Mystery of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mother Has Been Solved
(She) was a peasant fallen on bad times, and you cannot be much lower in the social pile than that. To be a 16-year-old with an illegitimate son and no house was about as bad as it gets. “She” did at...
View ArticleScientists Claim Europe Was the Birthplace of Mankind, Not Africa
Scientists claim Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa. Scientists now have new claims about the true origin of our species and evolutionary history. Most experts have believed for quite...
View ArticleMysterious Neolithic Carvings Only Appear in Moonlight
Every good horror novelist and filmmaker knows that things look differently in the moonlight. A recent discovery in England suggests this technique is far from new. An archeologist studying the...
View ArticleEltz Castle: A Majestic Medieval Pile Owned by the Same Family for 800 Years
Eltz Castle is a majestic castle situated on the top of a rock within a small wooded valley in Germany. Be it through luck or strategy, the castle has been mostly spared from the ravages of war. Apart...
View ArticleYears Before Columbus: Leif Erikson, His Life and His Voyage of Adventure to...
Many people still believe that the person who “discovered” America was Christopher Columbus, forgetting the fact that there were already indigenous people living there. An additional fact that is often...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Adventures of Vainamoinen: Finnish Hero, Wizard, Shaman, and God
Väinämöinen is an important figure in Finnish folklore, and has been variously referred to as a hero, a wizard, a shaman, and a god. More importantly, this benevolent character is the primary...
View ArticleScientists resolve myth about the identity of the Dark Countess
Marie-Thérèse in Vienna in 1796 soon after her exile from France. Image from Wikipedia. The Countess and the Princess In 1807 an enigmatic couple arrived in the village of Hildburghausen in Central...
View ArticleMan Claims Bosnian Boulder is World’s Oldest Man-Made Sphere
A man who some people call the ‘Bosnian Indiana Jones’ claims he found the world’s oldest man-made sphere, which looks suspiciously like the boulder that rolled behind Doctor Jones in Raiders of the...
View ArticleCelestial Maps of Gegham Mountain: The Unique Rock Art of Armenia
In the volcanic Gegham and Vardenis Mountains of Armenia, architect Suren Petrosyan discovered unique and mysterious astrological rock art paintings. Experts have different opinions on the creation...
View ArticleDid This Ancient Explorer Make It to The Arctic In 325 BC?
An explorer in the Arctic by Andreas Kornerup ( CC by SA 2.0 ) The first arctic explorer isn’t who you think. More than 2,300 years ago, Pytheas of Massalia traveled to the Arctic Circle and back –...
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