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12 February, 2021 - 21:51 Nathan Falde

Six Pirate Skeletons From 1717 Bellamy Shipwreck Found!

Seaborne salvage operations at Cape Cod have recovered the pirate remains of at least six buccaneers who were lost at sea more than three centuries ago. At the time of their watery demise these...

4 February, 2021 - 00:57 ashley cowie

New Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Finds Compared to Sutton Hoo Hoard

An Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been excavated on land destined to become University of Cambridge student accommodation. Archaeologists have called the hoard of grave artifacts one of archaeology's...

A witch burning at the stake, just like the three witches of Bochnia were executed for their heinous crimes. Source: Matrioshka / Adobe Stock

25 January, 2021 - 21:59 ashley cowie

Unearthing The Baby Burning Witches Of Bochnia, Poland

Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed two witches’ skeletons that belonged to an unholy dark trinity, who in 1679 AD were burned at the stake. What did these three women, now known as the witches...

15 January, 2021 - 17:17 ashley cowie

Recreating The Faces Of Two Scythian Empire Rulers With High Tech

High technology has brought back a pair of super wealthy ancient nomadic Scythian Empire nobles discovered in a gold laden tomb in East Siberia. Described as a “Scythian King and Queen,” their...

2 December, 2020 - 21:41 Mark Andrew Car...

Mass Murder, Megalithic Music, and Misconduct in Prehistoric Malta

Despite claims by experts and historians, not all of human history can be easily explained and many mysteries still remain. Just south of Sicily, surrounded by sapphire waters and sun-soaked shores,...

A museum artist’s version of the dueling dinosaurs, which is being used as the promotional image for the North Carolina museum exhibit. Source: Matt Zeher / North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

18 November, 2020 - 17:48 ashley cowie

Killer Dueling Dinosaurs Fuel Major Museum Project

American history is peppered with famous duels. On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton, the former secretary of the treasury and leading federalist, squared up with Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson´s vice...

The skull of a man, 25-40 years, with his face cut off with a sharp weapon. The head was found in a well outside a pit house from the 9th century in Aarhus, Denmark. Source: Rogvi N. Johansen/Moesgaard Museum

5 May, 2020 - 01:57 ashley cowie

De-faced Skulls and Babies Were Buried in Viking Homes

A new Viking research paper determines parts of dead Norse folk, especially children, were kept beneath homes after the deceased had been buried. So often sensationalized, glamorized and mystified,...

Archaeologists examine a mummy at the Mummification Workshop in Saqqara. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

3 May, 2020 - 22:34 Joanna Gillan

BREAKING: Burial Chamber, Snake Goddess and Embalmer Secrets Discovered in Saqqara!

Egyptian Ministers have announced exciting new discoveries at the Mummification Workshop Complex first unearthed in Saqqara in 2018. A hidden burial chamber has been uncovered at the bottom of the...

The skull of one of the individuals studied, in which the dental modifications are apparent, and the tubes used for isotope and genetic tests, both of which were carried out as part of our study. Source: Collection of San José de los Naturales, Osteology Laboratory, (ENAH), Mexico City, Mexico. Photo: R. Barquera & N. Bernal.

1 May, 2020 - 13:57 ancient-origins

Bones Reveal Story of Three African Slaves During Spanish Colonialism

Despite the infamy of the transatlantic slave trade , scientific research has yet to fully explore the history of the enslaved Africans brought into Latin America. In a study appearing April 30th in...

20 March, 2020 - 23:26 aprilholloway

The Faces of Ancient Hominids Brought to Life in Remarkable Detail

Several years ago, a team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, set out to put a human face to ancient hominid species that once walked the Earth. Using...

An iron currency ring and human skull found in the rare cave burial in Gabon, Africa. Source: NOT Engineers

11 March, 2020 - 13:03 ashley cowie

Rare Cave Burial Might Resolve Africa’s Black Death Mystery

A team led by a geo-archaeologist and a speleologist have discovered a rare cave burial in Africa containing 30 skeletons, drilled cats’ teeth, and iron artifacts. The 14th-century underground burial...

The bones of 72 Guanche people were found in a hard to reach cave-tomb in the Canary Islands

22 February, 2020 - 13:39 ashley cowie

Dozens of Mummies and Skeletons Found in Canary Islands Cave Tomb

An 8th to 10th century grave containing 72 pre-Hispanic 'Guanche' natives has been discovered on Gran Canaria. In June last year an amateur archaeologist from the group 'El Legado’ flew a drone over...

Pre-dynastic burial ground found in Egypt. Source: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

14 February, 2020 - 14:06 Ed Whelan

Huge Predynastic Burial Ground Found in Egypt

In the north of Egypt, a major burial ground with 83 graves has been uncovered by archaeologists. The majority of the graves date back to the era before it was a unified kingdom ruled by the pharaohs...

Representation of the mass grave of skeletons discovered in Milton Keynes, England. Source: antecessor / Adobe Stock.

4 February, 2020 - 13:12 Ed Whelan

Enigmatic Skeletons in Britain are Causing Controversy

In Britain, mass graves containing 42 skeletons have been uncovered during a construction project. There is a great deal of mystery about the human remains with regard to their identity and how they...

One of the skeletons in the stone coffin structure unearthed at the Roman burial site in Somerset. Source: Wessex Archaeology

7 January, 2020 - 22:56 Ed Whelan

Builders Unearth 50 Skeletons from a Roman Burial in Britain

Construction workers in Britain have unearthed a large Roman-era cemetery. The burials are of an unusual type and show dramatic changes in the funerary customs of locals in the 1st century AD. This...

Artist's representation of a scene during the Justinianic plague.

5 December, 2019 - 17:34 Mark Miller

The Justinianic Plague Wasn’t as Bad as Many Scholars Think

Researchers say that claims of the Justinianic plague as a “mass killer” are wrong. It certainly had some impact, but they assert that plague outbreak, which began in the 6th century, didn’t bring...

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Myths & Legends

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Mammoth-Sized One-Horned Beasts of Legend?

Elasmotherium, also known as the Giant Rhinoceros or the Giant Siberian Unicorn, is an extinct species of rhino that lived in the Eurasian area in the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene eras. They have been documented from 2.6 million years ago, but the most recent fossils come from around 29,000 years ago.

Magic into Myth: Avalon, Mystical Isle of Medieval Arthurian Literature

Were the Merovingians Descended from a Monster? Meet the Quinotaur

The Norse Legend of the World Tree - Yggdrasil

The great and powerful Xiongnu

The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon

Human Origins

The Controversial Lapedo Child – A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid?

Buried for millennia in the rear of a rock-shelter in the Lapedo Valley 85 miles north of Lisbon, Portugal, archaeologists uncovered the bones of a four-year-old child, comprising the first complete Palaeolithic skeleton ever dug in Iberia.

The Mythological Maori Origin Stories of New Zealand

Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu In Zoroastrianism’s Creation Mythology

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

The ‘Dynastic Race’ and the Biblical ‘Japheth’ – Part I: After the Deluge

Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories and the Creation Myths of Australia

Ancient Technology

The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt

Most people know of the great construction achievements of the dynastic Egyptians such as the pyramids and temples of the Giza Plateau area as well as the Sphinx. Many books and videos show depictions of vast work forces hewing blocks of stone in the hot desert sun and carefully setting them into place.

The High-Tech Stonework of the Ancients: Unsolved Mysteries of Master Engineers

Han Purple: A 2,800-year-old artificial pigment that quantum physicists are trying to understand

Is this a 300 million-year-old screw or just a fossilized sea creature?

150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?

Secrets Behind the Creepy Plague Doctor Mask and Costume

Ancient Places

Tomb of the Lord of Sipan, Mochican Warrior Priest

In 1987, an enormous complex of unplundered Moche culture tombs was unearthed at the Huaca Rajada archaeological site, near Sipán on the North coast of Peru. The most famous of the tombs belonged to El Señor de Sipán (The Lord of Sipán),

The Great Serpent Mound of Ohio, the Largest Earthen Effigy in the World

The 9,000-year-old underground megalithic settlement of Atlit Yam

The Lost World of Socotra: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

The Nile: How One River Helped Build a Civilization – 10 Amazing Facts

The Plain of Jars: A Megalithic Archaeological Mystery in Laos

Opinion

Unearthing Ancient Magic in The Runes –Messages with Hidden Symbols and Powerful Numbers

The etymology of the word “rune” means: “to carve, or to cut.” In Low German the word is “raunen.” As the runes were cut and carved into wood, metal or stone, the word “rune” was analogous to the rune letters themselves.

Petroglyphic Features of Portable Rock Art

The Northern Mysteries Current: Futhark and Mystery Schools of the Viking Age

Was There Ever a Trojan War?

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

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