Tenerife

14 June, 2015 - 13:05 Steve Andrews

The Mystery of the Guanches and the Pyramids of Tenerife

Tenerife in the Canary Islands is well-known as a holiday destination, but many tourists visit the island unaware that there are pyramids there and an ongoing mystery. Who built the pyramids, when...

Myths & Legends

The Three Fates: Destiny’s Deities of Ancient Greece and Rome

The ancient Greeks believed that many aspects of a person’s life were determined by the three mythical women known as Fates. These were three sister goddesses that appeared in Greek and Roman...

The Legendary Emerald Tablet and its Secrets of the Universe

The true meaning of Paganism

Magical Mermaids of Japanese Folklore

Hopi Prophecy and the End of the Fourth World - Part 1

A Pilgrimage of Thought: Dante Ascends Mount Purgatory

Human Origins

The lower jaw of the 7.175 million-year-old Graecopithecus freybergi (El Graeco) from Pyrgos Vassilissis, Greece (today in metropolitan Athens).

7.2 million-Year-Old Pre-Human Fossil Suggests Mankind Arose in Europe NOT Africa

A new analysis of two 7.2 million-year-old fossils belonging to a hominin species nicknamed “El Graeco” from Mediterranean Europe, suggests that mankind emerged in Europe and not in Africa. The new study could reshape history, since it openly challenges the “out of Africa theory.”

Greek mythology and human origins

The White Lotus Secret Society and the Demise of Mongol Rule in China

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

Alcohol as medicine through the ages

The Christ And The Buddha: How Can You Explain the Uncanny Similarities?

Ancient Technology

The Medieval ring found in Kavarna, Bulgaria (Image: Kavarna Municipality)

Jewelry to Die For: 14th-Century Bulgarian Ring with a Killer Dose

When a medieval ring was uncovered by Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the remains of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, they were surprised to discover that it was not a simply a decorative piece but looked to have been designed for the far more sinister use of murder.

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world’

Secrets Behind the Creepy Plague Doctor Mask and Costume

The revolutionary invention of the wheel

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

Common Tools or Ancient Advanced Technology? How Did the Egyptians Bore Through Granite?

Ancient Places

Why were the Knights Templar So Interested in Harran?

Harran is one of the oldest cities in the World. Located in southern Turkey, a remarkable feature of this ancient place is its beehive-shaped adobe houses, built entirely of mud without any wood. Their design makes them cool inside and is thought to have been unchanged for at least 3,000 years.

Liu He and the Tomb of Two Million Coins

Weaving the World of Ancient Mayan Women

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

The Little-Known Treasure of Beautiful Moldova - Old Orhei

The Crowns of the Pharaohs

Opinion

Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain

Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American...

Mysterious Worlds: Travels to the Faerie and Shamanic Realms

Pharaoh Akhenaten: An Alternative View of the Heretic King

Changing Colors and Scampering Across the Night Sky: What Did the Ancients Say about Sirius?

Cracking the Code to Discover Ancient Tarot Symbolism and Forgotten Universal Knowledge

The Secret Strategic Plans of Darius the Great

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