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For archaeologists, discovering an ancient historical site that has remained undisturbed for hundreds or thousands of years must be their greatest achievement. We only have to think of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt early in the twentieth century. It provided a wealth of new information about pharaohs and their burials. AndContinue reading “A Boat for a Grave”

The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have, it seems existed since his supposed life in the fifth or sixth century. To understand the evidence and then to make a decision on his existence, we have to trust the writings of the time or in this case, the recordings ofContinue reading “King Arthur – Fact or Fiction?”

Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean has been an island of mystery since its discovery on Easter Sunday, 1722. The person who first stepped ashore was a Dutch explorer by the name of Jacob Roggeveen. He and his crew were astounded to find giant statues made of stone standing throughout much of the island.Continue reading “An Island is not just for Easter”

Currently, in the year 2024, we have a space station orbiting the Earth, and we have seen twelve astronauts standing on the Moon, with more soon to follow. There are space probes which have flown by all the planets in the solar system and on Mars there are several rovers making their way slowly acrossContinue reading “Journey to the Centre of the Earth”

Since the COVID-19 pandemic of recent years, most of us now realise that an unknown infection or a new version of a known disease can suddenly appear and in a matter of weeks or months spread right across the planet. It can wipe out millions before treatments or vaccines can be produced. Of course, COVID-19Continue reading “Mystery of the Sweating Sickness”

The word atom means “indivisible, ” which meant that it was thought to be the smallest thing in existence. It was the primary building block of all matter. However, as science techniques improved, we found that the atom consisted of a nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons. Around the nucleus electrons circle in various fixedContinue reading “Mystery of the Missing Neutrinos”

Many people have heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but may not be too aware of the stories surrounding their discovery and their content. The scrolls are also known as the Qumran Caves Scrolls. They were discovered by accident starting in 1946 when a group of teenage shepherds were working near the ancient settlement ofContinue reading “Dead Sea Scrolls”

The Periodic Table lists all of the elements we know that exist. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev is generally credited with coming up with the idea of the Periodic Table in 1869. It begins with the simplest element which is Hydrogen, followed by Helium and climbs to Uranium at number 92. The numbers refer toContinue reading “Does Untriseptium Exist?”

The present city of Brussels is home to a number of major institutions such as the headquarters of the European Union and NATO. But, there is a much smaller attraction and one that has been around in one form or another for hundreds of years. And that is the Manneken Pis. It is a  bronzeContinue reading “Having a Pee in Brussels”

From the start, I will state my opinion that although there have been many tests, some by very respectable institutes on the subject of telepathy, I do not believe that on the balance of evidence, telepathy can be placed under the subject of science, but only as a part of pseudoscience. However, as usual, IContinue reading “Telepathy – But did you know that already?”