Baalbek Monuments in Lebanon

In Lebanon in the town of Baalbek is one of the oldest concurrently occupied megalithic structures known to man. The temple of Baalbek is a multi-layered building consisting of the remains of three or more construction phases. … Read more

Rama Setu or Adam’s Bridge

Adam’s Bridge (Tamil: ஆதாம் பாலம் ātām pālamm, Sanskrit: रामसेतु, rāmasetu), also known as Rama’s Bridge or Rama Setu is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of … Read more

Bakhshali Manuscript, Ancient Indian Mathematics

The Bakhshali Manuscript is an Ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on birch bark which was found near the village of Bakhshali in 1881 in what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa … Read more

Mystery of Phaistos Disc

The mystery of the Phaistos Disc (also spelled Phaestos Disc, is a disk of fired clay) is a story that sounds like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. The disc was discovered in 1908, in the … Read more

The Coso Artifact, Spark Plug ?

While mineral hunting in the mountains of California near Olancha during the winter of 1961, Wallace Lane, Virginia Maxey and Mike Mikesell found a rock, among many others, that they thought was a geode – a good … Read more