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- Temple of the Inscriptions
A cut-away drawing of the front elevation of the structure shows...
- Cuneiform Tablets
Uncovered in the debris of the Treasury in ancient Iraq...
- Beautiful Neolithic carvings
Ancient carvings contain astronomical symbolism...
- Intriguing rings of stone
The largest ring is the most enigmatic, for no cycle based on 43 is known from Mesoamerica.
- Phaistos Disc
The disc of Phaistos is the most important example of hieroglyphic...
- Mayan calendar
As the king stands at the top of the main pyramid of Zempoala...
- Native American Astronomy
The Anasazi were a mysterious people who...
- Fuente Magna and the Monolith of Pokotia
Rosetta Stone of the Americas...
- Nasca Lines
Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world.
- Tiahuanaco
This is another 'temple area' with many finely cut stones some weighing over 100 tonnes.
- Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo is a massive citadel located 50 kilometers from Machu Picchu.
- Search for Noah's Ark
Expedition would target Mount Ararat this summer...
- UFO's over IRAN
Lately there have been a number of sightings in Iran...
- Ancient city of Babylon under threat
Iraq's ancient city of Babylon, is being damaged by foreign forces...
- Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones
The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon
- Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones
The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon
- The 12,000 Yr. Old Dropa Stones
The Dropas came down from the clouds in their aircraft...
- Top 10 Ancient Civilizations With Advanced Technology
A personal friend of mine, maverick archeologist David Hatcher Childress has taken many incredible journeys...
- Mystery Stones
One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica...
- Underground UFO bases in China
China and India both know about underground UFO base in the Himalayan border area deep into the tectonic plates
- India to annouce UFO's are REAL
India may be the first country to explain to the world about extra-terrestrial and UFO contacts – the secret debate is on
- The Case of the French Astronomer
In ancient Sumer the highlight of the New Year celebration was the public reading of Enuma Elish, the “Epic of Creation.”
- Lost City Found?
The deadly tsunami could have uncovered the remains of an ancient port city off the coast in southern India..
- Collapse of Societies?
From Easter Island to Iraq - to Western World?
- Man & Dinosaur Tracks Together
Human and Dinosaur tracks preserved together...
- Ancient Egyptian Electricity
Ancient Man possessed a much greater knowledge than our schoolbook science is willing to accept...
- Stolen Artifacts from Iraq
Archaeological sites in southern Iraq have been systematically looted for over two years...
- Ancient civilization achieved incredible technological progress 40 centuries ago
Scientists discovered mysterious circles on the area of the ancient Russian town of Arkaim, which is the same age with Egypt and Babylon
- The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts
Over the last few hundred years, many perplexing artifacts have been unearthed that do not fit the currently excepted theories of geology and the history of man.
- Precision of the Egyptian Pyramids
The precision with which the Pyramid of Khufu (the Great Pyramid) was executed is often the source of marvel and speculation.
- Precision in Ancient Architecture
Many ancient ruins have a special regard for celestial bodies and mathematics, but also spot-on accuracy
- Italians find ancient Ur tablets
Italian archeologists working in Iraq have found a trove of ancient stone tablets...
- Massive New Pyramid Found
Pyramid presents religious quandary for suburban Mexicans
- NASA hacker finds UFO Cover Up
He says he spent two years looking for photographic evidence of alien spacecraft and advanced power technology
- Mexican monolith could change history
A carved monolith unearthed in Mexico may show that the Olmec civilization...
- Stepping back (20,000 years) in time
Ancient footprints at an Australian dry lake
- Pyramids in China
The "White Pyramid" discovered
- Ancient Band of Holes Found in Peru
Thousands of man-sized holes are carved into the barren rock near Pisco Valley, Peru on a plain called Cajamarquilla.
- Ancient Astronomers of Chichen-Itza, Mexico
The Maya were expert sky-watchers, careful observers of the motions of the celestial bodies.
- Neanderthal DNA secrets unlocked
A genetic breakthrough could help clear up some...
- Alien Writings and Symbols
Symbols were found in the Mediterranean and in Glozel, in France...
- Sumer Civilization Found in Syria
An excavation project has uncovered an ancient settlement wiped out 5,500 years ago
- Out of this world solution to a Scottish standing stone
THE NEWTON stone is a small, rather unassuming pillar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Secret Chamber in Pyramid Explored
Sending a robot deep inside Egypt's largest Khufu pyramid
- Meteorite yields life origin clue
Details of the work by Nasa scientists are published in the journal Science
- Invention of Writing - Sumer
The first identifiable written language is Sumerian
- Ancient Pyramid Discovered
Built by the same ancient people who constructed the Teotihuacan complex
- Planet-detector nears its launch
The hunt for Earth-like planets is to be stepped-up as a new mission prepares for launch
- Chichén Itzá - Ancient Mexico
Mayan culture, late classic, 11-13th A.D.
- Egypt's sunken treasures
Treasure hunters have long scoured the Egyptian coast ...
- Telescope Picks Up Universe's First Objects
An Australian astrophysicist, Ray Norris, said the NASA team may have found "the holy grail" of astronomy.
- What is NASA Looking For?
The planet Mars is back in the news...
- Incan civilization was a technological marvel
When the Spanish conquistadors arrived...
- War Comes to the "Landing Place"
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a text found inscribed on clay tablets...
- Ancient Walls of Sacsahuaman
This fortress surpasses the seven wonders of the world
- Scientists find Extraterrestrial genes in Human DNA
Do civilizations of advanced human beings exist scattered in the Galaxy?
- Extraterrestrial intervention on Human Society
The origins of humankind and the emergence of civilization...
- Pyramids NOT built in 2,500 B.C.
A striking characteristic of the pyramids and Sphinx of Giza...
- First cuneiform inscription of Rabat Tepe 2 discovered
A team of archaeologists working at the ancient mound said that the inscription may be in the Assyrian language
- Hunt for ancient medicine secrets
British scientists are helping uncover the secrets of medicines used by the ancient Egyptians 5,000 years ago
- Nasa hacker's appeal begins
Gary McKinnon, accused of breaking into and damaging Nasa's computers began his appeal against extradition to the US on Tuesday
- Leisure Time in Ancient Egypt
The phrase 'Ancient Egypt' always conjures up pictures of pyramids being built by thousands of slaves
- Fossil Hunting on Mars
Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies
- Cuneiform tablet with the Atrahasis Epic
The story outlines the structure of the universe according to Babylonian beliefs
- Mystery of Great Pyramid
A French architect claims to have solved the mystery of how Egypt's Great Pyramid was built...
- New NASA space telescope
NASA's Largest Space Telescope Mirror Will See Deeper Into Space
- Mystery Solved: Mars Had Large Oceans
This really confirms that there was an ocean on Mars...
- Cave Dwellings Found On Mars
New startling features for the possibility of Life on Mars...
- War Comes to the "Landing Place"
Ancient landing place of the Anunnaki, before the great flood
- NASA to Search Files on UFO Incident
NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania
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The footprints running through a valley in a desert in northern Mexico could be among the oldest in the Americas, Mexican archeologists said.
The footprints were made by hunter gatherers who are believed to have lived thousands of years ago in the Coahuila valley of Cuatro Cienegas, 190 miles south of Eagle Pass, Texas, said archaeologist Yuri de la Rosa Gutierrez of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
"We believe (the footprints) are between 10,000 and 15,000 years old," De la Rosa said in a news release Wednesday. "We have evidence of the presence of hunter gatherers in the Coahuila desert more than 10,000 years ago."
De la Rosa said there have only been initial tests to find the age of the prints and more tests will be carried out both in Mexico and at a laboratory in Bristol in Great Britain.
The oldest discovered footprints in the Western hemisphere are in Chile, and are believed to be 13,000 years old. There 6,000-year old footprints in the U.S. state of California, in Brazil and in Nicaragua.
The age of the Mexican footprints is dwarfed by those found in Africa. The oldest known hominid foot marks are in Laetoli, in Tanzania, and are believed to have been made 3.5 million years ago.
The Cuatro Cienegas footprints were discovered in May embedded in a white rock called travertine, it said in the news release.
Each footprint is 10 inches long and under an inch deep. They spread over a distance of 30 feet.
It is likely they were imprinted in mud and preserved by some rapid change in the environment, said Arturo Gonzalez, director of the Desert Museum, in the Coahuila state capital of Saltillo.
"There must have been a natural phenomenon to rapidly cover them so they were not rubbed out and were perfectly preserved," Gonzalez said.
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