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70,000-year-old python cave ritual site discovered in Botswana
70,000-year-old python cave ritual site discovered in Botswana. Python Cave is located in the Sadillo Hills, Botswana Archaeologist Sheila Coulson led the study of this site The…
San trance dance rituals mirror global spiritual practices
San trance dance rituals mirror global spiritual practices. The great healing dance or trance dance is among the most widely practiced San rituals in southern Africa today Women…
San bushmen python mythology describes serpent creating rivers and life
San bushmen python mythology describes serpent creating rivers and life. The San bushmen have stories of the great python that created rivers by slithering across dry land The…
20-foot submerged Vishnu carving discovered at Angkor Borei and Phnom Da, Cambodia's largest
20-foot submerged Vishnu carving discovered at Angkor Borei and Phnom Da, Cambodia's largest. 20-foot-long submerged Vishnu carving is the largest Vishnu carving in Cambodia…
Cyclopean walls built without metal tools; purpose was privacy and display, not defense
Cyclopean walls built without metal tools; purpose was privacy and display, not defense. Cyclopean walls were built before iron/bronze age without metal tools; stones were slowly…
Egyptians focused on life and afterlife, not death itself
Egyptians focused on life and afterlife, not death itself. Egyptian tomb paintings depict everyday life activities: fishing, hunting, family time, and boating on the Nile The…
Cats were protected but not worshipped as deities in Ancient Egypt
Cats were protected but not worshipped as deities in Ancient Egypt. The goddess Bastet was depicted as a cat or lioness, representing protection, fertility, and the home Domestic…
Camels absent from Egypt until 500 BC, 2000 years after pyramids built
Camels absent from Egypt until 500 BC, 2000 years after pyramids built. Camels were not introduced to Egypt until around 500 BC By that time, the pyramids had already been…
Pyramid construction involved skilled workers, not enslaved peoples
Pyramid construction involved skilled workers, not enslaved peoples. Excavations at The Great Pyramid of Giza uncovered mastaba tombs of high-ranking nobility including pharaoh's…
Archaeoastronomer Fabio Silva presents Stonehenge lunar standstill research
Archaeoastronomer Fabio Silva presents Stonehenge lunar standstill research. Fabio Silva runs the Skyscape Academy at Bournemouth University He researches the 18.6-year lunar…
Megalithomania celebrates 20th anniversary with tribute to metrologist John Neal
Megalithomania celebrates 20th anniversary with tribute to metrologist John Neal. John Neal (Nosha) passed away in August 2024 He was the world's leading expert on ancient…
Critiques: Ramps unverified, model oversimplifies pyramid structure
Critiques: Ramps unverified, model oversimplifies pyramid structure. The proposed ramps may never be testable because in the model they were back-filled with limestone The model…
Scan Pyramids North Face Corridor aligns with proposed ramp system
Scan Pyramids North Face Corridor aligns with proposed ramp system. The North Face Corridor discovered by the Scan Pyramids mission aligns with one of the ramps proposed in the…
New paper proposes Integrated Edge-Ramp System for Great Pyramid construction
New paper proposes Integrated Edge-Ramp System for Great Pyramid construction. Vicente Luis Rosell Roig published a new paper in NPJ Heritage Science journal proposing an…
Massive 200-acre Tell el-Rub'a site reveals huge granite shrine
Massive 200-acre Tell el-Rub'a site reveals huge granite shrine. Site covers approximately 200-300 acres Features massive single-piece granite shrine/box approximately 7-8 meters…
KV5 tomb in Valley of Kings shows evidence of multiple catastrophic floods
KV5 tomb in Valley of Kings shows evidence of multiple catastrophic floods. KV5 is one of the largest tombs in Valley of the Kings with 120 chambers Tomb suffered multiple flood…
Ancient road of petrified wood and basalt discovered in Faiyum
Ancient road of petrified wood and basalt discovered in Faiyum. Ancient road constructed from limestone base topped with basalt and petrified wood Road extends from basalt quarry…
Bohaterom Powstania 1863 Fr. Nullo reveals catastrophic extinction event with whale fossils
Bohaterom Powstania 1863 Fr. Nullo reveals catastrophic extinction event with whale fossils. Petrified forest contains hundreds of massive 40-million-year-old tree logs Logs…
Grand Gallery construction reveals tilted architecture and potential voids
Grand Gallery construction reveals tilted architecture and potential voids. Grand Gallery has all masonry tilted at same angle as chamber itself Bottom two courses are not…
10,000-year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site found at Mount Sinai
10,000-year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site found at Mount Sinai. Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site documented at Mount Sinai (Mount Moses) area PPNA site is approximately 10,000…
Queen's Chamber floor in Great Pyramid shows unexplained sockets
Queen's Chamber floor in Great Pyramid shows unexplained sockets. Queen's Chamber floor contains multiple unexplained sockets Floor likely had additional stone layer (possibly…
Faiyum region shows ancient lake levels 12-18m higher during Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Faiyum region shows ancient lake levels 12-18m higher during Pre-Pottery Neolithic. Faiyum Lake was at 12-18 meters above sea level during early Holocene (8500-7000 years BP)…
Archaic Period: 20,000 Years of Human Presence in the Southwest
Archaic Period: 20,000 Years of Human Presence in the Southwest. Humans have inhabited the Southwest region for roughly 20,000 years, back to the late Pleistocene Between 5000 and…
Basketmaker II Cultural Divisions: Eastern vs Western Groups and Linguistic Origins
Basketmaker II Cultural Divisions: Eastern vs Western Groups and Linguistic Origins. Basketmaker II culture is divided into Eastern and Western groups with distinct differences…
Basketmaker III: Emergence of Villages, Kivas, and Transition to Ancestral Puebloan Culture
Basketmaker III: Emergence of Villages, Kivas, and Transition to Ancestral Puebloan Culture. Basketmaker III period began at approximately 500 CE Full sedentary villages emerged…
Basketmaker II Agriculture: Maize Domestication and Introduction of Squashes, Beans, Turkeys
Basketmaker II Agriculture: Maize Domestication and Introduction of Squashes, Beans, Turkeys. Carbon-13 isotope ratios show EAP diets lacked maize; by Basketmaker II period,…
Maize Arrival: Domestication in Mexico and Spread to Southwest by 2400-1900 BCE
Maize Arrival: Domestication in Mexico and Spread to Southwest by 2400-1900 BCE. Maize was domesticated in Mexico around 7000 BCE from the teosinte plant, likely in the Balsas…
Basalt Pyrammidion: 4.5-Ton Capstone Found 1900, Likely Never Installed
Basalt Pyrammidion: 4.5-Ton Capstone Found 1900, Likely Never Installed. Basalt pyrammidion (capstone) housed in Cairo Museum Found nearby the Black Pyramid in 1900 by Gaston…
Black Pyramid at Dashur: Mud-Brick Middle Kingdom Monument Built circa 1850 BC
Black Pyramid at Dashur: Mud-Brick Middle Kingdom Monument Built circa 1850 BC. Black Pyramid located at Dashur, 21 km south of Giza Plateau Attributed to Pharaoh Amenemhat III of…
Excavation History: De Morgan's 1892 Tunnels and Arnold's 1980s Completion
Excavation History: De Morgan's 1892 Tunnels and Arnold's 1980s Completion. Jacquès de Morgan first excavated the site in 1892 De Morgan dug over 200 meters of tunnels over 100…
Granite Boxes with Sliding Lids Found in Queen's and King's Apartments
Granite Boxes with Sliding Lids Found in Queen's and King's Apartments. Multiple granite boxes found in chambers beneath the pyramid First box examined features palace facade…
Alabaster Kopic Box Found Intact: Precise Burial Container Still In Situ
Alabaster Kopic Box Found Intact: Precise Burial Container Still In Situ. Alabaster kopic box found still in place beneath the Black Pyramid Box meant to hold several alabaster…
Tomb Theory Challenged: Granite Plug Blocks Prevented King Burial Access
Tomb Theory Challenged: Granite Plug Blocks Prevented King Burial Access. Granite plug blocks currently in place could not have allowed king burial procession Blocks too large to…
Structural Collapse: Mud Brick Weight Causing Substructure Instability
Structural Collapse: Mud Brick Weight Causing Substructure Instability. Poor quality limestone bedrock beneath the pyramid Weight of mud brick pyramid pressing down and slowly…
Subterranean Design Built for Humans: Wide Passages with Stairs
Subterranean Design Built for Humans: Wide Passages with Stairs. Descending passage designed for upright walking with stairs cut into floor Contrasts sharply with megalithic stone…
Recurring cycle of radar claims without follow-up excavation
Recurring cycle of radar claims without follow-up excavation. The same pattern has repeated multiple times over decades with different technologies Scans are relatively…
35m circular water basin temple discovered at Pelusium with 8 centuries of use
35m circular water basin temple discovered at Pelusium with 8 centuries of use. 35m diameter circular structure discovered at Pelusium in North Sinai Structure is a water basin…
Pelusium's historical battles and biblical connection in Ezekiel
Pelusium's historical battles and biblical connection in Ezekiel. Battle of Pelusium in 525 BC transferred throne of pharaohs to Persian King Cambyses II City attacked and taken…
Oval bentwood casket made of ash wood held immortality therapylost_civilization
Oval bentwood casket made of ash wood held immortality therapy. Idunn stores her therapy in a casket called an 'esk' or eski—oval bentwood box Construction uses thin steamed…
Idunn provides immortality therapy to Norse gods in Snorri's Edda
Idunn provides immortality therapy to Norse gods in Snorri's Edda. Idunn (Old Norse: Iðunn) is the goddess who provides 'immortality therapy' to the Aesir gods The Norse word…
Genetic suppressor genes block human regeneration capacity
Genetic suppressor genes block human regeneration capacity. Humans have suppressor genes that prevent limb and tissue regeneration The body has innate capability to regenerate…
Sun traveling at 220 km/s causes planetary trailing motion
Sun traveling at 220 km/s causes planetary trailing motion. The Sun travels through space at approximately 220 km/s Planets trail behind the Sun in a long line rather than…
Younger Dryas impact theory involves comet fragmentation
Younger Dryas impact theory involves comet fragmentation. Younger Dryas impact event occurred approximately 12,800 years ago Multiple theories exist: comet impact, solar flare, or…
Gunung Padang Megalithic Site construction phases dated to 16,000-27,000 years old
Gunung Padang Megalithic Site construction phases dated to 16,000-27,000 years old. Unit 3 dates to 16,000-27,000 years old, making it the oldest construction phase Unit 2 dates…
Evidence confirms man-made construction over natural geology
Evidence confirms man-made construction over natural geology. Columnar joint rocks are arranged parallel to bedding planes, inconsistent with natural vertical formation Natural…
Underground chambers discovered at 20-50 meters depth
Underground chambers discovered at 20-50 meters depth. Chamber dimensions measured approximately 10m by 5m at 20-30m depth Two levels of chambers discovered - an upper chamber at…
Younger Dryas: Catastrophic rapid cooling event 12,900 years ago
Younger Dryas: Catastrophic rapid cooling event 12,900 years ago. The Younger Dryas was not an isolated event; there were events leading up to and following it that were collected…
Willie Dansgaard pioneered ice core climate research using oxygen isotopes
Willie Dansgaard pioneered ice core climate research using oxygen isotopes. Willie Dansgaard (1922-2011) was a Danish paleoclimatologist and professor emeritus of geophysics at…
Great Basin lakes: Lake Bonneville was 1,000 feet deep, shrunk dramatically in Younger Dryas
Great Basin lakes: Lake Bonneville was 1,000 feet deep, shrunk dramatically in Younger Dryas. Lake Bonneville, the largest of the Great Basin lakes, was nearly a thousand feet…
1960 paper first documented abrupt global climate shift 11,000 radiocarbon years ago
1960 paper first documented abrupt global climate shift 11,000 radiocarbon years ago. The paper 'Evidence for an Abrupt Change in Climate Close to 11,000 Years Ago' by Ewing,…
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