Uxmal

31 August, 2018 - 01:51 Alicia McDermott

The Spectacular Ancient Maya City of Uxmal

The ancient Maya city of Uxmal is located in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It was one of the regional capitals during the Maya Late Classical period and is considered today to be one of the most...

Myths & Legends

The true meaning of Paganism

The word "paganism" has come to refer to various pre-Christian religions belonging to a number of ancient cultures—those from Greece, Rome, Egypt, Scandinavia, and so on. It has come to also...

The Legendary Emerald Tablet and its Secrets of the Universe

The Powerful Symbol of the Swastika and its 12,000 Year History

The Sumerian King List still puzzles historians after more than a century of research

Disney ALMOST Got It Right: From Moana to Mayhem, The Mythology Behind the Real Maui

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

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

Drugs in Ancient Cultures: A History of Drug Use and Effects

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

The Sumerian Seven: The Top-Ranking Gods in the Sumerian Pantheon

The Viking Serpent: Serpent Worship, Sacred Geometry, and Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway

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.

Is the Assyrian Nimrud lens the oldest telescope in the world?

Secrets Behind the Creepy Plague Doctor Mask and Costume

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

The revolutionary invention of the wheel

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

Ancient Places

The Crowns of the Pharaohs

In Ancient Egypt, the gods and kings (pharaohs) were depicted with a crown, which, according to Egyptologists, were also taken into the grave for the afterlife. These crowns however have never...

Weaving the World of Ancient Mayan Women

Why were the Knights Templar So Interested in Harran?

The Little-Known Treasure of Beautiful Moldova - Old Orhei

The Monolith of Tlaloc: Did Moving This Massive Stone Statue Incite the Fury of the Aztec Rain God?

The Great Forbidden City of China

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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