Archaeology
- Gas Exploration Boosts Archeology- Ancient Shipwrecks Found
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Ancient sunken ships are generally found in shallow water 100 or so, but two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found almost a mile deep in waters off the islands of Corfu and Paxoi, the Ionian Sea between western Greece and Italy. The wrecks are from the thir ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 30 2012 - 11:01am
- Prehistoric Iberian Twins Remains Discovered
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The remains of newborn twin girls have been found in the archaeological site of Sant Miquel d'Olèrdola in Catalonia and it is expected that they belong to two girls between 38 and 40 weeks of gestation, who were buried at the same time in the same gra ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2012 - 4:22pm
- The Bones Of John The Baptist Found?
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The coolest stuff regarding ancient religious history is not found in the Vatican or western Europe at all, it's in the East where a lot less modern growth took place. There is more stuff that will be buried under the Ilisu dam in Turkey than in all ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 17 2012 - 1:12pm
- 10 Most Not-So-Puzzling Ancient Artifacts: The Grooved Spheres
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I’ve seen this article several times now, and I meant to address it the first time, but then I got distracted by something shiny…er I mean work? ...
Article - Serra Head - Jun 21 2012 - 10:46am
- 10 Most Not-So-Puzzling Ancient Artifacts #2: The Dropa Stones
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The Dropa Stones are puzzling artifact #2 on the 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts list. These are “The” Dropa Stone images. What are the Dropa Stones? ...
Article - Serra Head - Jun 21 2012 - 7:17pm
- Why Was Stonehenge Built?
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Stonehenge is interesting, though any mystical (or downright alien) symbolism is lost when you visit much larger sites, like Avebury Henge, that are clearly not mystical at all. Because of its fame, people have long sought answers as to why Stonehenge was ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2012 - 12:08pm
- Jawa: Lost City Of The Black Desert
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In the early part of the 20th century, after we had entered the Age of Flight, a strange phenomenon in Arabia was sighted. Air travel had become more common and thus so did air delivery. British pilots flying from Cairo to Baghdad reported seeing ruins th ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 4 2018 - 6:53pm
- Frankenstein Meets The Mummy In Scotland Of 1,000 B.C.
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The best stuff is found in Scotland. And by 'best' I mean weirdest, like haggis, caber-tossing and 3,000-year-old mummies that turn out to be Frankenstein monsters. Well, at least we know the ancient Celts weren't anti-science. I mean, they ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 10 2012 - 11:11pm
- Giant Neo-Hittite Human Sculpture Found In Turkey
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A giant human sculpture has been unearthed at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in southeastern Turkey. The head and torso of the human figure is intact to just above its waist and stands approximately 5 feet tall, so it likely had a tota ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2012 - 2:28pm
- Ancient Nature: Using Poison To Kill 44,000 Years Ago
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Man has been killing man and beast since whatever critter of common descent crawled out of the primordial ooze. And likely before, there's just no way to know it. But some things can be known and one of them is this; you don't manufacture poison ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 30 2012 - 5:00pm
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