3 of the Most Ancient Pyramids in Egypt
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Around 2,700 BC, ancient Egyptian building techniques were reborn. From complex mastabas where Pharaohs and royalty were buried, the ancient…
7 Stumping Examples of Amazing Ancient Hindu Stonemasonry
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Throughout the long history of the human race, different cultures living on distant continents built incredible ancient temples. Some of…
Lake Baikal is Earth’s oldest lake—and possibly its strangest
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Lake Baikal in southern Siberia holds more water than any other freshwater lake in the world. Its depth of 1,642…
5 Ancient superheroes from history you have probably never heard of
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Before comics, capes, or kryptonite, humanity already had its heroes — living legends who bent the laws of nature, challenged…
The Voynich Manuscript: Memoirs of а Lost Alien Civilization or Medieval Science Fiction?
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The Voynich manuscript. This is what researchers call a document written in an unknown language that contains drawings of absolutely fantastic…
165 Years of Nikola Tesla; His Truths, Mysteries, Secrets and Inventions
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On this day, a man was born 165 years ago who knew how to teleport objects, extract energy from nothing, and communicate with extraterrestrials. At least, popular rumors endowed Nikola Tesla with these phenomenal abilities and more.
What do the Mysterious Triangle-Shaped Heads of the Ancient Vinca Culture Depict?
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In the beginning, the Vinca culture was considered a cultural site and part of a larger civilization and therefore remained…
Written In Stone: The Sumerian King List and ‘When Gods Walked on Earth’
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There’s a stone tablet, recorded thousands of years ago in a Sumerian language that lists the ancient Kings of Sumer,…
The actual size of the Great Pyramid of Giza is far more massive than most people realize
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From a distance, the Great Pyramid of Giza can look like a clean geometric silhouette on the plateau outside Cairo….
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rock-Cut Temples of Abu Simbel
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By far, the most formidable building project begun during the reign of Ramesses II was the two stone temples carved…