Unexplained Phenomena
Silphium: Can We Rediscover the Roman Wonder Drug?
Cure-alls are, generally speaking, never what they claim. Most medical wonder drugs are nothing of the sort, and snake oil salesmen have existed throughout history, prospering as long as there are people…
Oklo: the Impossibly Ancient Nuclear Reactors of Gabon
Nuclear power is among the most complex and advanced technologies we have developed as a species. Our fission reactors are some of the most complicated machines and systems ever built, which is…
The Beast of Set, the Unknown Creature at the Heart of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian pantheon of gods is among the most familiar to the modern world. Although perhaps not as well known as the gods of Hinduism, or the ancient Greek pantheon and their…
The Radioactive Guardian of the Egyptian Afterlife
The pyramids were old for most of Egyptian history. Of the three great kingdoms that this old and powerful civilization spawned, it was the Old Kingdom who were known as the pyramid…
Vimana: Ancient Hindu Flying Machines Hidden in Plain Sight?
Those who go looking for evidence of UFOs will often end up finding what they are looking for. In a world filled with recording devices anyone with an inbuild bias towards the…
The Battle of Shiloh, when the Injured Soldiers Glowed
It is early 1862, and Ulysses S Grant has just won two major battles. Fighting tooth and nail in Tennessee as he forced his way south in an effort to splinter the…