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    2014 » March

    Archive for March, 2014 The Clovis People: “the final shovelful of dirt” on who they were DNA analysis reveals the truth about the origin of the Clovis people… At last, archeologists have resolved the debate over the first Americans (hint: they walked). Then they screwed up a perfectly good answer to an ancient puzzle. “We finally have a definitive answer to the timeless mystery of where the First Americans came from: They walked across the Bering Straits from Asia (and not from southwest Europe paddling kayaks across the frigid Atlantic sea). The first people to successfully colonize North America are called “Clovis,” and they made their appearance in the lower…

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    2014 » February

    Archive for February, 2014 Bringing Back The Dead: It’s Happening This may sound like science fiction, but scientists really are resurrecting lost species. The Mammoth Cometh Bringing extinct animals back to life is really happening — and it’s going to be very, very cool. Unless it ends up being very, very bad. By NATHANIEL RICH (New York Times) “The first time Ben Novak saw a passenger pigeon, he fell to his knees and remained in that position, speechless, for 20 minutes. He was 16. At 13, Novak vowed to devote his life to resurrecting extinct animals. At 14, he saw a photograph of a passenger pigeon in an Audubon Society…

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    Striking Photographs bring Brothers Grimm’s Homeland to life

    Striking Photographs bring Brothers Grimm’s Homeland to life Immerse yourself for a few moments in the real world landscapes of fairy tales… (HuffPost) “Take a stroll through the forests and woodlands of Middle Europe today, and it doesn’t take long before you begin to imagine yourself as a character in a centuries-old Brothers Grimm story. Be it “Little Red Riding Hood” or “Hansel and Gretel,” it only takes a patch of fog and a thick strip of blackened trees to transport you into the setting of a fairy tale past, elevating your pulse and reminding you why Jacob and Wilhelm reigned supreme in the world of terrifyingly gorgeous children’s literature.…

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    Newton’s Dark Secrets

    Newton’s Dark Secrets Was Newton a scientific genius with secret occult pursuits? Was he a sorcerer? An alchemist? Who was he really? Find out about the secrets revealed in ancient manuscripts in this fascinating NOVA special here. Emily K. Editor on 19 Jan 2014 | Ancient Wonders &Audio & Video &Mysterious History &Oddities &Science & Research | Comments (0) Comments are closed. Connect With M.J. Copyright © M.J. Rose, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy

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    2014 » January

    Archive for January, 2014 Messages From Behind The Veil The Ascent of the Blessed, detail from a panel of an alterpiece of the Last Judgement. A few years ago, we focused on reincarnation related content here, so for old time’s sake let’s revisit that theme. The personal account below was written by blog editor Emily, and below that is an introduction to an interesting article about near-death experiences. Enjoy… The tunnel and angel image above was on the cover of a book in my mother’s bookshelf when I was a child. I was fascinated by the imagery, not because we were religious and believed in angels, we were not and…

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    The Incans and the Egyptians: Connected through time and space?

    The Incans and the Egyptians: Connected through time and space? HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES! And now for some more mysteries… From gold funeral masks, nearly identical religions, obelisks with hieroglyphics, and so much more, the astounding similarities of the Incan/pre-Incan and Ancient Egyptian cultures is not to be denied. How did two cultures separated in antiquity by a vast ocean co-evolve in so many inexplicable ways? The following article delves into a huge list of coincidences that will no doubt stun you while also convincing you that there simply had to be some sort of connection between these cultures. Was there a seafaring global mother culture…

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    2013 » December

    Archive for December, 2013 The Incans and the Egyptians: Connected through time and space? HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES! And now for some more mysteries… From gold funeral masks, nearly identical religions, obelisks with hieroglyphics, and so much more, the astounding similarities of the Incan/pre-Incan and Ancient Egyptian cultures is not to be denied. How did two cultures separated in antiquity by a vast ocean co-evolve in so many inexplicable ways? The following article delves into a huge list of coincidences that will no doubt stun you while also convincing you that there simply had to be some sort of connection between these cultures. Was there a…

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    Old “Ghostmother” Portraits, and a New Twist…

    Old “Ghostmother” Portraits, and a New Twist… We were out for a week, but now we’re back. We missed you. Now, please enjoy some genuine old portraits, and then some newfangled alterations of old portraits. Old portraits of children with creepy ‘ghostmothers’ in the background show how far mums would go for a good photo By Daily Mail Reporter “In the early days of photography, many well-off families jumped at the chance to have their precious children’s likeness captured for eternity. The one trick that they had to deal with next, after finding photographers willing to set up the bulky equipment and travelling to the portrait location, was getting the…

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    2013 » November

    Archive for November, 2013 Memory Distortions Can we trust our own memories? How Many of Your Memories Are Fake? When people with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory—those who can remember what they ate for breakfast on a specific day 10 years ago—are tested for accuracy, researchers find what goes into false memories. by Erika Hayasaki, The Atlantic “One afternoon in February 2011, seven researchers at the University of California, Irvine sat around a long table facing Frank Healy, a bright-eyed 50-year-old visitor from South Jersey, taking turns quizzing him on his extraordinary memory. Observing from outside of the circle, I tape-recorded the conversation as one researcher tossed out a date at…

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    Prepare To Be Scared! “The Mysterious Case of Elisa Lam…”

    Prepare To Be Scared! “The Mysterious Case of Elisa Lam…” HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here’s a scary one for you… Is this a case of a devilishly haunted hotel? Was it a brutal murder? The result of some sort of evil witchcraft? Or simply the tragic last moments of an insane and suicidal young woman? What did happened to Elisa Lam? No one knows how to explain her death. It’s a true mystery, and a macabre one at that. Why was she acting so strange in the elevator videotape? What was she scared of? How did she end up in the water tank – and more importantly, how did she get the…

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