Ancient History

Why can’t we find traces of highly developed civilizations that lived before man?

If we say we are not the first civilization on Earth, that's definitely not a ground breaking statement. However, what…

3 years ago

What happens if the ancient gods (assuming their existence) decide to return to Earth? Would historians become Believers even if they find an ancient spacecraft?

What could happen if representatives of civilization (subject to their real existence) return to Earth, which people called gods in…

4 years ago

Prototype For Noah’s Ark Was Round Per 4,000-Year-Old Tablet

So might there be some truth the the biblical story of Noah, his ark and the animals entering two by…

12 years ago

Ancient Magician’s Curse Tablet Discovered In Jerusalem

Via Live Science, what used to occur before people hired attorneys: A lead curse tablet, dating back around 1,700 years…

12 years ago

The First Ancient Human Artists Were Women

Did women invent art? National Geographic reports: Women made most of the oldest-known cave art paintings, suggests a new analysis…

12 years ago

Is This What The Proto-Indo-European Language Spoken 6,000 Years Ago Sounded Like?

It sounds like the Satanic incantations hidden in the fadeout of Beatles album. io9 writes: Linguists have recently reconstructed what…

12 years ago

Ancient Egyptian Sphinx Mysteriously Unearthed In Israel

Things not where they are supposed to be? Historical strangeness via CNN: A recent discovery of part of a 4,000-year-old…

12 years ago

5,000-Year-Old Egyptian Jewelry’s Materials Came From Outer Space

The International Business Times reports on the interplanetary origins of ancient human culture: A set of funeral beads which could…

12 years ago

Kazakhstan To Rebury Ancient Warlord, Fearing Curse

Call the reburial a case of superstition triumphing over rationality, but, frankly, the Golden Man gives me the creeps too.…

12 years ago

Does Moore’s Law Imply That That Life On Earth Arrived From Elsewhere?

The MIT Technology Review writes that earthly lifeforms appear to have 10 billion years’ worth of complexity, yet our planet…

12 years ago

Researchers Believe Greek Myth Of Hades Is Based On Real-Life Ancient Underground River-Cave Community Where Corpses Were Sent

Do not go here alone after dark. Live Sciencewrites: A giant cave that might have helped serve as the inspiration…

13 years ago