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  1. Finding the Lost City of Heracleion: Encountering Myth Under the Waves

    The city of Heracleion was swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt nearly 1,200 years ago. It was one of the most important trade centers in the Mediterranean before it sank more than a millennium ago.

    Joanna Gillan - 10/03/2021 - 00:56

  2. Controversy over Tiny Alien-Like Hominid Continues

    Recently we reported on the discovery of a tiny 6-inch hominid skeleton found in Chile’s Atacama Desert with unusual characteristics, as shown in the Sirius Documentary.  The specimen was subjected to extensive medical examination including a range of genetic test and the results found that there was nothing in the DNA that could conclusively prove that the subject is non-human.

    aprilholloway - 06/05/2013 - 08:36

  3. Why Did a Roman Era Corpse Have His Tongue Cut Out and a Stone Placed in His Mouth?

    There was a time when people believed it possible for corpses to rise from the dead and haunt the living. Many modern people know now that zombies, vampires and other malevolent creatures are pure fiction, but there is evidence in many places and eras of deviant burial practices meant to keep the dead in their graves.

    Mark Miller - 24/01/2017 - 13:59

  4. Scientists Conclude Cosmic Impact Destroyed Jordanian City

    Approximately 3,600 years ago, there was a catastrophic event in the modern-day Middle East that completely destroyed the city of Tall el-Hammam in present-day Jordan. Up to now, the source of this possible cosmic impact event had been a mystery. But that has now changed, as scientists who’ve studied the ruins at Tall el-Hammam for 15 years have determined that the city’s destruction was caused by an asteroid.

    Nathan Falde - 22/09/2021 - 14:57

  5. Meetings with the Queen of Elphame: A Magical and Protective Fairy Queen

    Fairies are common beings in European folklore, perhaps even since pre-Roman times. They are known in most cultures and in different regions around the world. Many legends say that the fairies’ leader is a mysterious queen who wisely ruled all of Fairyland.

    Natalia Klimczak - 05/06/2016 - 21:49

  6. The Zone of Silence – The Bizarre Bermuda Triangle of Northern Mexico

    Within the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, in a place known as the Trino Vertex, lies a patch of desert which has garnered a reputation for strange occurrences. Known as la Zona del SIlencio, or the Zone of Silence, this is a place where compasses spin out of control and radio or satellite signals simply don’t work! The Bermuda Triangle of northern Mexico, so to speak.

    aprilholloway - 18/12/2021 - 01:00

  7. Göbekli Tepe Shamans and their Cosmic Symbols – Part I

    Göbekli Tepe is an ancient and significant site which has been pushing back the beginnings of civilization further than we previously assumed. As each temple, pillar, and engraving at the Neolithic site is excavated, the story of human history is rewritten, and the symbols and messages of prehistoric cultures are revealed.

    Ozgur - 16/01/2016 - 00:51

  8. The History of Boxing: Gory Gladiatorial Origins, Back Street Venues, and Big Money

    Boxing is the most popular spectator combat sport in the modern world and its champions earn more than most other professional sportsmen. The defining fight of this big money era was the 2015 Mayweather Vs Pacquiao event that earned Mayweather an estimated $120 million and Pacquiao around $80 million, but to understand the history of boxing we must go back not hundreds, but thousands of years in human history, to a much more primal and blood thirstier time.

    ashley cowie - 07/11/2018 - 18:41

  9. The Voyage of Aeneas of Troy: Did it Really Happen?

    The Trojan War is the cardinal point in both British and European history. According to the British chronicles their ancient kings and princes are descended from Brutus the Trojan, the great grandson of Aeneas of Troy. Aeneas was a Trojan prince who survived the Trojan War and led his people in exile to found a “New Troy”.

    Bernard Jones - 30/08/2023 - 22:55

  10. Top Stories This Week: Child Snatchers, Haunted Mirrors & A Pharaoh’s True Face

    In this top story overview, we highlight our most read articles this week, including a look at the Erkling, a strange mythical snatcher of children, and the fascinating mythology and superstitions around mirrors.

    Joanna Gillan - 09/01/2022 - 22:00

  11. How is the Fallen Kingdom of Aksum Connected to the Queen of Sheba and the Ark of Covenant?

    The Kingdom of Aksum (also spelled as ‘Axum’) was an ancient civilization located in what is today northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. This kingdom existed roughly between the 1st and the 8th centuries AD. Due to its strategic geographical position between the Mediterranean Sea (connected via the Nile) and the Indian Ocean (connected via the Red Sea), the Kingdom of Aksum was an important player in the trade between the Roman Empire and ancient India.

    dhwty - 02/01/2016 - 21:48

  12. American Gods: Rituals & Sacrifices to the All-Powerful Solar Gods

    The ancients knew him well. He was as powerful as a god, as dangerous as a demon. He generously gave life – and he ruthlessly took it away.

    lizleafloor - 03/07/2018 - 22:43

  13. Lucy and the Monstrous Birds, Fanged Beasts and Ferocious Fish of the Pliocene Epoch

    In the geologic timescale that extends from 5.33 million to 2.58 million years ago, by universal standards, the Pliocene epoch was relatively recent, and it was at this time, when prehistoric life on Earth was adapting to a cooling climate, that mankind’s earliest ancestors emerged, facing monstrous adversaries.

    ashley cowie - 10/12/2019 - 01:10

  14. A Pearl of Prehistoric Spain in Danger of Disappearing: Can the 35,600-year-old Art of Altamira Cave be both Witnessed and Preserved?

    The cave located at Altamira was inhabited thousands of years ago and contains remarkable examples of sophisticated art from Prehistory. The first paintings appeared there most probably around 35600 years ago. The exquisite site is often compared to the famous cave of Lascaux, but Altamira tells its own story about the first people of Cantabria.

    Natalia Klimczak - 25/04/2017 - 01:43

  15. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Explore the Legends and the Myths

    Nearly everyone has heard of the Chinese New Year festival, but there is another festival that is very important in China and East Asia.

    Ed Whelan - 13/09/2019 - 17:20

  16. The Enigmatic Columns of Horus: Hidden Tools, Weapons of the Gods? – Part I

    Over the last two centuries, Egyptologists have proposed a host of certainties on Egyptian burial customs with the study of abundant literature found within the tombs, built during the Ancient and Middle Reign. The so-called Pyramid Texts, for instance, provide an extremely valuable source for the reconstruction of ancient rituals made during the burial phases.

    Armando Mei - 08/12/2016 - 02:15

  17. Did Humans Walk the Earth with Dinosaurs? Triceratops Horn Dated to 33,500 Years

    A Triceratops brow horn discovered in Dawson County, Montana, has been controversially dated to around 33,500 years, challenging the view that dinosaurs died out around 65 million years ago. The finding radically suggests that early humans may have once walked the earth with the fearsome reptiles thousands of years ago.

    aprilholloway - 24/05/2018 - 03:11

  18. Slave Species of the Gods

    Our origins as a slave species and the Anunnaki legacy in our DNA reveals compelling new archaeological and genetic evidence for the engineered origins of the human species, first proposed by Zecharia Sitchin in The 12th Planet, shows how the Anunnaki created us using pieces of their own DNA, controlling our physical and mental capabilities by inactivating their more advanced DNA, Identifies a recently discovered complex of sophisticated ruins in South Africa as the city of the Anunnaki leader Enki.

    ancient-origins - 05/02/2013 - 20:27

  19. Pagans in a Modern World: What is Neopaganism?

    Modern Paganism (known also as Neopaganism or Contemporary Paganism) is a movement / group of religions / spiritual traditions centered on the reverence of nature. Modern Paganism borrows and adapts practices from ancient pagan beliefs, along with contemporary religious thought. It may be said that modern Paganism utilizes ancient wisdom to address the needs and concern of the present.

    dhwty - 11/03/2017 - 18:58

  20. Thawing Ice Reveals Norwegian Mountains Littered with Iron and Bronze Age Artifacts

    A group of researchers have reportedly discovered artifacts of wood, textile, hide and other organic material on Jotunheimen and the surrounding mountain areas of Oppland, which include Norway's highest mountains at 8,690 feet.

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 24/01/2018 - 23:00

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