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Trump Ready to Blow the Lid Off UFO Coverup, Says Famed Ufologist
Over the past three decades, former emergency room physician Dr. Steven Greer has become one of the more well-known (and controversial) ufologists. This is largely because of his involvement in the...
New Study Reveals Native American Population Crash Before European Contact
New research into Indigenous population dynamics in the New World of the pre-Columbian Americas is producing some fascinating results, thanks to the deployment of new analytical tools that allow for...
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The Evolution of Isis: Becoming the One and Only
Humble beginnings may not sound like the Egyptian goddess Isis, but this much is true. When she first emerged into the world, she was hardly known by her people, with the exception of elites. Her...
Roman Soldier Buried with Dagger in His Back Near Ancient Fortress in Spain
Archaeologists excavating a 4,900-year-old fortress in Almendralejo, southwestern Spain, have uncovered a perplexing burial that may belong to a Roman soldier. The grave, a solitary and shallow pit...
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Indigenous Brazilians Partied at Summer Festivals in 300 BC
In ancient previews of the famous Brazilian Carnival, pre-colonial people in Brazil apparently gathered in summer months to feast on migratory fish and share alcoholic drinks, a new study has...
Ancient Catastrophe: Did Santorini Volcano Doom the Minoan Civilization?
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, archaeologists have uncovered numerous significant findings related to the Minoans, an Aegean Bronze Age people who built the first great civilization in...
Who Were the Anunnaki, Really? A Special Investigation
The modern era has witnessed an incredible surge in the popularity of all forms of media concerning the mythology of the ancient Mesopotamians. Fueling this ever-growing trend are the writings of a...
11,000-Year-Old Village Found in Canada Rewriting History of North America
A major archaeological discovery near Sturgeon Lake First Nation territory, the traditional home of the Plains Cree territory in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is reshaping history,...
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18,000 Years Ago, There Were Brain-Eating Cannibals in Poland
Deep inside Maszycka Cave in southern Poland, researchers discovered something shocking and disturbing about the behavior of prehistoric people who lived in the region around 16,000 BC. A new...
Yet Another Researcher Claims to Have Found the Tomb of Alexander the Great
Many scholars who have studied the question have come up with theories about the location of Alexander the Great’s final resting place, which has made this one of the most hotly debated mysteries in...
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Researchers Identify Owners of Scotland’s Largest Viking Age Treasure
In 2014, a remarkable and unprecendented discovery was made in a plowed field in western Scotland—the Galloway Hoard, the most significant collection of Viking Age artifacts ever unearthed in Britain...
A Royal Robe of Eternal Light: The Hidden Egyptian Roots of the Jewish Prayer Shawl
The Jewish prayer shawl, the tallit , is as mysterious as it is iconic. Worn by Jews each morning when they pray to God, it connects them to the divine realm, their history, and their culture...
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Shaman Found in 9,000-Year-Old Tomb – and She Had Six Fingers on One Hand!
A recent study details an extraordinary archaeological discovery in the hills of Jerusalem. At the ancient Motza site, researchers unearthed a tomb dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (...
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Herculaneum Scroll Buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD "Opened" with AI
For nearly two millennia, a set of ancient scrolls has remained sealed, last seen when the Roman Empire held dominion over Europe. Now, thanks to a special program using artificial intelligence,...
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2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Found On Ancient Slave Trading Route in Israel
During explorations in the rugged and arid Negev Highlands of southern Israel, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities authority (IAA) stumbled upon something both extraordinary and totally...
7th Century Pagan Cult Site in Netherlands Reveals Gold and Silver Offerings
Thoroughly excavated and well-analyzed cult sites are essential for comprehending the evolving and diverse ritual behaviors of different pre-Christian societies. However, while the Nordic world has...
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Unique 5th Century Roman Game Pieces Unearthed in Hadrianopolis, Turkey
Around 400 BC, in a city named after one of their most famous and successful emperors, Roman soldiers spent their idle time shuffling counters around a game board, in an attempt to hone their...
Historic Danish Shipwreck Reveals 15th Century Secrets
Thirty feet (9.14 m) under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ancient ship. Foley, AG95, a marine archaeologist and researcher at...
We Built This City: The Neolithic Revolution
Aliens had nothing to do with it. Honestly. The Neolithic or New Stone Age is synonymous with a wide range of significant changes, not least of which was the refinement of stone tools for which the...
Biblical Scholar Says Bible Written by More Than 40 Different Authors
The question of who really wrote the Bible has been debated for ages, with people disagreeing over how much (if any) of it was divinely inspired or transmitted directly from God. This is a question...
World’s Oldest Runestone Broken and Buried in Multiple Graves in Norway
Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone, which may be more than 2,000 years old, shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. They may have been separated intentionally...
‘Alien Mummies from Peru’ Debunked? Absolutely Not, Says Mexican Scientist
The so-called ' alien mummies' discovered in Peru, supposedly near the Nazca lines, have been dismissed as a hoax by skeptics and most of the scientific community, with claims that a definitive study...
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13th Century Fresco Shows Islamic Tent In Medieval Christian Church
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only...