Ancient Aliens

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 question the dates. Could the Egyptian pyramids really date back hundreds of thousands of years, as some suggest? One thing is clear: The debate may...

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 the potential of gold atoms, with 2D gold nanosheets. Using layers of gold just two atoms in thickness, the researchers made a "landmark achievement." The...

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 create quite the international media sensation, right? Well, that's exactly what happened in the case of Japanese First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama. However, did you...

  This is part two about Ancient Aliens, season 12, episode 7, titled "City of the Gods." For part one: Abundant liquid mercury, mica, and pyrite found in tunnels beneath the pyramids At the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacán, archaeologists found a river of liquid mercury and the minerals mica and pyrite. Ancient...

This is part one of a two-part exploration of the Ancient Aliens episode, "City of the Gods." For part two, see: Was the ancient city of Teotihuacán abandoned when an electromagnetic power plant exploded?   As fans of the Ancient Aliens series on the History channel, some episodes really stand out. Season...

The Tuatha Dé Danann were called the Shining Ones, an ancient pre-Celtic Irish tribe, the fifth one that invaded the island in ancient times. They would later be associated with Elven or Fairy Folk, but in Irish myths, they weren't anything like the fairies of folklore today. This tribe was...

One of the figures who has gathered more attention from ancient astronaut theorists than just about anyone else is the Pharaoh Akhenaten. The Heretic King, as he would later be known to some, had an immediately alien-looking appearance in carvings and statues. His wife, Queen Nefertiti, their daughter Meritaten,...

Across the globe, two ancient civilizations worshipped the Sun. In South America, the ancient Inca ruler Pachacuti came to power with help from a mirrored sun disk. In Egypt, the Pharaoh Akhenaten focused all worship on a sun disk called the Aten. Were these both cases of worshipping an idol...

For just a moment, consider that we aren't alone in the universe and other life forms exist beyond the Milky Way and Earth, which is the only place advanced life forms have so far been found. If there are extraterrestrials somewhere in the universe, maybe they saw the dawn of...

The ancient texts of Mesopotamia are undergoing a revival, as ancient astronaut theorists look at them for clues about our true origins. While the texts are dismissed as mere mythology by mainstream scholars, these theorists are looking at the words with fresh eyes and open minds. Perhaps there is more...