Time is the most important commodity on Earth, we live by it and we die by it, it gives order to our lives and we control all of our modern society using time and its modern instruments. We think we have mastered time, what if we are...Read more
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The story of Noah’s ark and the flood has captivated the imaginations of children and adults alike throughout the ages. The story told of a floating zoo on board a titanic ark, which began its maiden voyage when it rained for forty days...Read more
Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 04:31
“Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life’s origins and the question of whether life is a product of unthinking matter or of an intelligent mind. For those who disagree with ID, the powerful case Meyer presents...Read more
Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 04:31
Militant atheism is on the rise. In recent years Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have produced a steady stream of best-selling books denigrating religious belief. These authors are merely the leading...Read more
Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 03:29
Indian history is full of charm and millenary legends, traditions and stories that sink at the very dawn of human civilization. Among all, one in particular draws our attention or the myth of Pralaya, an ancient cataclysm which would be...Read more
Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 03:21
This publication represents perhaps the first effective editorial concretization of a series of historical hypotheses which, for some time now, have been snaking around the world of Florentine researchers and which have to do with the...Read more
Saturday, October 17, 2020 - 03:13
Johan Reinhard's discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of an Inca girl made international headlines in 1995, reaching more than a billion people worldwide. One of the best-preserved mummies ever found, it was a stunning and significant time capsule, the spectacular climax to an Andean quest...Read more
Saturday, October 17, 2020 - 03:00
The WHISPERING TALES series tells an intriguing and fascinating story about the most outstanding heroic epochs of all time, when demigods and god-men ruled the earth, when heaven and earth aligned in a cosmic game of power and glory,...Read more
Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 00:27
Thirty thousand years ago our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? What meaning and messages did the cavemen want these paintings to...Read more
Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 00:26
A classic since 1928, this masterly encyclopedia of ancient mythology, ritual, symbolism, and the arcane mysteries of the ages is available for the first time in a compact "reader's edition."
Like no other book of the twentieth...Read more
Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 00:26
In the centuries following the conquests of Alexander the Great the dramatic unification of the Mediterranean world created exceptionally fertile soil for the growth of new religions. Christianity, for example, was one of the innovative...Read more
Saturday, October 3, 2020 - 05:15
An illustrated treatise on the denizens of the invisible worlds and the individual s connection with them, including the 'Dweller on the Threshold,' elementals, natural principles, thought-forms, ghosts and specters. Modern authors who...Read more
Saturday, October 3, 2020 - 04:35
The Dowsing Mind is a unique, experiential guide that uses dowsing as an entry point into exploring the multi-dimensional universe. Filled with practical information, exercises, and anecdotes, The Dowsing Mind takes the reader down the...Read more
Saturday, October 3, 2020 - 04:33
In The School of Sun Tzu, author David G. Jones offers a voyage of discovery into the world of competition and conflict. His book presents fresh thought on how issue management without conflict can be applied in today’s complex world....Read more
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 03:34
Provides convincing evidence that angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a giant race predating humanity, spoken of in the Bible as the Nephilim.
- Indicates that the earthly paradise of Eden was a
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 03:33
Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It covers the most important werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany,...Read more
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 03:33
This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The...Read more
Friday, September 18, 2020 - 22:49
A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these...Read more
Friday, September 18, 2020 - 22:48
The inside story of one of the great intellectual breakthroughs of our time—the first great decipherment of an ancient script—now revised and updated.
In the past dozen years, Maya decipherment has made great strides, in part due...Read more
Friday, September 18, 2020 - 22:48
Evil walked the earth when angels fell. Evil stalks us now in disembodied spirits; immortal wraiths once clothed in flesh when angel and women bred; spirits released from their fleshly prisons when their bodies were destroyed for...Read more
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Greek Mythology
As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
One of the most fascinating stories of ancient Greek mythology is the story of the Argonauts and the Quest for the Golden Fleece.
History was built by heroes - both small and great. But heroes are not made only in battles.
Out of all the amazing archaeological discoveries made each and every day around the world, my favorites have got to be those that emerge from the depths of the ocean.
The Roman emperor Nero was the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. During his rule, he was disdained by his people because of his vanity and inadequacies as leader.
Top New Stories
Ukraine is celebrating the repatriation of Scythian gold treasures, marking a "symbolic and historic" triumph over Russia in a prolonged dispute over ownership.
Myths & Legends
Throughout the long ages of our collective history, gods and goddesses have been revered, worshiped, and feared. Ancient mythologies from around the world are rife with deities who instilled awe and dread in the hearts of their followers.
Human Origins
Our existence as Homo sapiens is a solitary chapter in the intricate narrative of hominin evolution.
Ancient Technology
Did you know that the ancestor of smartphone apps can be traced back to the Middle Ages? The volvelle, a paper-based interactive device, had a multifaceted role during its historical use.
Ancient Places
Archaeologists in Mexico were digging at a high-altitude village from the Early and Middle Preclassic periods (2500-400 BC).
Opinion
How old is the Tarot? This is a question that seems easy to answer today. As playing cards, we can confidently map the Tarot to the early 15th century. Mystery solved? Well, it’s not quite that simple.
Our Mission
At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained.
The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe.
We’re the only Pop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives.
By bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings.
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