At least 588 animals were carefully buried in individual graves in Berenike, a port in Egypt. Some still had iron collars and others were buried under pottery that formed a kind of sarcophagus.

We love Nessie whether she’s a sneaky holdover from the jurassic period, a humungous eel, or an Aleister Crowley conjuring gone sideways. And we’re not alone in our sentiment. Cryptozoologist and life-long Nessie fan Ken Gerhard theorizes she’s a descendent of an ancient species of serpentine whale, which he explores in his newest book The […]

William Shatner discusses The UnXplained’s major crossover event with Ancient Aliens, and what Gene Rodenberry knew about extraterrestrial life. Willam Shatner’s The UnXlplained and Ancient Aliens are combining forces to figure out the mysteries of the universe. Typically, Friday nights on the History Channel include Ancient Aliens, then an episode of The UnXplained. This Friday, […]

As humans we have a history of trying to stay alive while creatures with pointier teeth and bigger appetites eye us like menu options. It’s not surprising then then that this same history is rife with folklore describing reptiles that fly. (The better to hunt you, My Dear.) In New Guinea, however, these stories aren’t […]

Get ready for some spectacular archaeological claims. Move back the “zero point of world history,” proclaim researchers working at a location not far east of what’s been famously regarded as the earliest monumental site. Ashley Cowie reports the facts behind the assertion, and the local mayor’s prediction that Karahan Tepe will surpass Gobekli Tepe as […]

Lovelock Cave in Nevada has sheltered humans for over 4,000 years from the time of its earliest inhabitants, the enduring indigenous Paiute Tribe, up through the industrious miners of the 20th century. Paiute tribal history suggests Lovelock is the tomb of the Si-Te-Cah, a hated race of six-to-twelve-foot-tall hairy hill humanoids with a ravenous appetite […]

Updating an ongoing sensational discovery, Owen Jarus reports that more than 100 coffins so far have been recently located at Saqqara. The excavation promises a huge increase in information, while posing a new mystery–Who was “Phnomus”? Steve Snow gives a run-down on a technology generating astonishing knowledge gains and revisions in Lidar Images Show Mayan […]