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Gateways to the Otherworld

Author Philip Gardiner discusses ancient knowledge and other realities

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

It is clear from many fragments of evidence, traditions and lore that we have an incomplete picture of the earliest days of human civilization. Here are ten of the most intriguing pieces of the puzzle that is our past. They are shrouded in mystery and varying degrees of doubt, but all are nonetheless fascinating.

Ah, Osiria!

Osiria! Ancient enemy of Atlantis, now sunken in the same cataclysm that destroyed Atlantis and the rest of the antediluvian world.

Ancient Civilisations: Six Great Enigmas

In recent years two versions of ancient history have formed: alternative history and "official" history. The former ponders over a variety of anomalies and tries to make sense out of the evidence.

Archaeocryptography According to Carl Munck

There are thousands of pyramids and earthen mounds all over the world. They remain a mystery. Munck says we have been asking the wrong questions about them.

Antartica: A Once and Future Atlantis

The anomalies, mysteries and allure of the great icy continent at the bottom of the world. What secrets might there be under all that snow?

Binoomea - Australia's Underground World

In Orange, New South Wales, Australia is a large cavern that may be linked to Binoomea, the legendary underground world of the Aborigines.

City of Secrets: Nashville's Temple Code Unveiled

Two temples, separated by centuries, yet their myths and symbols are interconnected. They’re both power points of peace and community that could play a role in the drama of our world in coming years.

The Enlightened Ones

Who are the Illuminati? Do they really control the world? Tracing the hidden history of the most notorious conspiracy of all time.

Fingerprinting the Gods

Lengthy article about Graham Hancock and his book, Fingerprints of the Gods, which contends that civilization is much older than the accepted 5,000 years.

Garden of Eden Located at Last?

Dr Juris Zarins from Southwest Missouri State University thinks that Eden lies beneath the Persian Gulf, a theory supported by archaeological evidence, he says.

Japan's Underwater Ruins

The structure, found in 1995, sparked instant controversy. Are they manmade or natural? Do they date back to something entirely different and profoundly older?

Kalimu and the Sphinx of Los Angeles

Is there evidence of an ancient culture that once existed just outside of modern day Los Angeles?

Legend of the Crystal Skulls

Anthropologist Jane MacLaren Walsh shares her adventures analyzing the artifacts that inspired "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and tracking down a mysterious "obtainer of rare antiquities" who may have held the key to the origin of these exotic objects.

A Lost City in the Grand Canyon?

On April 5, 1909, the Arizona Gazette published an article detailing the discovery of a "great underground citadel" located in the Grand Canyon.

The Lost Civilisation of Antarctica

Could it be that long before it was claimed by the ice and snow, Antarctica was once a temperate land filled with rivers and mountains, and where one of the earliest advanced civilisations once thrived?

Miami Mirage?

The author is told of the discovery of archaeological evidence which points to an advanced civilization that can be geologically dated as more than 12,000 years old.

Mysteries of the Polynesians

Did the peoples of the Pacific originate on a lost continent? Anthropologists have not agreed on where they came from or when the Pacific was settled.

Mystery Hill: America's Stonehenge?

About 40 miles north of Boston is the oldest megalithic enigma of North America. Mystery Hill, also known as "America's Stonehenge," has puzzled archaeologists for almost a century.

The Nephilim: Their Origins and Evolution

Who are they and what do they represent? Are they biblical giants? Why does the brief mention of them in the Book of Genesis show resemblance to other mythologies?

Pedra da Gávea

Atop a Brazilian mountain is a huge, ancient carving of a face reminiscent of the Sphinx with mysterious inscriptions in an extinct language. Can this be a link to our forgotten past?

The People of the Sea

Examines the possibility that man in the distant past might have been far more sea-faring than previously believed, even crossing oceans in their prehistoric vessels. There's good evidence to support this idea.

The Prehistoric Alignment of World Wonders

The site shows that Easter Island is exactly aligned along a straight line around the center of the Earth, with the Nazca lines, Ollantaytambo , Tassili n'Ajjer and the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

The Serpent Mound

The Great Serpent Mound of Adams County, Ohio, near Peebles, at 1,330 feet, is the largest effigy mound in the world.

Top 10 Ancient Civilizations with Advanced Technology

David Hatcher Childress lists 10 civilizations that might have had some form of advanced technology, from Atlantis to Tiahuanaco.

Sunken Cities and Lost Lands

A quick round-up of towns and villages in the U.K. that were given up to encroaching waters.

Sunken Civilizations

Interesting information about such "sunken" civilizations as Atlantis, areas of Egypt, Sodom and Gomorrah, and more.

Voyage Beyond the Sea

The sea-going exploits of Irish monks - 1,000 years before Columbus - took them beyond the known edge of the world. Could a 6th century Irish monk have discovered America?

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