T-Rex’s older cousin – the Reaper of Death
Thanatotheristes degrootorum is thought to be the oldest member of the T-Rex family.
Ancient World
The Sphinx of Balochistan: Natural phenomenon or ingenious human creation?
Some believe that it is a natural rock formation, while others claim that it is an ancient statue that was carved by an unknown civilization lost to time.
New huge Viking ship discovered by radar in Øyesletta, Norway – what is hidden beneath the ground?
Recent research using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in western Norway uncovered a Viking-era ship that had been buried beneath the ground in Øyesletta, in Kvinesdal. Along with many weapons, loot, and…
This ‘smallest dinosaur’ trapped in amber is 99 million years old, looks like it died yesterday!
The skull of an extraordinarily well preserved bird in amber from 99 million years ago, found in Burma, is the smallest dinosaur known to date. The specimen, called “Oculudentavis khaungraae“,…
The Shroud of Turin: Some interesting things you should know
According to legend, the shroud was secretly carried from Judea in AD 30 or 33, and was housed in Edessa, Turkey, and Constantinople (the name for Istanbul before the Ottomans took over) for centuries. After crusaders sacked Constantinople in AD 1204, the cloth was smuggled to safety in Athens, Greece, where it stayed until AD 1225.
Houska Castle: The tale of “the gateway to hell” is not for the faint of heart!
The Houska Castle is located in the forests north of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, which is bisected by the Vltava River. Legend has it that the…
Does Ta Prohm Temple depict a ‘domestic’ dinosaur?
According to mainstream paleontologists, dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years before the evolution of modern humans. This hasn’t prevented the theory that certain dinosaurs may have survived as relict populations…
The ‘passage to the underworld’ discovered beneath the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán’s underground world: Mexican researchers traced a cave buried 10 meters beneath the Pyramid of the Moon. They also discovered access passages to that cave, and they determined that the…
The Book of Giants describes how Nephilim lived on Earth
According to the Book of Giants, the Nephilim were unusually tall and powerful, causing chaos and destruction on Earth.
Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies
After researchers observed a definite similarity between several sea-floor inhabitants, a small-known carnivore species of the ocean has been assigned a new spot in the evolutionary tree of life.
