Throughout the history of the world different people such as kings, emperors and their advisors have held all the power in their hands, and they would organize social events to show everyone just how much power they possessed. And alongside Read More …
The language of secret symbols has always hidden alchemy from the curiosity of the uninitiated. We still do not actually know alchemy’s true nature: for some it is the making of gold from other metals, for others – finding the Read More …
For more than a few centuries now, throughout whole Europe, archaeologists find strange stone tools which look like well faceted discs with a hole in the center. The diameter of the discs is usually between 11 and 19 cm (4.3-7.4 Read More …
The circular temple of Cuicuilco is the oldest construction of such large scale in central Mexico. The settlement is at least 3400 years old. The site is not as impressive as some of the other Mexican pyramids, but it is Read More …
Thirty years ago, French explorer, Michel Peissel who is known as the founder of the source of Mekong River, went deep in the inaccessible forests of Tibet and the neighboring province of Sichuan. In the Himalayan valleys, close to the Read More …
In the 30s, a group of researchers discovered the isolated, indigenous Senoi tribe in a mountain area in Malaysia. The Senoi have a unique understanding of dreams and dreaming, which is believed to be the key for maintaining a happy Read More …
British researchers have carried out radar scan on the famous dramatist William Shakespeare’s grave which is located in the English town of Stratford upon Avon. The procedure coincides with the 400th anniversary of the great poet’s death. Scanning of the Read More …
Sariesik-Atyrau Desert occupies the center of the Balkhash-Alakul depression (Kazakhstan), south of the Balkhash Lake, between the Ili and Karatal rivers. The area was inhabited between the 9th and 12th centuries by tribes who used the grasslands scattered throughout the Read More …
A witty Scotsman, called Gregor MacGregor made his fortune not by selling real things, but imaginary land that didn’t belong to anyone. In the late 18th century, MacGregor managed to convince hundreds of wealthy investors that he was the “Cacique” Read More …
An unexpected furor was caused by the exhibition in New York, “The Lost World of Old Europe”, wrote the New York Times. Long before the flourishing of Greece and Rome, even earlier than the first cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt, Read More …
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