15 Historical Inaccuracies Widely Believed as Fact
Believe it or not, some of the most widely accepted historical "truths" are actually very inaccurate.
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Mexico Tunnel Discovered From 2,000 Years Ago
Archaeologists announced Wednesday the discovery of a 2,000 year old tunnel beneath the pre-Hispanic Teotihuacan ruins. A robotic exploration assisted by a video camera determined that the tunnel was man made, stable, had an arched roof, and consisted of a 12 foot corrider. The tunnel was...
Pre Stonehenge Megaliths Used for Death Rituals
Pre-Stonehenge megaliths were used for death rituals. Through the strategic placement of the huge megaliths in a remote section of Dartmoor, England, prehistoric people may have used the monuments for death rituals. British Archaoelogy was first to report that the similarities between the Dartmoor...
10 Scientific Expeditions That Were Doomed From the Start
The road to scientific advancement is never easy. Behind every great discovery or new piece of knowledge lies many hours of toil, labor, and in some cases, danger – not least when the pursuit of scientific knowledge requires journeying into the wild, into the skies or across the sea. Considering...
The 13 Most Mysterious Unsolved Writing Systems
The history of writing is a long and interesting one. Without living users and comparison examples, an archaeologist that unearths a new script is probably going to spend the rest of their life scratching their head and trying to translate it. Without the equivalent of a Rosetta stone, it's almost...
The 50 Most Brilliant Atheists of All Time
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
Who Is James Randi?
James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician, scientific skeptic, secular humanist, lecturer, and amateur astronomer/archaeologist. Randi is also the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) and the founding fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims...
What Is Accounting?
Formally, accounting is defined as “the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of financial character, and interpreting the results thereof." This is the definition that has been determined...
50 Best Thomas Jefferson Quotes
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of America. Jefferson was born to an affluent family in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia and was educated at local schools led by ministers and pastors as a child. At the age of nine,...
Egypt's Former King Tutankhamun's Death Mystery Solved
The Journal of American Medicine published the results of a study led by top Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass. Archaeologists and researchers entered the tomb of the "Valley of the Kings" to study Tutankhamon (better known as "King Tut") who died at the age of 19 more than more than 3,000 years ago....
