Poor old Colonel Fawcett. All his life he searched for his lost city: Years of trudging through the “green desert” of Amazonia. Ticks, mites, snakes, tarantulas and pihranas. by Martin Harris One century on and all Fawcett would have to do is download Google Earth and sit back with a […]
Archaeology
A jaw-dropping example of Ice Age architecture has been unearthed on Russia’s forest steppe: a huge, circular structure built with the bones of at least 60 woolly mammoths. Brian HandwerkSmithsonianMon, 16 Mar 2020 12:00 UTC But exactly why hunter-gatherers enduring the frigid realities of life 25,000 years ago would construct […]
The legends of red-haired giants seem almost global, and just as here in New Zealand, much of the controversial evidence is hushed up in the US. Watch this excellent presentation and be sure to check out Sepher’s other videos. MH Atlantean Gardens Throughout the history of North America, tales abound […]
No, not New Zealand! Tolkein set his fictional Middle Earth in the area we now call Northern Europe, in a land now long vanished, but once filled with different races and cultures, gigantic pachyderms, wolves, bears and saber-toothed monsters. Incredibly, such a place did exist, it is known as Doggerland, […]
Read the following article and “new” theory carefully. Read between the lines. But first here’s my thoughts: This subject is something I’ve encountered before with regards to many ancient civilisations. Climate change (usually cooling) is linked to a downfall. This has nothing to do with human induced climate change and […]
Natural, artificial,or a bit of both? The RT article is somewhat ambiguous on the matter, but be assured we will be following this news closely: We love Antarctica mysteries! MH RTThu, 12 Sep 2019 12:34 UTC Polar explorers have discovered a monumental “lost” ice cave with three floors, a giant […]
A civilisation with no fortifications that survived by peaceful co-operation? So what killed them off? New research sheds light on an enduring mystery. NZ readers may spot the Kiwi connection in this article. MH Aslin IrwinHorizonThu, 11 Jul 2019 15:40 UTC © Bs0u10e01, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0The Ġgantija temples […]
Guaranteed to make Ancient Technology buffs smile! Story says the ancient Egyptians used wooden rollers and sleds. Maybe with a “small” sphinx. But it wouldn’t explain how the Giza Pyramids were built! I’m guessing this story will have the spirit of Imhotep will chuckling from his abode in the Duat! […]
Here’s an archaeological puzzle I had never heard of before (and I thought I knew it all!). Brett Swancer of the excellent resource Mysterious Universe tells us more, plus some excellent video footage. Martin H Brent Swancer May 24, 2019 The villages of Longyou County, in Zhejiang province, China, have […]
Yet more evidence that abrupt changes in climate are nothing new. There is evidence of huge settlements hidden in the jungles of South America, and clearly the population went into rapid decline. New research sheds light on climate change as the likely reason. MH University College LondonPhys.orgThu, 09 May 2019 […]