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Month: August 2024

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An example tablet from the Michigan Relics, including crude and inaccurate representations of Egyptian headwear. Source: James E. Talmage / Public Domain.
16 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

The Michigan Relics, and the Greatest Fraud in American History

The year is 1890, and James O. Scotford of Edmore, Michigan, is about to make an astonishing claim. Scotford reveals to the world his “discoveries”: a series of relics including a cup…

The veneration of skulls is known from other ancient sites such as Jericho, but Tell Qaramel appear to be the earliest, and the site may have much to tell us about the development of human culture. Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
14 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

Tell Qaramel and the Neolithic Cult of Severed Heads

Some would argue that human history begins in detail with the Iron Age. Although records survive in some particular locations from the earlier Bronze Age and there is much archaeology to pick…

The Cave of Hebron today. Do the Biblical Patriarchs truly lie buried beneath? Source: Djampa / CC BY-SA 4.0.
13 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

The Cave of Hebron: Tomb of the Patriarchs?

The first books of the Bible are deeply intriguing for those inclined to try to pick apart history from mythology. For many, the key issue is simply where to draw the line. …

It is theorized that the mastaba tombs which surround the earliest Egyptian pyramids, including those at Giza, may be designed to contain deadly radioactive uranium. Source: MagisterDawn / CC BY 3.0.
12 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

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…

The Gyrojet, one of the great what-if moments in firearm innovation. Source: Joe Loong / CC BY-SA 2.0.
9 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

The Gyrojet: A Science Fiction Fantasy from the 1960s

The history of firearms is, to an extent, one of hard-won incremental improvements with the occasional quantum leap in technology. While there have been such moments of brilliance in design conception, they…

A smaller example of a vimana known as “Pushpaka” (Tej Kumar Book Depo / Public Domain)
8 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

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…