10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Phaistos Disc
Greece, with its myriad islands, stands as a bastion of ancient mysteries and inspiring history. There’s an enduring humor among locals that every ancient stone in Greece harbors a fragment…
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A collection of curated dossiers and comprehensive guides on ancient history, cosmic phenomena, and the unexplained. We compile essential data, historical records, and scientific facts into in-depth reports for the passionately curious.
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ancient Egypt’s Great Sphinx
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…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ancient Roman Gladiators
What would I not give to be able to go back in time and visit the Colosseum in Rome during a gladiatorial duel? To hear the sharp sound of steel…
10 Things You Should Know About How Granite Was Quarried in Ancient Egypt
For centuries, limestone and sandstone dominated as the primary building materials of ancient Egypt. However, as Egyptian quarrying techniques evolved, they turned their attention to more challenging materials like granite.…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rock Fortress of Sigiriya
The countless mysteries and beauties of Asia have always attracted us, the Western people, with their exoticism. Another incredible landmark of the eastern world is located in the deep shadows…
10 Reasons Why Göbekli Tepe Changes the Historical Mainstream Narrative
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.…
10 Things You Should Know about the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
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…
10 Reasons Why UFOs Are No Longer a Conspiracy Theory
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…
10 Things You Should Know About The Lost Sunken City of Dwarka
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…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ancient Egypt’s Provincial Pyramids
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…
10 Things You Should Know About The Underground City of Derinkuyu
The underground city of Derinkuyu is the oldest underground city in the Median Empire, and the largest city found in Cappadocia, Turkey. It is proof that points to the perfection…
Who Was Ra? What the Egyptian Sun God’s Myths Actually Say
Who was Ra? Calling him simply the Egyptian sun god is accurate, but it hides the larger question: what did the sun mean to Egyptian ideas about time, kingship, danger…
10 Things You Should Know About the Submerged Yonaguni Monument
At a depth of 25 meters off the coast of the western Japanese island of Yonaguni are mysterious underwater pyramids and the remains of an ancient city, nowadays known as…
10 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egypt’s First True Capital, the Lost City of Thinis
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…
10 Things You Should Know About Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere
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…
10 Interesting Quotes by Nikola Tesla And The Message he Conveyed in Them
Is there a scientist with a greater impact on our modern world than Nikola Tesla? The inventor who gave electricity to the world paved the way for the countless technological…
15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Antares, One of the Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
Antares, a striking feature in our night sky, has been an integral part of human history, astrology, and astronomy for millennia. Its significance dates back to ancient civilizations like the…
10 Things you probably didn’t know about the Green Children of Woolpit
Have you heard of one of the most mysterious legends in English medieval history – that of the green children of Woolpit? According to medieval sources from the 12th century,…
20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Blind Mystic Baba Vanga
The allure of the mystical and the enigmatic often captivates our imagination, especially when it comes to individuals said to possess the ability to see beyond the ordinary realms of…
5 Things We Think Are Unique to “Modern Society” But Already Existed in Ancient Rome
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.…
15 Things You Should Know About Voyager 1, Mankind’s First Interstellar Spaceship
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…
5 Things You Should Know About the World’s Oldest Anatomical Atlas
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…
10 Things You Likely Didn’t Know About Serapeum of Saqqara and Its Sacred Api Bulls
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…
10 Curiosities You Probably Didn’t Know About Peru’s 2,000-Year-Old Nazca Lines
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…