Archaeology
- Discovered- Oldest Roman Baths In Asia Minor
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An archaeological team has discovered the oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor- underneath existing Roman baths. Location: Sagalassos, Turkey, which was inhabited as a city until the 7th century AD, when it was destroyed by earthquakes. Prior to the Sagalas ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2010 - 9:39am
- Greek Gods In The Land Of Jesus
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Tolerance has meant different things in different eras. For some religions in the past, there was a 'convert or die' mentality, which tended to drive out competitors but, at least when it comes to works of art, old religions have always survived ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2010 - 3:05pm
- The Ring Of Apollo And Phoenician Wealth In 300 BC
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It's been hard for archaeologists to pin down the extent of idle wealth in ancient people, but it is generally believed only those in the richest locations, like capital cities, had it. A recent discovery, in an urban context and at an orderly arch ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2010 - 10:24am
- Ancient Graphic Design Unearthed In Peru?
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Amelia Carolina Sparavigna in the department of physics of Politecnico di Torino says she has discovered geoglyphs, essentially earthwork graphic designs carved into the landscape, near Lake Titicaca is in the Andes Mountains on the border of Peru and Bo ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 14 2010 - 1:03pm
- Ancient ruins under the Persian Gulf?
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Less than 8,000 years ago, evidence shows modern people suddenly appeared en masse outside Africa, on the shores of the Persian Gulf. An odd event, to be sure. Jeffrey Rose, writing in Current Anthroplogy, now says the reason is that the land that broug ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 9 2010 - 2:48pm
- Wine 4,100 B.C.- World's Oldest Winery Discovered
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A cave inside some remote mountains of Armenia contain what is being called the oldest winery yet discovered, dating back to around 4,100 B.C., 1,000 years earlier than previous finds. The discovery was made in the same mysterious Armenian cave complex wh ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2011 - 5:31am
- Between The Nazca Lines: Evidence Vs. “I Wanna Believe”
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Well, we now know what a Cargo Cult is, and we are now up to date on the recent research into the Nasca Lines. What I haven’t brought you completely up to date on is the actual Ancient Alien Theory explanation of the Nazca lines. The History Channel sums i ...
Article - Serra Head - Jan 28 2011 - 9:39am
- Ancient Astronauts?
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Despite the various claims surrounding the idea of alien visitation in the past, one of the primary arguments has been the creation of immense structures in the past that have been argued as being impossible to create without sophisticated modern technolog ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Feb 3 2011 - 1:16pm
- World's Earliest Prosthetics Discovered, From 600 BC
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An artificial big toe found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy is the world's oldest prosthetic. At least for now. It predates the previous earliest known practical prosthesis, the Roman Capula Leg, by several hundred years. It wasn& ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2011 - 11:26am
- Egyptians: Zahi Hawass Is Next
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While many in America were happy about the collapse of the Mubarak government, they were likely happy for the wrong reasons. Optimists, it is said, are people who do not learn from experience and the toppling of a dictator in Egypt looks a lot more like ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 14 2011 - 5:18pm
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