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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…
The geometric complexity of Göbekli Tepe, considered by experts the oldest temple in the world, is a wonder to scientists and also a great mystery: how could a Neolithic society…
Thousands of years ago, humankind erected mind-boggling ancient structures. Many of these monuments have fascinated humankind for centuries. When discussing these amazing accomplishments of the ancient world, we are often…
Seven Aztec artifacts from Vienna, London and Mexico City reveal Mexica craft, powerful symbols and questions museum records cannot yet resolve.
Tenochtitlan was the Mexica capital built on islands in Lake Texcoco, at the centre of what is now Mexico City. Before the Spanish conquest, it was a city of canals,…
More than seven thousands years ago, during a time when Arabia was not such a vast desert as it is today, curious people erected a series of mysterious stone monuments.…
A strange conspiracy theory suggests that some people are immortal and that they’ve found the elixir of immortality. Well, they haven’t, and here’s why. In the rich universe of conspiracy…
The Diary of Merer is one of the rarest kinds of archaeological evidence: a contemporary work log written during the final years of Khufu’s reign. It does not reveal a…
In 2017, the ScanPyramids project reported evidence for a large, previously unknown void above the Grand Gallery inside Khufu’s Great Pyramid. The finding was real, carefully measured and published in…
Utsuro-Bune—which essentially means hollow ship—refers to a supposed “otherworldly encounter” of an unknown object that washed ashore the coast of Japan in the Hitachi province in 1803. The odd encounter…
One of the greatest mysteries of the ancient Aztec Empire is a great ancient treasure said to have belonged to Moctezuma II, one of the most prominent ancient Aztec Empire…
What if the ancient Chinese traveled to America before the Spanish? There are many similarities between ancient Mexican cultures and the ancient Chinese. The discovery of America is a historical…
Was the Great Pyramid of Giza built for Khufu? The evidence points strongly in that direction. The pyramid belongs to the Fourth Dynasty, its ancient name was Akhet-Khufu—“Khufu’s Horizon”—and it…
To their surprise, a group of researchers has found an iconic Native American stone tool technology in Arabia. Between 13,000 and 10,000 years ago, Native Americans built intricate fluted point…
Claims that ancient India recorded aircraft usually turn on the word vimana, and above all on the Pushpaka of the Ramayana. The literary tradition is real. The harder claim, that…
What makes an ancient city “lost”? Usually, it is not a dramatic disappearance. People move, rivers change course, buildings are dismantled, and later communities build over the same ground. A…
Did the Ancient Egyptians Unlock the Secrets of a Star 92 Light-Years Away Over 3,000 Years Ago? The ancient Egyptians left behind incredible monuments and a vast trove of knowledge.…
There are numerous paintings created hundreds of years ago with enigmatic and unexplained objects incorporated by artists. Still, this painting from the 15th century is considered by many experts an…
TV, AC electricity, the Tesla Coil, fluorescent lighting, neon lights, Radio-controlled devices, robotics, X-rays, radar, microwave, and dozens of other amazing inventions were invented by one of the most incredible…
A Royal Airforce Pilot flying a Hurricane interceptor reported on December 1942 that he witnessed two lights shooting from the ground toward his 7,000-foot cruising altitude while flying over France.…