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- Tale of Tiamat / Earth
Cuneiform tablet telling the Epic of Creation
- Sumerian Astronomy
Cuneiform tablet with observations of Venus
- Sumerian God coming to Earth
The rock at Behistun, western Iran, showing inscriptions that led to the decipherment of cuneiform.
- Mars-Earth Connection
Frame 35A72 was taken by the Mars orbiting Viking craft in 1976
- Ancient Airplanes
Flight has been the dream of humankind...
- The Piri Reis map
In 1929, a group of historians found an amazing map...
- Ancient Greek Computer
In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found...
- Sumerian 12 Houses of the Zodiac
Kassite dynasty, about 1125-1100 BC
Probably from southern Iraq
- 'Lost' Avebury stones discovered
An arc of buried megaliths that once formed...
- Ancient Pyramids
Pyramids, Platforms, Dolmens and Mounds
- Early depiction of the Wheel
Persian, 5th-4th century BC
Said to have been found in a tomb at Thebes, Egypt
- Ancient Megalithic Stones
Near the modern city of Baalbek in Lebanon...
- Ancient Measuring Devices
Aztec Calender Stone used by ancient peoples...
- Ancient Cities May Predate Mesopotamia
Archaeologist Graham Hancock has been examining...
- Saddam, Planet X, and Iraqi Roswell..
Saddam Hussein has been captured alive in Iraq...
- The Finaeus map
Found in the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 1960
- "Planet X" - Past and Present
Some of the latest advances in Space Science imaging...
- 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...
- 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...
- Ancient footprints found in Mexico valley
Believed to be between 10,000 and 15,000 years old
- 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...
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One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons. Almost all of them are made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone. These objects are monolithic sculptures made by human hands.
The spheres number over 300. The large ones weigh many tons. Today, they decorate official buildings such as the Asamblea Legislativa, hospitals and schools. You can find them in museums. You can also find them as ubiquitous status symbols adorning the homes and gardens of the rich and powerful.
The stones may have come from the bed of the Térraba River, to where they were transported by natural processes from sources of parent material in the Talamanca mountains. Unfinished spheres were never found. Like the monoliths of the Old World, the Costa Rican quarry was more than 50 miles away from the final resting place of these mysteries. |