A brief history of Spain – part 1, The prehistory and Antiquity (until 1000 B.C.)
Prehistory of Spain – Atapuerca and human teeth In the history of Spain, one location plays a significant role. In 1976, in the hills of …
Decoding the Baghdad Battery: Ancient Artifact or Medical Marvel?
Longstanding beliefs about ancient technological and medical knowledge were placed under scrutiny when Paul T. Keyser’s published an article in the 1990s challenging the conventional …
Michelangelo’s Secret Drawing Room in Florence
Michelangelo, the renowned Italian Renaissance artist, is known for his masterful works such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David. However, he …
Inside this ‘Andean Easter Island,’ these volcanic statues are the rock stars
In the remote mountains of Colombia, South America’s largest collection of pre-Hispanic sculptures lure tourists to a remote, rugged landscape. In one of South America’s …
Phallus and the boar: Turkey digs yield clues to human history
The dry expanses of southeastern Turkey, home to some of humanity’s most ancient sites, have yielded fresh discoveries in the form of a stone phallus …
The Øresund Bridge-Tunnel
I came across this project while watching Megastructures, a programme on National Geographic. I was only 20 at the time and just started my Civil …
Elvis Presley’s 1970 Cadillac Eldorado “Guitar Car” Is For Sale On eBay
This is the 1970 Cadillac Eldorado that was modified into a “Guitar Car” for Elvis Presley by legendary custom car builder Jay Ohrberg, the seller …
The Utsuro-Bune Encounter: An Ancient UFO in Japan, or Misinterpreted Folklore?
Utsuro-Bune—which essentially means hollow ship—refers to a supposed “otherworldly encounter” of an unknown object that washed ashore the coast of Japan in the Hitachi province …
METEORITE IN AFRICA OFFERS CLUES TO VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ON MARS
NEW YORK (TIP): Examining a Martian meteorite found in Africa, scientists have uncovered evidence of at least two billion years of volcanic activity on Mars. …
No, Earth Would NOT Look Like This Without Water
The Earth would NOT look like this without water. Please stop sharing this nonsense. The widely circulating images that depict Earth without water often exaggerate …