The Cyclopean Sarcophagi at the Serapeum of Saqqara
Egypt is a land of wonders, secrets, and cyclopean monuments such as the Serapeum of Saqqara. Although most famous for its Pyramids at the Giza Plateau, Egypt has much more…
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Ivan Petricevic
Ivan Petricevic is an investigative journalist and researcher with more than a decade of experience covering ancient history, UAP phenomena, space, and science. He writes about space, science, and history for Večernji list and has appeared as an expert on Discovery Channel and History Channel. He founded Curiosmos, where he reports from primary sources, archaeological research, and field investigations.
Sacsayhuaman and the Stones That Still Defy Scale
Perched above Cusco, Sacsayhuaman remains one of the clearest displays of what Inca builders could do with raw stone, steep terrain, and immense human labor. Its giant zigzag walls are…
The Lost Technologies of the Ancient Egyptians
Egypt is a land of countless treasures. We appreciate Egyptian history despite the fact we still know so little about this ancient civilization. The ancient Egyptians are known for their…
3 Reasons Why Ancient Civilizations Probably Built Pyramids
None of the pyramids worldwide are as famous as the majestic ancient Egyptian pyramids. There are around 120 pyramids in Egypt, depending on what sources are consulted. Although many pyramids…
What is Karahan Tepe and Why it Could Change History?
Located roughly some 50 kilometers from the world-famous site of Göbekli Tepe, in the Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey, lie the remnants of a site called Karhan Tepe. And it has…
What Is Yggdrasil? The Norse World Tree and Its Nine Worlds
What is Yggdrasil? In the surviving Norse poems and prose, it is more than a tree at the edge of a fantasy map. It is the living structure that links…
5 Stunning Discoveries at the Giza Pyramids That Left Experts Awestruck
Thousands of years ago, massive, towering structures were built in the desert. Rising hundreds of meters towards the sky as a stairway connecting heaven and Earth, the ancients built pyramids…
Here Are 10 Extremely Old Images of the Sphinx You’ve Probably Never Seen
The Great Sphinx has watched over the Giza Plateau for millennia, but the old photographs in this gallery show a monument still partly buried and surrounded by a very different…
What is Interstellar Archaeology?
Are we alone in the universe? What are the odds that Earth is the only world where life sprung into existence out of the countless galaxies in the universe and…
Itá Letra, the Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old South American Petroglyphs
South America is known for its many incredible ancient civilizations. The oldest pyramids on Earth are believed to have been built on the edge of the Amazon river by a…
Manuscript 512 — Evidence of a Long-Lost Amazonian Civilization?
The idea that highly developed ancient civilizations inhabited the Amazonian rainforest has been a myth that has circulated among scholars and amateur archaeologists for more than a hundred years. In…
The Curious Magnetic Anomalies at Puma Punku
One of the most fascinating ancient sites in the American continent is high up the Bolivian Altiplano. It is also not far from one of the most stunning lakes on…
Ancient Egyptians in America: A Coverup or Not?
In 1909, a surprising newspaper article was published in the United States. On April 5, 1909, the Arizona Gazette published an article suggesting that one of the most reputable scientific…
U.S. Government’s Treasure Trove of UFO Evidence
The government most likely holds a treasure trove of UFO evidence locked behind top-secret doors. Governments around the world have secretly studied UFOs for decades. Although this was commonly known…
3, 6, 9 And Why the Numbers Mattered to Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla is undoubtedly one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth. He was a genius, inventor, and pioneer. He came up with inventions and ideas long before anyone…
Stephen Hawking on Humanity’s Future: Five Warnings Worth Reading in Context
Stephen Hawking’s comments about the future are often collected as if they were prophecies: five terrifying things he said would happen, five deadlines for humanity, five reasons to panic. That…
Here Are 5 Things You Should Know About The World’s Oldest Sword
A 5,000-year-old sword discovered in a monastery in Venice turned out to be the world’s oldest sword. People have crafted weapons since time immemorial. Throughout history, we’ve seen how people…
Here’s Da Vinci’s Drawing of the “Machines” Mentioned in 440 BC Used to Build Egypt’s Pyramids
How the ancients constructed the pyramids of Egypt remains one of the greatest archaeological enigmas in history. In fact, everything we think we know about the construction of the Egyptian…
Filmed in 1897: This is the Oldest Video Footage of the Ancient Sphinx
The Great Sphinx at Giza is the largest single-stone monolith statue on the planet’s surface. Shrouded in mystery, despite having studied it for centuries, we’ve still not managed to solve…
Here Are 10 Secrets and Curiosities About the Great Sphinx of Egypt
Located on the Giza plateau, on the western bank of Egypt’s Nile River, the Great Sphinx stands guard. Carved out of a large block of limestone, the impressive monumental sculpture…
Ancient ‘Chinese Pyramids’ Were Built in Alignment with the North Star
These monuments are earthen burial mounds built for emperors and nobles, often called ‘pyramids’ because of their shape. China has a collection of pyramid-shaped monuments that are often compared, in…
Cube-Shaped UFO Filmed Over the UK
UFOs have become one of the most popular, widely-discussed subjects in the last few years. This is probably due to the importance the government, scientists, and even NASA have given…
What Happens in the Universe in One Second?
The universe is a magical place. Its full of mysteries. It is so big, and we can’t comprehend just how big that is. The more we explore the universe, the…
UFO Seizes Control of Dropping Military Helicopter
In 1973, members of the Army Reserve Helicopter Unit were flying with Captin Rick Jessy at the controls. While cruising some 2,000 feet above the surface on a clear night,…