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The Ruler of the Nile and Daughter of Gods…
We love her, but do we know her? The Mysterious Disappearance of Nefertiti, Ruler of the Nile by April Holloway (Ancient Origins) “The Mysterious Disappearance of Nefertiti, Ruler of the Nile...
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Mushroom Mandrakes?
Don’t they remind you of little witch’s mandrakes? Human-Shaped Species Of Mushroom Discovered In UK by Stephen Luntz “It’s amazing what is right under our noses without being noticed. A species...
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New Scientific Study of Near Death Experience…
We have a close friend who experienced an NDE — his account is so sincere and so vivid, there is no doubt in our minds that this phenomenon exists… First hint of ‘life after death’ in biggest...
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Who made the oldest stone tools on record?
Civilization is very, very ancient indeed. But did it start with humans, or someone much older? Oldest stone tools raise questions about their creators The 3.3-million-year-old implements predate the...
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Chickens Grow Dinosaur Snouts In The Lab
Chickens with dino snouts. What will they think of next? Chicken Grows Face of Dinosaur by Melissa Hogenboom (Earth Blog – BBC) A chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak has been...
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What Vampire Graves Tell Us…
Who doesn’t enjoy a morbid love of vampires? And who doesn’t love the history of vampires even more? What Vampire Graves Tell Us About Ancient Superstitions Hundreds of years ago, ignorance...
View ArticleThe Magical Golden Pyramid of Lake County
Did this man tap into ancient pyramid power, or is this just a coincidence? This Man Built A Gold Pyramid Home in Illinois and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next (Disclose TV) “Jim Onan was a man...
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Would you spend ten days in a mad-house so you could write about it?
Nellie Bly did — and who was this Nellie Bly? She was the brave woman who wrote Ten Days in a Mad-House, which you may read in its entirety online, starting here, below… From Wikipedia: Nellie Bly...
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The oldest piece of jewelry ever discovered?
From the Denisova Cave, the oldest piece of jewelry ever discovered… Possibly. It’s certainly food for thought… 40,000-Year-Old Bracelet Made With Advanced Technology — the Evidence (Humans Are...
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The Tesla Interview Hidden For 116 Years
With the Tesla company so much in the news lately, it’s a relief that Tesla (the man) is also finally being recognized in the mainstream for the genius and visionary that he was. P.S. Everything is...
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Keeping Up With The Real-Life Indiana Joneses…
Indiana Jones is fictional, but throughout history there have been several adventuresome archaeologists in his magnificent image — here’s a few of them and their stories… 7 Archaeologists Who Were...
View ArticleTime is not the same everywhere…
A little bit of wonderment (and science) about time. Dear readers, you will LOVE THIS. Share
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Mummified noblewoman buried with her love’s heart
A mummified lover with her husband’s heart placed with her in the grave…This is the stuff of novels. Mummified noblewoman kept her husband’s heart in a lead locket (New Scientist) “It’s rare to...
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Portraits of madwomen
Each one of them could be a character in their own tragic novel… Documenting madness: Female patients of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum (Dangerous Minds) “Among the early pioneers of...
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The Bodleian Library: Six reasons it’s the most magical.
Here’s the place to build brick by brick and book by book in your mind’s eye for those moments when you need to curl up in the most magical library on earth…Or you could hop on a plane! 6 Reasons...
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P.S. Reality doesn’t exist until we measure it.
We are constantly both amused and amazed by the fact that reality is consistently proving to be even more magical than magic. As science progresses, the schism between the known and the unknown, the...
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Burial mounds, chapels…Stonehenge is more than just stone.
In case you missed this before, or did not have a chance to see the pictures, here’s a bit on those discoveries made at Stonehenge last year. (Not that we mystery-minded folks were ever all that...
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A Second Earth?
New discovery – a very earth-like planet found orbiting almost an exact clone of the Sun… Say Hello To Earth 2.0! Historic Kepler Discovery Suggests We Are Not Alone July 22, 2015 | by Jonathan...
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Mysteries of the sensation of emotion…
When writing, authors find that it can be tempting to describe the feelings of our characters with a cliche such as “her heart dropped.” Why is such an odd statement something that makes so much sense...
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News of the very VERY old
We love it when they find the really ancient stuff… Archaeologists uncover human settlement dated to the dawn of civilization from Popular Archaeology In Turkey, the excavation of a small ancient...
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