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Since the whole of the Fortean online sphere was caught up in the storm of the ‘Capturing Bigfoot’ documentary released late last month (us included) the death of Michael Cremo, author of Forbidden Archeology (1993) barely caused a…
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If you've seen the movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” there are so many references and jokes to be made here. This is, after all, an air museum built near a former active air base. There are four loosely worded references to quotes from “Top Gun:…
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Since at least 1913 people have reported glowing lights above Brown Mountain in western North Carolina. Two USGS studies blamed trains and cars, and a modern camera project is still trying to catch them. The post The Brown Mountain…
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The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, have been hurtling through space for almost 50 years, stretching humanity's reach into interstellar space. The upcoming milestone is a testament to scientific endeavor and ingenuity
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Fargments of bones thought to belong to Saint Nicholas were literally crushed and burned by the perpetrator. You might be forgiven for thinking that S...
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Testing of ancient sediment from two lakes in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula has revealed "crazy" high concentrations of mercury, as one researcher puts it, confirming findings from other regions of the Mesoamerican civilization
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D. W. Griffith’s moral tale of agricultural greed, borrowing from Frank Norris’ antimonopolist fictions.
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A reminder: You can get a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes at the Grail by signing up as a supporter on our Patreon! Quote of the Day The economy must be at the service of people and not people at the service of economy. Pope Leo…
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A turned wooden painted tipstave, a ceremonial truncheon created for the High Constable of the Hundred of Ringmer in Sussex in 1832, has sold at auction for £16,000 ($21,500),16 times the pre-sale estimate, at Gorringe’s in Lewes. It is…
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A DNA analysis has confirmed that a Nazca infant who lived in southern Peru 1,600 years ago had a rare congenital condition called trisomy 13.
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Along the Halifax Waterfront in Nova Scotia, a group of lampposts appears to have had a little too much to drink. Commonly known as the "Drunken Lampposts," these unusual public art installations bring a humorous twist to the city's…
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SAQQARA, EGYPT—One of the world’s earliest known autobiographies was written on the walls of the […] The post Inscribed Blocks Record Egyptian Official’s Biography appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
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In the summer of 1946 Swedes reported close to 1,000 sightings of rocket-like objects. The military dragged lakes for wreckage, and US intelligence told President Truman the Soviets were probably testing missiles. The post The Ghost…
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BALQUHIDDER, SCOTLAND—The National reports that new archaeological analysis of the tombstone belonging to Scottish outlaw […] The post The Deep History Behind Rob Roy’s Tombstone appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
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More than five decades after hordes of prehistoric bones were unearthed from three caves in Granada, new forensic techniques show how communities continued to consume their dead across distinct cultural eras
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WARSAW, POLAND—Excavations within the medieval Great Church of Jesus in northern Sudan’s Old Dongola uncovered […] The post Archaeologists Uncover Original Floor of Nubia’s Largest Medieval Cathedral appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.
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Standing high above the highway in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, is Marvin the Mastodon, a life-sized replica of a prehistoric giant that once roamed the region. Measuring 14 feet tall and 22 feet long, the enormous statue was erected at…
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A tomb discovered in Siberia and associated with Scythians—a nomadic, horse-riding people that once roamed the Eurasian steppe—might provide the earliest direct evidence of cannabis use
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In March 1876 what looked like flakes of meat fell from a clear sky onto a farm in Bath County, Kentucky. Samples went to scientists, and their findings sparked a debate that still has no firm answer. The post The Kentucky Meat Shower:…
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The species that occupy this artificial channel are transforming, thanks to a shifting environment and invading marine creatures. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is tracking what happens next
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