Mystery and riddles

Skulls are humanity's foremost symbol of death, and a powerful icon in the visual vocabularies of cultures all over the globe. Many strangely "deformed"...

Stonehenge is a megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, composed mainly of thirty upright stones (sarsens, each over ten feet tall...

Life on Earth began more than 3 billion years ago, evolving from the most basic of microbes into a dazzling array of complexity over...

There are many well known examples of creatures from mythology that inspire dread, awe, curiosity or a even a combo of all three. Many...

A particular type of ancient rock art in Western Australia maintains its vivid colours because it is alive, researchers have found. While some rock art...

A meteor shower occurs when a number of meteors flash seem to radiate (or shoot out from) the same point in the sky. They...

The famous filibuster - a former buffalo hunter - Archo Lolonua ended his days truly terribly. He was captured by North American Indians of...

Everyone knows that lions can be found in Africa, buffalo in North America, kangaroos in Australia, and so on. They are native to these...

At the northern end of the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo is rare if not unique in Peru. Ollantaytambo is a massive citadel located 50 kilometers...

In 1233, the gaze of the grand master of the Teutonic Order turned to the east, where in the darkness of paganism, peoples vegetated...

Evolution is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. Armed with the knowledge of the interconnectedness of all life on earth, biologists...

Ajanta and nearby Ellora are two of the most amazing archaeological sites in India. Although handcrafted caves are scattered throughout India's western state of...

Sacred Centre Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco (also called Tiwanaku).was a major ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread...

A fertile valley on the Peloponnese peninsula has become the site of the main ancient festival - the Olympic Games. They were held in...

In Spite of Female Cannibalism Makes a Lovely Docile Domestic Pet Carnivorous and infamous, the praying mantis devours anything of suitable size it can find,...

Such scenes could be observed at the end of August 2007 in New South Wales in the south-east of Australia. That day, the Pacific...

Many solar energy facts tell us about the immense amount of energy that the Sun gives out. The Sun’s energy powers the water cycles...

Penguin facts tell an interesting story about a bird that once flew, and then evolved to become a better swimmer, but lost its ability...