A YouTube video of a retired construction worker who has worked out how to move very large blocks of
...ancient history
How to move mountains - or at the very least 19,000 lb rocks - by yourself
Early sketch of Stonehenge found
The earliest known sketch of Stonehenge found in a 15th century manuscript
Ancient African Texts Document Fantastic Written History
150,000 brittle manuscripts, with more yet to be discovered, show a golden age in Timbuktu; scripts
...What's More Valuable than gold? Shoelace tags, apparently
A British study finds the device that prevents shoelaces from fraying was more valuable than gold to
...Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project
Phase one of the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project (AHOB) discovered people were here 200,
...2500 year old mummy found in... Mongolia
Mummy has blond hair, tattoos and a felt hat.
Ancient Flowers found in Egyptian coffin
A sarcophagus found in the famous Valley of the Kings has revealed desiccated flower garlands "never
...A simple oil patch survey may change Canadian pre-history
Each hole in the now world-class site sheds new light on Alberta's — and Canada's — past. And wi
...World's oldest astronomy computer
The size of a shoebox, a mysterious bronze device scooped out of a Roman-era shipwreck at the dawn
...Chinese in Cape Breton, Canada?
I'd love to see reader comments on this: A former Yale University professor has written a book claim
...Ancient astronomical observatories - as seen from space
In one of history's nice ironies, we have turned our space-based observatories toward earth to photo
...English, Welsh, two genetically different people
Gene scientists claim to have found proof that the Welsh are the "true" Britons.
'Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil
Archaeologists discovered a pre-colonial astrological observatory possibly 2,000 years old in the Am
...The Decline and Fall of the Roman Myth
It is a familiar story, and it’s codswallop.
The light of reason and civilisation was almost sn
...100 new geoglyphs in Peru
Peru's Nasca plateau is apparently home to at least 100 more geoglyphs - drawings visible only from
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