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Ritually Sacrificed Inca Kids Fed “Soothing” Coca and Caapi Cocktails
The medicinal use of plants and the collection, dissemination, and application of traditional knowledge surrounding plants (ethnobotany) is an indigenous practice from the Americas well documented to this very day. A lot of these practices are yet to be fully understood, and one such recent example is that from three sacrificed Inca children found in the 1990s in southern Peru.
Sahir - 30/05/2022 - 18:35
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Study Finds Hallucinogenic Ayahuasca Tea Trip Matches That of Placebo
About ten years ago, interest in hallucinogenic ayahuasca tea attracted thousands of European and North American tourists to South America, all looking for a trip in the high Andes or steamy Amazon. This traditional indigenous brew is prepared with several plant types and many users have reported intense mental transformations and psychological healing in the months after consumption.
ashley cowie - 01/12/2021 - 13:57
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Prehistoric Neanderthal and Human Chefs Cooked Up Tasty Dishes
Neanderthals and ancient humans consumed a surprisingly complex diet writes a study in Antiquity. Their cooks conceived and prepared multi-ingredient recipes that included a shockingly diverse mixture of plant types and flavorings.
Nathan Falde - 24/11/2022 - 01:00
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The Permafrost is Melting, Releasing Deadly Viruses (Video)
The Arctic's permafrost is thawing due to human-induced climate change, resulting in dire consequences. In Siberia, a mysterious anthrax outbreak claimed lives and led to the burning of thousands of reindeer carcasses. This occurrence had not been seen in over 70 years.
Robbie Mitchell - 28/06/2023 - 16:54
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3,000-Year-Old Castle Built by Mysterious Civilization Found at The Bottom of a Lake in Turkey
Marine archaeologists made a superb find at the bottom of Turkey’s largest lake – a very well-preserved castle dating back 3,000 years. It was likely built by the mysterious Urartian civilization which inhabited the surrounds of Lake Van during the Iron Age.
aprilholloway - 19/11/2017 - 22:58
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Ancient Ball Courts Found in Mexico Rewrite Deadly Ballgame’s History
In Mexico, two ancient ball courts have been found in a remote highland area. This is forcing experts to rethink how an important ballgame and cultural practice emerged in ancient Mexico.
Ed Whelan - 15/03/2020 - 17:57
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Synodus Horrenda: The Macabre Trial of the Corpse of Pope Formoso
In AD 897 the holy space of the Basilica of St John of Lateran, Rome, was violated by a truly sinister event inside the dark walls of the house of God. In the august presence of the Emperor Lamberto of Spoleto, Pope Stephen VI and the judicial curia, an unusual defendant was put on trial: the corpse of Pope Formoso, accused - it is believed unjustly - of the most atrocious wickedness.
Roberto Volterri - 03/06/2019 - 18:13
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Oldest Beheading Case in the World Discovered in Brazil
Until recently, it was thought that human decapitation was a practice only present from about 3,000 years ago. Evidence had almost always been found in the Andean region, where beheading was in common use for millennia. However, all that is currently believed on this issue has just taken a turn, as a scientific team has documented the world's oldest decapitation, from more than 9,000 years ago. The terrible deed also took place far from the Andean region, more specifically in eastern Brazil, in a place located over 1,000 kilometers
ancient-origins - 24/09/2015 - 21:28
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The Periplus Of The Ports Of Ethiopia, The Hidden Empire
Known as the Hidden Empire, Ethiopia’s official name, until recently, was Abyssinia. Its history fades back into the mists of time and for some reason, Ethiopia has largely been written out of world history. Despite being the home of ‘Lucy’, one of the oldest ‘human’ skeletons ever found, mainstream historians maintain that civilization did not come to Ethiopia until around 700 BC at Yeha, a short distance east of Axum.
davidchildress - 16/04/2021 - 12:40
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Could this Finding Dwarf the Pyramids of Giza? Long-Lost Pyramids Confirmed in Egypt
Substantial evidence has emerged confirming that mysterious structures found by an amateur satellite archaeologist are a series of long-lost pyramids in the Egyptian desert.
aprilholloway - 17/07/2013 - 01:35
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Piri Reis Map - How Could a 16th Century Map Show Antarctica Without Ice?
On October 9, 1929, a German theologian named Gustav Adolf Deissmann was cataloguing items in the Topkapi Palace library in Istanbul when he happened across a curious parchment located among some disregarded material. On the gazelle skin parchment was a map, now referred to as the Piri Reis map.
beth - 09/09/2019 - 01:22
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Neolithic Revolution Spurred Mental and Physical Growth of Europeans
New research just published in the journal Frontiers in Genetics reveals fascinating details about the evolution of Europeans, the humans living in Europe during the Neolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,500 BC).
Nathan Falde - 09/04/2022 - 14:47
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Hermetic Individuation: The Way Of Hermes and The Rite of Rebirth
There are only a handful of surviving texts that describe what could be termed true “rites of passage” along the Way of Hermes. One such text—which contains what many consider the essential Hermetic experience—is CH 13, also known as The Rebirth. The text is presented as a fictional dialogue as Hermes leads his young son Tat in the rebirth experience.
Jason Jarrell - 23/09/2020 - 18:17
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Have 46,000-year-old Nematodes in Suspended Animation Really Been Resuscitated?
For more than two decades scientists have been collecting frozen microbes from deep layers of the Siberian permafrost, to see if they can be thawed and brought back to life. In the most recent revival experiments, a team of genetic researchers from Russia and Germany first reawakened and then identified a previously undiscovered nematode species, which they claim is 46,000 years old. Assuming this is true, this is the most ancient type of microscopic lifeform to have even been recovered from the freeze-dried Siberian soil.
Nathan Falde - 30/07/2023 - 14:54
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Did Egyptian Mummification Descend from a More Ancient and, Perhaps, Reversible Preservation Technique?
A central concept in the novel The Sphinx Scrolls is whether a mummification technology has ever existed that could preserve someone for long periods and retain the potential to bring them back to life. The book introduces the hypothesis that Egyptian mummification took its inspiration from an older and more advanced system which had such capabilities. But how far-fetched is that idea?
Stewart Ferris - 10/07/2021 - 01:45
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Lungs of 2-Year-Old Reveal Ancient Origins of Measles Virus
The world’s oldest known measles sample has been discovered in the lungs of a girl who died in 1912 and scientists now suggest the ancient virus jumped from animals to humans around 300 BC, making the disease in people much older than previously believed.
ashley cowie - 01/01/2020 - 22:25
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered: ‘Savage’ Pictish Warriors of Scottish Highlands Had Written Language
The Picts were an ancient race of people that inhabited the northern territories of what is known today as Scotland. Recorded as uncultured savages in defamatory Roman accounts, new findings suggest the Picts had developed written language as far back as 1,700 years ago.
ashley cowie - 29/10/2018 - 13:03
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is the author of the phenomenally popular New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring archaeologist Amelia Peabody. In Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, Dr. Mertz explores the breathtaking reality behind her fiction by casting a dazzling light on a remarkable civilization that, even after thousands of years, still stirs the human imagination and inspires awe with its marvelous mysteries and amazing accomplishments.
ancient-origins - 04/05/2019 - 02:04
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Falling Stars and Black Stone: Humanity’s Worship of Meteorites
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King Alaric: His Famous Sacking of Rome, Secretive Burial, and Lost Treasure
The Sack of Rome in 410 AD by the Visigoths is often regarded as an event that marked the beginning of the end of the Western Roman Empire. The man responsible for the second sacking of Rome (the first had occurred 800 years ago in 390 BC, and was carried out by the Gauls under their leader Brennus) was Alaric, the first king of the Visigoths.
dhwty - 26/09/2018 - 02:21