The Fallen Carved Stone of Baalbek: A 19th-Century Photograph’s Enigma
A 19th-century photograph of a massive, intricately carved stone block from the Baalbek temple complex in Lebanon has sparked intrigue and debate among historians and …
Category: Ancient History
The Ocean’s Breath: Phytoplankton, Not Trees, as Earth’s Oxygen Powerhouse
Contrary to popular belief, trees and rainforests aren’t the main source of Earth’s breathable oxygen. Instead, microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton produce the majority, contributing …
Pont Alexandre III: Paris’s Dazzling Beaux-Arts Masterpiece
Completed in 1900, the Pont Alexandre III bridge is a breathtaking icon of Paris’s Belle Époque, embodying the opulent Beaux-Arts architectural style. Spanning the Seine …
The Tasmanian Tiger: A Lost Legend in Art and Memory
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), a striped marsupial predator once native to Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Guinea, is immortalized in two poignant …
The Coso Artifact: A Spark Plug in Time?
Discovered on February 13, 1961, by Mike Mikesell, Wallace Lane, and Virginia Maxey near Olancha, California, in the Coso Mountains, the Coso Artifact is a …
Vaile Mansion: A Victorian Gem with a Haunted Legacy
Nestled at 1500 North Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri, the Vaile Mansion, completed in 1881, stands as a masterpiece of Second Empire Victorian architecture. Built …
The Old Man of Hoy: Scotland’s Towering Sentinel of Time
Rising 449 feet (137 meters) above the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth, the Old Man of Hoy is a dramatic sea stack on the …
Defying Physics: Metastable Materials with Backward Reactions
In a stunning breakthrough, researchers from the University of Chicago and UC San Diego have discovered metastable materials that behave opposite to normal physics, challenging …
Zecharia Sitchin’s Anunnaki Theory: A Fringe Tale of Extraterrestrials and Ancient Humans
In his 1976 book The Twelfth Planet, Russian-American author Zecharia Sitchin proposed a controversial theory that the Anunnaki, deities from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, were extraterrestrials …
Newgrange: Ireland’s Ancient Marvel of Astronomy and Art
Nestled in County Meath’s Boyne Valley, Newgrange is a prehistoric passage tomb dating to around 3200 BCE, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian …