The Kummakivi Balancing Rock and its unlikely explanation in Finnish folklore
Two boulders, one of which is precariously balanced on top of the other. Was there an ancient giant behind this strange rock feature?
Ancient World
Mpuluzi Batholith: A 200-million-year-old ‘giant’ footprint discovered in South Africa
Did a giant alien race come down to live on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago? The evidence around the world says yes, giants existed. This footprint is massive in scale, about a meter and a half. And according to many, thats not human, that could be an extraterrestrial species.
Megalodon: A supershark that swam in the oceans 2.6-million-years-ago could swallow killer whales whole
It was the biggest shark to have ever swum in our seas and the largest predator the world has known.
Animal and human life may have first emerged in China – 518-million-year-old-rocks suggest
A recently published study was based on an analysis of rocks that are 518-million-years-old and contain the oldest collection of fossils that scientists currently have on record. According to the…
The lost treasure of the Copper Scroll of Qumran
While most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by Bedouins, the Copper Scroll was discovered by an archaeologist. The scroll, on two rolls of copper, was found on March 14, 1952 at the back of Cave 3 at Qumran. It was the last of 15 scrolls discovered in the cave, and is thus referred to as 3Q15.
The Cochno Stone: Could this 5000-year-old star map be evidence of a lost advanced civilization?
Archaeologists cannot confirm what is exactly depicted on the massive slab, detailing like planets and stars.
The Sumerian Planisphere: An ancient star map that remains unexplained to this day
In 2008, a cuneiform clay tablet ― that puzzled scholars for over 150 years ― was translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary…
10 mysterious locations to find the lost city of Atlantis
There have been many theories about the possible locations of the legendary lost city of Atlantis and new ones keep emerging every now and then. So, where was atlantis located?
The White City: A mysterious lost “City of the Monkey God” discovered in Honduras
The White City is a legendary lost city of ancient civilization. The Indians see it as a cursed land filled with dangerous deities, half-gods and abundant lost treasures.
The whispered stories of the Tocharian Female – the ancient Tarim Basin mummy
The Tocharian Female is a Tarim Basin mummy who lived around 1,000 BC. She was tall, with a high nose and long flaxen blond hair, perfectly preserved in ponytails. The weave of her clothing appears similar to Celtic cloth. She was around 40-year-old when she died.
