The 16th Century Optical Illusion of Florence Cathedral’s Marble Tiles on Flat Floor
This floor is entirely flat. The remarkable 16th-century optical illusion of Florence Cathedral’s marble tiles. When seen from above, the intricate geometry creates the illusion of a…
Archaeologists find 1,000-year-old mummy in underground tomb in Peru
Archaeologists found a well-preserved mummy dating back around 1,000-800 years in an undergoing tomb, in Cajamarquilla, Peru. The researchers discovered the mummy lying in a fetal…
The Huldremose Woman: One of the best preserved and best dressed bog bodies
More than 500 bodies and skeletons were buried in the peat bogs in Denmark between 800 B.C. and A.D. 200. In 1879, Niels Hanson, a school teacher…
The Skull of Mary Magdalene
July 22 is the “Feast Day” for Mary Magdalene, so I thought it would be fitting to post various texts from different traditions. Those into “Gnosticism” like…
Admire 3 giant rocks dating back about 75 million years, located in the middle of a dense forest with strange shapes
In Bueng Kan province in the northeast of Thailand, there is a tourist attraction that visitors should not miss: the Three Whale Rocks, also known as Hin Sam Wan…
The Mystery of the Puffer Fish Helmets of Kiribati
This ceremonial headwear was a cultural touchstone before it became a colonial curiosity. One of the senior students at Rongorongo Training College in Beru, pre-1925, pH๏τographed by…
The Dropa or Dzopa Stone Discs
As humanity searches for its extraterrestrial origins since we are not from physical reality – among the enigmatic objects found along the way are the Dropa Stone…
HOW?
It’s absolutely amazing how some things are built. How did the ancients move these huge stones? How was it transported up to 200 km from the mines,…
New evidence reveals the source of mercury in the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor
Archaeological surveys in Xunyang City, in Ankang, Shaanxi province, have revealed the origins of the mercury found in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Tomb of the…
Holocaust survivor who lost his family in Auschwitz and successfully took shameful deniers to court in the 1980s after promising his father he would ‘tell what happened’ dies aged 95
A Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz before successfully taking deniers of the genocide to court in the 1980s has died aged 95. Mel Mermelstein was deported from…