vaccine

Researchers have discovered extinct strains of smallpox, an infectious disease also known as Variola, in the teeth of Viking skeletons proving the disease was around at least 1,400 years ago. Source: nobeastsofierce / Adobe Stock

24 July, 2020 - 19:51 ashley cowie

Viking Explorers Found To Be Carriers Of The World's Deadliest Virus

Chinese-Flu, Kung-Flu and now Trump-Flu, according to Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, but now, in the middle of all these politicized pseudonyms names for...

A boy with the measles. Credit: bilanol / Adobe Stock

1 January, 2020 - 22:25 ashley cowie

Lungs of 2-Year-Old Reveal Ancient Origins of Measles Virus

The world’s oldest known measles sample has been discovered in the lungs of a girl who died in 1912 and scientists now suggest the ancient virus jumped from animals to humans around 300 BC, making...

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.

The notorious and much feared ancient order of Hashshashins

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

Has the King Arthur Gene Been Traced?

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

Were the Merovingians Descended from a Monster? Meet the Quinotaur

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 Egyptian Goddess Isis, Found in India

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

Ancient Technology

Stone of the Pregnant Woman, an example of ancient high-tech stonework in Hajar al Hibla at Baalbek in Lebanon.

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

There are many stone artifacts from the ancient world made from the hardest stone on the planet such as granite and diorite, which have been cut and shaped with such quality, precision and accuracy that the standard explanations of their manufacture are simply inadequate.

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

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

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

The Original Swiss Army Knife: Check Out This Must Have Gadget for Guys on the Go

The Man Who Stopped a Desert Using Ancient Farming

Ancient Places

Part of the extensive East Bay Wall network

Unravelling the Mystery Behind the East Bay Walls: Who Really Made Them and Why?

In the hills around East Bay and elsewhere near San Francisco, there is a series of stone walls that extend discontinuously for miles. The walls are about 3-4 feet high in most places and are not...

Psusennes, the Silver Pharaoh with riches that rivalled those of Tutankhamun

Tomb of the Lord of Sipan, Mochican Warrior Priest

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

The Uncontacted Frontier: Tribes of the Amazon Want To Be Left Alone

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

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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