Saturday, August 15, 2009

Early Humans Used Fire to Make Tools 75,000 Years Ago

This is an interesting story. Archaeologists have discovered that ancient humans first used fire to forge tools in Africa around 75,000 years ago. (article). Prior to to dis discovery it was thought that this occurred 25,000 years ago in Europe.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

South African Grooved Spheres

Miners in South Africa have been finding grooved spheres in Precambrian rocks. These rocks are 2.8 billion years old. "The Groove Spheres". Here are a few more references "Klerksdrop Spheres", "The South African Spheres", "Case of the Grooved Spheres".

I happened to stumble upon this at "The 10 Most Puzzing Ancient Artifacts".

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Stonehenge Decoded

Modern archaeologists have documented a plausible theory about Stonehenge. For 5,000 years, the purpose of this monument has remained a mystery, but archaeologists have uncovered a theory to explain this architectural riddle. Here is the National Geographic site for Stonehenge Decoded. National Geographic aired a 2-hour documentary in June 2008. See Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge for additional theories.

Atlantis found with Google Ocean?

Check this out. Has proof of Atlantis been found off the Canary Islands using Google Ocean? See this.