Burckle Crater

The Holocene Impact Working Group is a group of scientists from Australia, France, Ireland, Russia and the USA who have hypothesized that ...

Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

The Younger Dryas stadial, also referred to as the Big Freeze, was a geologically period of cold climatic conditions and drought that began...

The Mayans built ball courts so they could play games

The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played for over 3000 years by the pre-Columbian peoples of Mesoamerica. The...

No world ending in latest Mayan calendar find

Researchers say careful excavations have revealed the first examples of Mayan art on a house interior (Source: Tyrone Turner /National Geogr...

NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S BABYLON

THE time of Babylon's greatest material wealth and splendour, and the period which is reflected in much of the later tradition about Ba...

EGYPT - THE ENDURING LAND

Modern man knows of many ancient and wonderful civilizations, some of them of misty origin and impressive accomplishments. What sets Egypt...

Chronicles of Nineveh

Photograph by Randy Olson, National Geographic The rebuilt gates and mud-brick walls around the ancient city of Nineveh, near modern-day Mos...

The Origins of Kingship

"So beautiful do you look when you are angry oh Mukunda" "What happened to your oath not raise weapons in Kurukshetra?" ...

The Nabta megaliths were recently discovered in the Egyptian Sahara.

Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment Discovered In Egypt The Nabta megaliths were recently discovered in the Egyptian Sahara. The circle...

Sigirya - Sri Lanka

Sigiriya (Lion's rock) Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of...

The Behistun Rock

Discovered by Englishman Robert Sherley in 1598 while on a diplomatic mission to Persia, the Behistun Rock is a multilingual inscription a...

The Bering Land Bridge and the “Clovis First” theory

Hunters migrating from Asia across the Bering Land Bridge. When glaciers form, they freeze up vast quantities of water that would otherwis...

The early civilizations of Mesoamerica

The Aztec city of Tenochtitlán was surrounded by Lake Texcoco and connected to the mainland by bridge-like roads. In the years before the S...

Life elements came from outer space

New genome research at Oxford University could change the way scientists view our evolution. Carl Holm ABC A meteorite found in Antarctica ...

Tiny DNA Molecules Show Liquid Crystal Phases, Pointing To New Scenario For First Life On Earth

A microscope image showing that a solution of tiny DNA molecules has formed a liquid-crystal phase. The DNA molecules pair to form DNA dou...

Alexander and Bucephalus

ALEXANDER, the son of Philip of Macedon, became king in 336 B.C. The queen-mother adored her brave son and dreamed of the great things he wo...

GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY

absolute location –exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates basin –area of land drained by a given river and...