Do descendants of the mysterious Green Children of Woolpit exist today?
It’s a common stereotype that extraterrestrials may have green skin color, from green Martians to the Egyptian god Osiris, depicted with greenish skin. Ancient Celtic...
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Ancient History. Deciphering our past… Together.
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New study reveals what brought down the powerful Assyrian empire
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
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Archaeologists apply radar tech to study ‘ghost footprints’ of ancient humans and animals
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
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The Mysterious Origins Of Merlin The Magician: Evil Wizard Or Wise Tutor?
Even those who know little about world history have likely heard of Merlin the Magician. The mythology which has been built up around him has...
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Scientists confirm legends, revealing the face of Viking warrior woman with battle wound
For fans of the “Vikings” series on the History Channel, the idea of shield-maidens, strong woman warriors are welcomed and unsurprising. However, in the real...
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Giant mammoth traps uncovered outside of Mexico City with multiple skeletons inside
For the first time, archaeologists in Mexico have found direct evidence that ancient humans actually engineered traps to hunt and kill woolly mammoths to butcher...
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Study reveals ancient humans migrated to the Levant from Europe 40,000 years ago
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
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What became of the Siberian unicorns that once walked the Earth?
There are few creatures surrounded by more mystery, wonder, and fascination than unicorns. Some say they existed and then died out. Others insist unicorns are...
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Researchers find one of the last necklaces made by Neanderthals featuring eagle talons
An excavation in a cave occupied by Neanderthals in Spain has uncovered what is considered to be the last necklace ever made by our distant...
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Mysterious Aztec carvings found in tunnel beneath Mexico City
Mysterious carvings from the time of the Aztecs were recently discovered in Mexico City in a very unlikely place: In a tunnel that dates back...
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Legends of the Menehune, mythological dwarf people of Hawaii who may still exist today
All across the world, there are stories about people of giant stature, and also of relatively small people. In the mainstream, these stories are almost...
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Archaeology sheds new light on the bloody battle that changed the course of England forever
When it comes to royal mysteries, not much compares to the Battle of Bosworth and the death of King Richard III during the Wars of...
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Ponce de Leon’s enemies linked him to ‘Fountain of Youth’ myth, inadvertently making him immortal
Juan Ponce de Leon is probably best known for discovering what is now known as the U.S. state of Florida, but he’s also associated with...
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Mysterious medieval skeletons found at the Tower of London for the first time since the 1970s
An amazing rare find at the Tower of London was made by archaeologists earlier this month when they unearthed the complete skeletons of a medieval...
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Was this underwater pyramid in China constructed before the Great Flood?
There is always an ongoing dispute about how old the ancient pyramids really are. Mainstream archaeologists tend to follow an agreed-upon timeline, while others continuously...
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Scientists trace modern human lineage to Botswana in Africa, disappointing racists everywhere
It is generally accepted by scientists that modern humans, also known as Homo sapiens, migrated out of eastern Africa around 200,000 years ago. But a...
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Ancient astronaut theorists take note as scientists trace ancestral home of all humans to southern Africa
Mainstream scientists seem to have inadvertently given some support to the ancient astronaut theory again. Recently, we wrote about a “new” scientific discovery that unlocked...
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Evidence of hidden pyramid discovered in Saqqara near Egypt’s oldest pyramid
Dr. Vasko Dobrev is an archaeologist with 30 years of experience working on sites in Egypt, and he recently revealed that he believes he’s found...
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Researchers uncover exquisite ancient Byzantine church dedicated to mysterious martyr in Israel
During ancient biblical times, when a religious person sacrificed themselves fighting for their beliefs, that person became a martyr, and sometimes a church was built...
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A First Lady who described traveling to Venus to witness an alien world
What would happen if the First Lady of the United States disclosed that she believed she traveled with extraterrestrials to Venus? It would no doubt...
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Remarkable Bronze Age hoard in the United Kingdom uncovered by stunned archaeologists
Just when you think there can’t possibly be any more really incredible Bronze Age discoveries left to find, archaeologists in the United Kingdom hit the...
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Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old street built by Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem
An underground excavation in Jerusalem has revealed an ancient street built by Pontius Pilate, known most by Christians around the globe as the biblical villain...
