The Egyptian Goddess Carved Into a Stone Anchor
An Egyptian relief bearing Seshat became a stone anchor found off the Mediterranean coast. Its carved face and rope hole reveal two different uses.
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An Egyptian Papyrus Preserves a Rare Guide to Mummification
The Louvre-Carlsberg papyrus preserves rare instructions for preparing the dead, alongside medical recipes and clues to its own fragmented history.
Tibet’s Rainbow Body: The Monk Whose Disappearance Drew an Investigation
Accounts of Khenpo A Chö’s shrinking and disappearing body drew Francis Tiso to Tibet. His investigation opens a window onto the rainbow-body tradition and its witnesses.
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The Pururaucas: Inca Stone Warriors Who Rose to Defend Cusco
Stones dressed as warriors rise to defend Cusco in an Andean account. Other chronicles follow them into shrines, where they receive names, attendants and offerings.
A Kashmir Stone Carving May Preserve the Memory of an Exploding Star
Two radiant shapes above a hunting scene led researchers to connect a Kashmir carving with supernova remnant HB9. The proposed match joins archaeology and astronomy.
Ankh’s Crumbling Coffin Preserved an Early Egyptian Guide to the Afterlife
Rescued from decaying wood, fragments of Ankh’s coffin preserve an early Book of Two Ways, with routes, spells and a possible connection to rituals for Osiris.
Inside Movile Cave, an Entire Food Web Runs Without Sunlight
Microbes turn chemical energy into food beneath Romania. Isotope measurements and sediment DNA help explain how Movile Cave’s animals survive in darkness.
Egypt’s Tiny Cave Handprints May Belong to a Reptile
The smallest stencils at Wadi Sura II have long, pointed fingers. A comparison with newborn hands suggests prehistoric artists may have used an animal’s forefoot.
Abimelech’s Strange Sleep: The Ancient Story of Sixty-Six Missing Years
A basket of fresh figs accompanies Abimelech into a city changed by sixty-six years. The ancient story has more to explore than its extraordinary sleep.
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How Wheels Could Have Cut Malta’s Deep Stone Tracks
Malta’s cart ruts may record wheeled transport or deliberately cut field furrows. Compare the published models, limestone weathering and unresolved dating.
Walpurgis Night Brings Witches to the Harz and Spring Bonfires to Sweden
Explore Walpurgis Night through Harz witch traditions, Swedish bonfires, museum records and the real shadow phenomenon called the Brocken spectre.
Krampus: How the Horned Companion of Saint Nicholas Became a Winter Star
Trace Krampus through Alpine winter customs, museum objects and historical records, and explore why the horned figure keeps changing while retaining his appeal.
Ancient Civilizations
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The Kebra Nagast Describes a Caravan That Rose Above the Ground
An airborne vessel and a floating caravan appear in Ethiopia’s Kebra Nagast. Reading the passages reveals how flight carries its story of Solomon, Sheba and the Ark.
Hidden Roads Reveal a Wider Landscape Around Machu Picchu
Drone laser scans traced more than 2.5 kilometres of roads across the forested slopes of Yanantin. Their routes are becoming clearer; their dates are still being investigated.
Abaris and Apollo’s Arrow: Two Ancient Versions of a Remarkable Journey
Abaris carried Apollo’s arrow in Herodotus and rode it in Iamblichus. Comparing the ancient texts reveals different versions of the Hyperborean traveller.
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HD 156295’s Pulsations Point to a Possible Giant Planet
A tentative six-year timing signal suggests a massive companion near the hot star’s habitable zone. The detection remains uncertain.
Enceladus May Sort Ocean Chemicals Before They Reach Space
Two new studies follow ocean ingredients into plume ice and test methane production in a laboratory seafloor analogue. Both refine how scientists could search for life.
70 Ophiuchi’s Two Suns Leave Room for an Earth-Mass Planet
Orbital simulations identify room for a small world around one of the nearby binary’s stars. Observations have not detected a planet there.
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Eric Weinstein Says Officials Sought His Help With UFO Disclosure
Weinstein describes alleged approaches about preparing the public for UFO disclosure. A 2022 request log shows the subject has a longer public history.
Steven Greer Put His UFO Disclosure Demand in Writing. Here Is What the Letter Says
Greer’s June 2026 letter set an August deadline and described a proposed evidence effort. The document distinguishes promises from material actually supplied.
Matthew Brown Raises a Mind-Controlled UFO Theory—and a Human Breeding Claim
Matthew Brown connects alleged UFO programmes with consciousness and inherited abilities. His interview mixes reported accounts with his own speculation.