Books
Featured book: The Old Stones
Andy Burnham has edited a book called The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland… The Old Stones is published by Watkins Publishing as of September 2018. It is […]
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The sky above
Our electric universe
The Electric Universe theory has been described as “a controversial but promising theory where plasma and electric charge are responsible for most things that we take for granted”(1). If true, what implications does it have […]
Natural history
The Cave Bear vs our Forebears
The cave bear went extinct some 24,000 years ago. It was a largely vegetarian species, whose remains were mostly found in caves, hence the name. There is some contested evidence that ancient humans venerated the […]
Archaeology
Orkney – Britain’s Neolithic heartland (part 1)
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a World Heritage Site, which has also been dubbed Britain’s Ancient Capital in a recent BBC TV series. It is described as a major prehistoric cultural landscape in the […]
Archaeology
Orkney – Britain’s Neolithic heartland (part 2)
Continued from part 1… The Ness of Brodgar The final site to mention is the Ness of Brodgar, which has been the location of archaeological digs since it was discovered through geophysical survey work in […]
The earth below
Hyperborea – the seventh continent
By Dr Alexander Koltypin. Editor’s introduction: Dr. Alexander Koltypin is a Russian geologist and author whose research on disappeared continents and ancient civilisations has been widely reported online. Here, we feature his thoughts on Hyperborea, […]
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The Wihtwara – ancient people of the Isle of Wight
By Jan Harper Whale. Editor’s introduction: Jan Harper Whale has extensively researched the history of the Wihtwara people of the Isle of Wight, which lies off the south coast of England. The first of her […]
Ancient Sites
(The shadow of) Atlantis in Ireland?
There are theories about the legendary Atlantis being located in all sorts of locations around the world, some underwater, some above the waves. Here we take a look at the idea that Plato’s Atlantis may […]
Landscapes
imedia: Merlin’s Mound and Silbury Hill
The county of Wiltshire in southern England hosts the two tallest prehistoric mounds in Europe. Both the Marlborough Mound (once dubbed Merlin’s Mount or burial place) and Silbury Hill are man-made earth mounds. They date […]
Books
New book: The Cygnus Key
Andrew Collins’ new book is called The Cygnus Key: The Denisovan Legacy, Göbekli Tepe, and the Birth of Egypt… Book synopsis… “New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, religion, and technology derive […]