Landscapes
Navigating Navan Fort – the ancient ‘capital’ of Ulster
Navan Fort – or Emain Macha in Old Irish – has been described as ‘one of Europe’s most iconic monumental complexes’. It’s not in Navan and it’s not a fort, so what do we know […]
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Ancient Sites
Atlantis in the Sahara? The amazing Richat structure
They seek it here, they seek it there – did it even exist? Here we look at some of the reasons why the fabled Atlantis may have existed in North Africa. And, to provide some […]
The earth below
Satanic geology – the Devil’s places of Britain
There are many places across Britain named after the Devil – often with their own stories as to how the name came about. Some of these places are man-made, whilst some are natural in origin. […]
Ancient Sites
Pillar of the Universe – the origins of the sacred centre
From the aboriginal tribes of Australia to the Celtic tribes of Europe, there is evidence that ancient peoples revered central places within their territories, and organised their societies accordingly. Why were these centre places so […]
Books
New book: ‘America Before’ by Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock’s new book is called America Before – The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilisation. Book tour Graham Hancock is talking about his new book on a tour that takes in the UK, the USA […]
Landscapes
Sunken realms – the lost lands of Wales
There are legends of flooded lands around the coast of Britain, and no more so than in Wales. These lands were inundated by the sea, through gradual sea level rise or during catastrophic events. This […]
Natural history
Recent survival of dinosaurs? Soft tissue takes some explaining
Given the discovery of soft tissue in dinosaur bones, and a very well-preserved fossilised dinosaur, one question being asked is: could dinosaurs have survived into much more recent times? The longstanding consensus is that (non-avian) […]
Books
Featured book: ‘The Old Stones’ of Britain and Ireland
Andy Burnham has edited a book called The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland; published by Watkins Publishing as of September 2018. It is not the intention here […]
The sky above
“Controversial but promising” – the 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
Cult or conflict? The Cave Bear and 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 […]