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The thirteen towers of Chanquillo are considered the oldest astronomical complex in the Americas. Thousands of years ago, complex cultures developed around the world. Independently and without an apparent contact,…
What exactly is reality? And how do we define it? Is everything around us real? Or are we living inside a simulated universe? There have been revealing papers that have…
Of all the monuments on Earth, not one is as striking, magical, and mysterious as the Great Sphinx of Giza. This ancient statue, believed to have been carved some 4,400…
If you ask anyone which ancient monument impresses him the most, chances are they will say the pyramids. It doesn’t have to be the Great pyramid, but pyramids in general.…
The ancient Egyptian pyramids’ story starts with the most humble beginnings in predynastic and early dynastic times. According to mainstream Egyptologists, the birth of the Egyptian pyramid–the Step Pyramid of…
The idea that alien life exists elsewhere in the universe–even our solar system–is more powerful than ever. The recent discovery of Phosphine in the Venusian atmosphere has forced us to…
Throughout history, countless ancient cities have been built across the globe. Some of these cities were so impressive that poems were recited in their honor, and some were so majestic…
Ancient Egypt’s history of pyramids is nothing short of magical. Although many experts say that the pyramids of Egypt are very human, they are also more than that, and they…
Chiribiquete is not a ruin in the usual sense. It is a living landscape, a vast protected region in the Colombian Amazon where sheer stone walls rise out of the…
For ancient Egyptians, the perpetual cycle of the coming and setting of the Sun is comparable to the cycle of life and death. Thus, each morning the Sun rises in…
Thousands of years ago, cultures around the globe worshipped the sun. This is no surprise since the sun is the brightest object in the sky, rising and setting each day…
There are many ancient cities that have been lost to the “sands of time,” and Egypt’s first true capital, the city of Thinis —also known as This— is one such…
Earth is the only place in the entire universe where life exists. That is according to our best knowledge of our solar system, galaxy, and the universe in general. Luckily…
The Great Pyramid of Giza is, without a reason of a doubt, one of the most studied ancient monuments on the surface of the planet. Thought to have been built…
Of all the problems concerning the pyramids, their construction is the most puzzling. Even Roma writer Pliny, who condemned the pyramids of Egypt as an idle and foolish display of…
The more we explore our planet, the more mysteries we encounter. Thousands of years ago, countless ancient civilizations called the planet their home. Across nearly all continents, sophisticated cultures arose…
When we think about ancient civilizations and cultures, many of us wrongly believe that these ancient societies were far from advanced. This, however, could not be farther from the truth.…
There is a spacecraft so far away in space it has become the first humanmade object to reach interstellar space. It is traveling out there among the stars, far from…
Ancient texts and archaeological clues place Thinis near the center of Egypt’s earliest dynastic history, but the city itself has never been securely identified. Long before the pyramids at Giza…
Noah’s story of the great flood was assumed to be the earliest story until the Epic of Gilgamesh began to capture people’s interest in the mid-19th century. But although quite…
The claim rests on a set of silk texts sealed in a tomb more than 2,200 years ago and read, line by line, against the human body itself. If that…
The Serapeum of Saqqara has remained a mystery since its re-discovery in 1850. It is the cemetery of the personified ancient Egyptian Apis bulls, the god Ptah. A graveyard near…
Despite over 80 years of study of the Nazca Lines, the geoglyphs have remained a mystery to researchers who have flown and explored the lines for decades. Resumed, the Nazca…
According to new research, the megaliths’ original configuration amplified the sonance generated inside the stone circle and contained it as a sound insulation wall. This is according to scientists from…