10 Ancient Mesoamerican Deities Worshipped In The Americas
If you think the ancient Egyptians or Greeks had many gods, you should see how many Mesoamerican deities in the Americas were worshiped by the pre-Colombian civilizations. Each culture had…
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Vladislav Tchakarov
Hello, my name is Vladislav and I am glad to have you here on Curiosmos. As a history student, I have a strong passion for history and science, and the opportunity to research and write in this field on a daily basis is a dream come true.
A Look Into The History Of The 3 Wise Men — Who Were They Really?
The story of the Three Wise Men is told in the New Testament – in the Gospel of Matthew. Presented as good magicians, fortune tellers, the Three Magi recognized the…
10 Reasons Why Pedra do Inga Is The Most Amazing Ancient Monument You Probably Didn’t Know About
Deep in the Brazilian state of Paraiba, there is a strange massive monument called the Inga or Pedra do Inga stone. Covered in hundreds of obscure symbols, many of which…
Myths About the Pleiades Star Cluster Span Back 100,000 Years
The Pleiades are among the most remarkable asterisms. You may wonder what exactly an asterism is – a characteristic, easily recognizable group of stars, which may belong to one or…
10 Important Reasons Why There Could Be Alien Life In Proxima Centauri
Is there anyone who does not wonder about the existence of aliens? Maybe it’s of great interest to you, or maybe at some point without anything to do, you accidentally…
10 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egyptian Writing
In ancient Egypt, few people were literate. Reading and writing were mysterious and complex sciences that were usually studied in temples only by priests and children of nobles. Along with…
Check Out This 655-Million-Pixel Image Of The Universe Showing 40 Billion Stars
Usually, when astronomers talk about “neighboring galaxy“, they mean the Andromeda Galaxy, which is only 2.5 million light-years distant from us. However, a little further is another spiral galaxy, the third-largest…
10 Fascinating Images Of Mars’ Surface Taken By NASA’s Viking Lander 2
The Viking program can be considered the first truly effective one in the global space exploration efforts of Mars. The spacecraft Viking 1 and Viking 2 consisted of orbital stations…
Was Nikola Tesla Really Obsessed With The Ancient Pyramids?
Besides the obvious patents and inventions we have all heard of, Nikola Tesla had many other interests that would surprise you, and one of his apparent obsessions was the Egyptian…
10 Eerie Sounds Recorded in Space
For more than 150 years, people have not stopped trying to contact representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. There is no definitive evidence that someone tried to answer us until now. Nevertheless,…
How Did The Ancient Romans Keep Track Of Time?
Ancient Romans divided the day into daytime and nighttime but the way they measured time was different. The day consisted of twelve hours. Depending on the season, the duration of…
The Great Lunar Deception of 1835, Here’s What You Should Know
News has been falsified before and will be falsified in the future. But unlike our time, in the 19th century, it was much easier to lead people, and a journalist…
10 Incredible Photographs of Jupiter You Need To See
If you look at the northwest part of the sky after sunset (southwest in the northern hemisphere), you will find one bright point of light that stands out easily in…
The Day When Glass Rained Upon The Earth
Scientists have found evidence of what exactly may have destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, which occurred in the Late…
How Did People Have Fun in the Middle Ages?
How did people have fun in the Middle Ages? There was no single medieval experience. A noble household, a market town, a monastery and a farming village had different calendars,…
This Research Aims To Study “Entities” People Meet While Under The Influence Of DMT
An online survey of 2,561 people who have ever used DMT found that the experience of the “session” and its mental effects are similar to those of religious revelation and…
Here Are 6 Images and Videos Of The Lunar Surface Snapped By Chinese Chang’e 5 Moon Mission
After the Chinese automatic interplanetary station Chang’e 5 landed on the surface of the moon yesterday, many space fans were disappointed by the first images. I read all sorts of…
We Landed On The Moon 50 Years Ago, Here Are The 10 Most Amazing Images
The Moon Landing – Stanley Kubrick’s greatest film. This is one of the many jokes about the landing of American astronauts on the Moon and all the conspiracies around it…
What Caused The Mysterious Tunguska Explosion of 1908?
On June 17, 1908, in the sky over a sparsely populated area of the taiga, near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, a powerful explosion thundered. In most cases, the Tunguska event…
We Landed On Mars In 1976, Here Are The 10 Incredible Surface Images
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, NASA went through its golden age. Robotic devices were sent to nearby planets and men were flying to the Moon! The agency had…
The Potato Epidemic: Scary Pages in the History of Ireland
In the middle of the 19th century, one of the most tragic events in the entire history of the country happened in Ireland – a potato blight that led to…
So, What Would A Camera Show If It Fell Into A Black Hole?
Hypothetically, what would we see if we launched a probe with a camera toward a black hole that would transmit a real-time video signal at a safe distance? As the…
Why Do Statues of Egyptian Pharaohs Have Broken Noses?
Scientists have noticed that many ancient Egyptian pharaoh statues lack noses. At first, it was attributed to the fact that the nose is an outstanding part of the face. The…
How Roman Emperors Were Turned Into Gods In Ancient Rome
After the death of a Roman emperor, it was time for his apotheosis. This was the name of the complex, lengthy, and slightly strange procedure for the funeral of the ruler,…