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An Egyptian coffin that was discovered in an ancient burial chamber several years ago turns out to have been more than just an incredible archaeological find, according to Ancient Origins, which reports that the same coffin also contained the oldest known map of the underworld in existence: "A new study...

When we examine the ancient texts of Mesopotamia and Sumer, we are talking about the location of modern-day southern Iraq. The tablets and artifacts found in this area are of great importance in understanding the real history of human civilization. We want the truth of our origins, but how...

The Norse Berserkers were legendary ferocious Viking warriors dating back to ninth-century Scandinavia that seemed immuned to harm in battle. They entered a trance-like state of blood-thirsty rage said to give them increased and unmatched skills in battle. Here's a shocking account of one berserker by a 13th-century Icelandic poet: "......

More reports than ever before are constantly being filed from people claiming to have seen Unidentified Flying Objects, while alien abduction stories continue to make waves as well. And, even though alien and UFO hunters like Scott Waring may believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are...

When you hear the word "mummification," what comes to mind? For most of us, images from ancient Egypt come to mind: The tomb of King Tut and the opulent golden death mask that was found when the tomb was unsealed in 1922. But it turns out that mummification has also been...

For over 700 days, a mysterious spacecraft has been orbiting the Earth, and yet no one other than the U.S. Air Force knows why. So what exactly is going on here? First, some background from IFL Science: "This is the fifth mission of the X-37B space plane, an uncrewed and solar-powered...

When "Lucy" the now-famous Australopithecine was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by paleoanthropologists, researcher's minds were full of questions, but the biggest question of all was: what did Lucy's ancestors look like? That question has now been answered, at least in part, thanks to the discovery of a nearly...

Archaeologists were recently exploring in Croatia when the happened upon something that immediately caught their eye and has subsequently set off debate about what they found, according to Ancient Origins: "(The researchers) unearthed three ancient alien-like skeletons and two have  artificially elongated skulls. Since 12,000-years-ago in ancient China, all over the ancient...

The Egyptian pyramids are miracles of construction and scientific achievement, which is even more amazing when you consider that they were built thousands of years ago, long before we had the extensive knowledge that has been acquired over centuries. But were the pyramids also constructed to produce sound waves that...

The vast majority of us learned about ancient Egypt in elementary and high school, and it's likely that we all have the same basic set of references and images that come to mind when someone mentions the subject. Those are likely to be: Pyramids The Great Sphinx King Tut ...