of Colombia. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil, ...
Dr Linda Tello - 02/11/2020 - 22:43
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Sami Spirituality and the Cult of the Sacred Stones
... Bulgaria Could you Climb the Mystery Rock of Guatapé in Colombia? Seida on Vottovaara mountain. Large boulder is ...
Riley Winters - 18/05/2018 - 19:01
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Rare Pre-Hispanic Chimú Burial Discovered In Peru
... to the contemporary Muisca culture, of modern-day Colombia, for the Chimú the Moon was considered more ...
ashley cowie - 08/02/2021 - 18:00