This cryptozoological artifact has enjoyed quite a journey from the distant Himalayas to London. A little deception and a lot of discovery, along with some help from a Hollywood icon, are part of its colorful history, and Loren Coleman clues you into some hidden facts about the artifact and reveals the results of DNA testing. [...]
Not all Greek myths are ancient. In rural towns and villages, where millennia-old pottery shards and broken classical masonry are sometimes found, shepherds and farmers have similar tales to tell. They cite the buried golden sow with its seven golden piglets (which made a poor farmer rich), the coin hoards guarded by dragons from the [...]
Modern medical scanners were used to examine the inside and make a 3D image of the relics of St. John the Baptist. The study was conducted in the Burgas cardio hospital and was filmed by a team of “National Geographic.” The shots will be shown in a documentary about the most commented archaeological find of [...]
Chinese archaeologists recently found a palace dating back to about 3,600 years ago at the Erlitou Bronze Age site in Henan province. It is the best-preserved palace ever found at the site and may be the prototype for places of worship during the Shang dynasty. In the Erlitou site’s palace area, archaeologists found the rammed-earth [...]
Two Dutch TV presenters are set to make history with a macabre broadcast stunt. Each presenter has eaten the flesh of the other – and the disgusting meal will be broadcast on their show. Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno both underwent surgery to have a small piece of muscle removed. They then fried each other’s [...]
It is an enigma that has divided scientists and believers for centuries. But now, a group of scientists say that the Shroud of Turin could actually be Christ’s burial robe despite years of tests proving the contrary. Using a series of advanced experiments, Italian researchers say that the technology available when it was created was [...]
This is as fascinating as it is unsettling. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site — a nuclear reservation in South Carolina — have identified a strange, cob-web like “growth” (their word, not ours) on the racks of the facility’s spent nuclear fuel assemblies. According to a report filed by the Defense Nuclear [...]
Olympic competitors are quaking in their spiked running shoes after tales emerged of a killer creature lurking in swampy waters close to the 2012 site in London. According to reporter Louis Emanuel at the Hackney Citizen, the as-yet unidentified, monster was spotted dragging a 16lb Canada goose under the water “so fast it disappeared without [...]
FOR RENT OR SALE: Large property, offering huge panoramic vistas, idyllic average temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Habitable and available immediately. Full Disclosure: It’s actually underground — and it’s on Mars. While few things could seem more remote, some scientists now believe that the earliest traces of life on Earth originated on Mars [...]
The Yonaguni Monument is a massive underwater rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. There is a debate about whether the site is completely natural, is a natural site that has been modified, or is a manmade artifact. The sea off Yonaguni is a popular diving location [...]