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Update: New Finding Adds to the Mystery of this Ancient Astronomical Computer

Update: New Finding Adds to the Mystery of this Ancient Astronomical Computer

May 23, 2016 The mechanism was discovered in 1901 in an ancient shipwreck near Crete. Its origins still remain a mystery, but it is believed…

3,700-year-old Egyptian scarab seal found by Israeli birdwatcher!

3,700-year-old Egyptian scarab seal found by Israeli birdwatcher!

The seal, found near the Tel Dor archeological site near Mount Carmel, belonged to a senior Egyptian official of the Thirteenth Pharaonic dy…

Wealthy 3,600-year-old Trading Hub Found in Gaza

Wealthy 3,600-year-old Trading Hub Found in Gaza

Gold, jewelry and Aegean imports found in Tel el-Ajjul, the town that may have sheltered the Hyksos fleeing Egypt, show the inhabitants were…

Decorated Human Jaw Unearthed in Mexico

Decorated Human Jaw Unearthed in Mexico

CORVALLIS, OREGON—Live Science reports on the ongoing study of a 1,300-year-old carved and painted human mandible discovered in a ceremonial…

Britain’s Atlantis: Scientific study beneath North Sea could revolutionise how we see the past

Britain’s Atlantis: Scientific study beneath North Sea could revolutionise how we see the past

Archaeologists are searching for the lost tribes of prehistoric Britain – at the bottom of the North Sea. In a unique and ground-breaking op…

Cracking the Maya Code: Timeline of Decipherment

Cracking the Maya Code: Timeline of Decipherment

When the Spanish conquered the Maya empire in the 16th century, they forced their new subjects to convert to Christianity and speak and writ…

Shigir Idol has ‘encrypted codes’ and could be 11,000 years old

Shigir Idol has ‘encrypted codes’ and could be 11,000 years old

The Idol is more than 6,000 years older than the UK’s Stonehenge. More than twice the age of the Egyptian pyramids, the wooden monument – fo…

BBC News: Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing

BBC News: Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing

This from an article written by the BBC By Sean Coughlan on 25 October 2012. Let’s revisit this… The world’s oldest undeciphered writing sys…

World’s largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia

World’s largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia

Australian scientists have uncovered what is believed to be the largest asteroid impact zone ever found on Earth, in central Australia. A te…

Cryptographic Art: The Sine Wave in Ancient Context

Cryptographic Art: The Sine Wave in Ancient Context

As the Earth rotates on it’s axis, the Equator remains aligned, but the line of ancient sites describes a sine wave as a result of it’s tilt…

Aboriginal legends reveal ancient secrets to science

Aboriginal legends reveal ancient secrets to science

Scientists are beginning to tap into a wellspring of knowledge buried in the ancient stories of Australia’s Aboriginal peoples. But the loss…

Archaeologists Find Sunken Egyptian City

Archaeologists Find Sunken Egyptian City

In an article written by ABC News back in June of 2001, they make mention of an ancient Egyptian city that was discovered 6.5 km off of mode…

The Mysterious big circles of Jordan and Syria

The Mysterious big circles of Jordan and Syria

In the 1920s, a mustachioed British commander named Lionel Rees set out across the deserts of what would become Jordan. Snapping some of the…

Are there ‘oceans’ hiding inside the Earth?

Are there ‘oceans’ hiding inside the Earth?

The chance discovery of a mystery rock wrapped inside a diamond has made scientists question how our oceans formed – and what might be lurki…

Was Stonehenge designed for sound?

Was Stonehenge designed for sound?

The BBC and New Scientist Report–A team of academics have revealed the “sonic experience” that early visitors to Stonehenge would have heard…

Scottish team to digitally scan ancient Indian landmark

Scottish team to digitally scan ancient Indian landmark

One of India’s most historic landmarks is to be digitally recorded by a group of Scottish experts in an effort to preserve its every detail.…

Lost city found off Indian coast

Lost city found off Indian coast

Back in April 2002, an expedition team jointly sponsored by Great Britain’s Scientific Exploration Society (SES) and India’s National Instit…

Submerged man-made structures 9,500 years old – Near Dwaraka

Submerged man-made structures 9,500 years old – Near Dwaraka

Marine scientists in India say an archaeological site off India’s western coast may be up to 9,000 years old. Lets revisit the original arti…

Lost Mayan cities discovered in Mexican jungle

Lost Mayan cities discovered in Mexican jungle

In the 1970s, an American explorer named Eric Von Euw explored a forest at the base of the Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula near the border of Gua…

Cambodia: Behind the discovery of a new Khmer city

Cambodia: Behind the discovery of a new Khmer city

A jungle-clad royal city, once the subject of local legend and with links to Angkor Wat, was recently identified to much excitement in Cambo…

Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images

Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images

The BBC Reports–Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt. More than 1,000 tombs and 3,0…

Myth of pristine Amazon rainforest busted as old cities reappear

Myth of pristine Amazon rainforest busted as old cities reappear

Dreamscape: the Amazon was once lined with fields and plazas (Image: Mario Tama/Getty) The first Europeans to penetrate the Amazon rainfores…

Researchers Discover Ancient Elixir For Modern Deadly Bacteria

Researchers Discover Ancient Elixir For Modern Deadly Bacteria

This article was written by Melissa Healy of the Los Angeles Times and first appeared in The Union Bulletin.   At the University of Nottingh…

The Lost Cycle of Time (PART 2)

The Lost Cycle of Time (PART 2)

A deeper look into the mythological & astronomical evidence that suggests mankind’s history is cyclical instead of linear – and what this me…