Archive for the 'Mysterious History' Category The Ruler of the Nile and Daughter of Gods… We love her, but do we know her? The Mysterious Disappearance of Nefertiti, Ruler of the Nile by April Holloway (Ancient Origins) “The Mysterious Disappearance of Nefertiti, Ruler of the Nile Nefertiti was the chief consort of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV), who reigned from approximately 1353 to 1336 BC. Known as the Ruler of the Nile and Daughter of Gods, Nefertiti acquired unprecedented power, and is believed to have held equal status to the pharaoh himself. However, much controversy lingers about Nefertiti after the twelfth regal year of Akhenaten, when her name…

Archive for the 'Oddities' Category Mushroom Mandrakes? Don’t they remind you of little witch’s mandrakes? Human-Shaped Species Of Mushroom Discovered In UK by Stephen Luntz “It’s amazing what is right under our noses without being noticed. A species of mushroom that can look remarkably like stick-figure humans has been discovered, and far from being in some sparsely inhabited jungle, they were found by a road in England Jonathan Revett has a hobby for collecting mushrooms, which he tracks on his fenfungi website. In 2000, he noticed some specimens with an unusual shape by a roadside in Norfolk. While Revett recognized the specimens as being a type of Earthstar mushroom, he…

Archive for the 'Paranormal' Category Scientists throughout history unlocking the secrets of the occult… Even science-minded folks are intrigued by the unknown. Curiosity is the realm of intelligence. A seance held by Eusapia Palladino at the home of astronomer Camille Flammarion in France on November 25, 1898. Photo by H. Mairet, via Musees de la Ville de Strasbourg. 10 Famous Scientists Who Held Surprising Supernatural Beliefs by Lauren Davis (io9.com) While we typically hold up scientists, especially those who have made important discoveries, as paragons of rationality, numerous scientists have had fascinations with cryptids, psychic phenomena, and other aspects of the occult. And what some of these particular people believed…

Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category Explorers find untouched ruins of a vanished culture A lost city, the legendary “City of the Monkey God”, was recently discovered in the Honduran rain forest… Lost City Discovered in the Honduran Rain Forest In search for legendary “City of the Monkey God,” explorers find the untouched ruins of a vanished culture. A “were-jaguar” effigy, likely representing a combination of a human and spirit animal, is part of a still-buried ceremonial seat, or metate, one of many artifacts discovered in a cache in ruins deep in the Honduran jungle. By Douglas Preston Photographs by Dave Yoder “An expedition to Honduras has emerged from the jungle…