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A family of eight Inuits frozen for centuries are the best-preserved mummies ever found in North America.
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were found in Greenland in 1972. It’s believed the mummification process was accidental, and resulted from the region’s ice-cold climate. The settlement of Qilakitsoq, on Greenland’s west coast, is 280 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Archaeologists think the family died there sometime around 1475 AD. Despite decades of study,…
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Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
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Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia was so infamous for her sexual freedom Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia was so infamous for her sexual freedom that when she died from a stroke at the age of 67, there was even a rumour claiming she actually died while copulating with…
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The Morobe Province, in Papua New Guinea, is home to the Anga people.
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The Morobe Province, in Papua New Guinea, is home to the Anga people. Once fearsome warriors, leading terrible raids in nearby peaceful villages, today the Anga have learned how to profit from a peculiar kind of tourism. Anthropologists, adventurers and curious travelers come to the isolated villages of Morobe Highlands…
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The only h*ad of the dodo
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The only h*ad of the dodo The only head of the dodo, which went extinct 315 years ago, is in the Natural History Museum in London, where it is considered an invaluable piece of natural history. This specimen offers a unique perspective on the wildlife of its original habitat, the…
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The skeletons of five people with elongated skulls have been dug up in the Russian-annexed region of Crimea, sparking rumours of an “alien” grave.
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The remains date from slightly less than 2000 years ago and are believed to be from the ancient Sarmatian culture.A mother was found buried with a baby lying on her chest, with three more skeletons found under them in the grave.All had distinctive deformed skulls, and previous similar discoveries have…
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This is a microscopic view of a mosquito.
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While on the outside is seems like such a simple creature, God built it like a perfect machine.A mosquito has:A tiny head with 100 eyes exactly.In its mouth are 48 tiny teethIn its chest it has 3 hearts, each heart has 2 atria and 2 ventriclesIt has a thermal receptor…
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From the excavation of Mycenae, the great enemy of Troy, in 1876.
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The Lion Gate has just been cleared. Bottom right of the photograph you see the excavator of Troy and Mycenae, Heinrich Schliemann with his seated Greek wife, Sophia Schliemann. Top right of the photo it’s Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Schliemann’s assistant, successor and Germany’s finest architect then. A few days later, excavating…
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An underwater photographer captured the exact moment when a female seahorse transfers her eggs to the male, who will incubate them until they hatch.
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Seahorses are monogamous and among the animals that show love for their partner in the most tender ways. At sunrise, they are so happy to see each other that they dance for over five minutes. With their tails intertwined, they greet each other with a “good morning,” changing their colors…
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Cyclops.
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The legend tells that there were one-eyedgiants that scared humans. Yes, they did exist. It was another of the failed experiments of the annunakis, they manipulated the DNA of the homo habilis, tried to give it size, strength and intelligence. They managed to measure almost three meters, they were able…
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“The blizzard at the end of November 1915
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alone accounted for nearly 16,000 admissions on account of frostbite and exposure, 12,000 of whom were from the Suvla front, 2,700 from Anzac, and 1,200 from Helles; in addition 280 were drowned or died of exposure.” Image: “Frost-bitten soldiers lying on straw in shelters constructed of biscuit boxes at a…