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People Practiced Anti-Vampire Rituals in Bulgaria Until Three Decades Ago

Thanks to Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula, many people associate vampires with the region of Transylvania in Romania. However, it was only around 25 years ago that anti-vampire rituals stopped being practiced in Bulgaria. These rituals have been going on since at least the 13th century.

aprilholloway - 06/09/2017 - 02:00

Have archaeologists discovered the grave of Alexander the Great?

... seeking to reach the 'ends of the world,' he invaded India in 326 BC but later turned back. He is credited with ...

aprilholloway - 24/08/2013 - 05:34

Unraveling the secrets of White Shaman Cave

... Rock Art Heritage in the Kaimur Range of Bihar - India A thousand years ago, Native Americans aligned drawings ...

Natalia Klimczak - 19/05/2016 - 14:41

Nasty Nauplius: The Revenge-Seeking Sailor Who Ruined Trojan War Heroes’ Lives

The Trojan War cycle is replete with anecdotes of homewreckers and homecomings. Sure, everyone knows the sad stories of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and Odysseus and Penelope, but there are a few more tragic tales lurking in the background.

Carly Silver - 13/01/2019 - 13:57

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

... hundred. With an empire that stretched from Siberia to India, from Vietnam to Hungary, and from Korea to the ...

ancient-origins - 12/09/2020 - 04:15

Garden and pavilions of the Taj Mahal found to align with rays of the sun

... it was completed about 1652 A.D. in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The intricacy of the design of the buildings, ...

Mark Miller - 04/02/2015 - 22:11

Eclipse over Amarna: Beginning of the End for Akhenaten in his City of Light?

... Roman period, continuing into the Islamic Near East and India; the earliest Chinese records are older, dating from ...

anand balaji - 20/08/2017 - 23:10

The Mythical Dilmun and The Island of the Dead

... Eridu in the Persian Gulf. Positioned between Mesopotamia, India, and the East African Coast, Bahrain became the host of ...

Jason Jarrell - 11/10/2016 - 21:57

The Cinder-Tree: Origins Of The World’s Most Famous Fairy Tale Cinderella

The Cinderella tale common in most households is one of the most pervasive narratives in human culture and across global geography. Types of this story exist as far back as 2000 BC in the Sumerian Inanna texts. Classic Greek historians, such as Sappho and Herodotus, recount historical legends with all the elements of the Cinderella tale. In 1893, Marian Roalfe Cox published a 600-page volume recounting 345 different variants of the Cinderella narration across the globe and throughout history.

Dr John K Lundwall - 10/03/2021 - 17:55

Two infant graves dating back 11,500 years found in Alaska

A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has announced the discovery of the youngest known human remains ever found in the Arctic – two Ice Age babies that were buried more than 11,000 years ago in Alaska.

aprilholloway - 10/11/2014 - 22:06

Goujian: The Ancient Chinese Sword that Defied Time

Fifty years ago, a rare and unusual sword was found in a tomb in China.

Bryan Hill - 17/07/2018 - 12:15

Cosmic Oceans: The Primordial Waters of Ancient Creation Myths

... example comes from the temple architecture of ancient India, where special reservoirs of water called ‘kalyani’ ...

Morgan Smith - 28/07/2019 - 22:46

Jus primae noctis: Did Medieval Lords Really Sleep With Serf Brides First?

... his wife bore the child of his chief. The holy priests of India, the Brahmins , were said to offer the same service. ...

Jake Leigh-Howarth - 10/06/2022 - 14:47

Ancient Persian Inscriptions Link a Babylonian King to the Man Who Became Buddha

... was born and developed in isolation exclusively in India. Although the oral legacy of the sutras were assembled and recorded later in India, a Babylonian finding would have major implications ...

Harvey Kraft - 04/05/2015 - 01:13

The Powerful Past of the Former Siamese Capital Revealed in the Splendor of 400 Temples

... East.” Due to being located directly between China and India, and situated so as to be protected from the Arab and ...

mrreese - 08/06/2018 - 17:50

Semar: The Fallen God and Divine Jester of Indonesian Mythology

Semar is probably one of the oldest characters in Indonesian mythology who was said to not have been derived from Hindu mythology. He was made famous by performances of Wayang (Shadow Puppets) in the islands of Java and Bali as a rather unattractive, short man with breasts, great sized behind, and uncontrollable urge for farting. However, underneath his peculiar appearance, Semar plays a major part in the Indonesian creation myth as the elder brother of the supreme god Batara Guru (the Hindu god Shiva).

MartiniF - 28/07/2016 - 01:53

Invisible waveforms, ET and other Transmissions

The recent 'Citizen Hearing on Disclosure' discussed possible reasons for the pervasive, pathological and absurd secrecy around the ongoing extraterrestrial & UFO events, which appear to be increasing. The reasons for secrecy given by the courageous panel I would also agree with — for example: power, manipulation, control, money and greed; as well as the deceit involved in the potentially catastrophic legal consequences of hidden advances in technology that might free us from oil and rid the planet of pollution.

susan - 06/05/2013 - 16:41

Benzaiten, Japanese War Goddess Transformed into Water Goddess of Music

Benzaiten is one of Japan's most complex and popular syncretic deities who has long ago been conflated and associated with other divinities from the Hindu, Buddhist, and Japanese pantheons. Her many forms range from a two-armed beauty playing music to an eight-armed martial deity holding weapons and a divine representation of the supreme Shinto sun goddess, Amaterasu.

MartiniF - 21/11/2018 - 16:42