The Black Sea Atlantis- The Varna Civilization

Again, an area of history I knew nothing about until just recently. But isn't that what makes this field so interesting.

1000 Years of European History in 3 Minutes

Not 100% sure whom developed this but it is a great view of 1,000 years of history in 3 minutes

New Nazca Line 'Appear'

As The Daily Mail reports......

The mysteries of the Nazca Lines carved into the Peruvian desert have intensified after gales and sandstorms revealed previously unseen ancient designs.A pilot discovered a geoglyph of what appears to be a 196ft-long (60 metre) snake, as well as a type of camelid - such as a llama - above an unidentified bird. These new lines join existing geoglyphs of a dog, hummingbird, condor and a monkey, thought to have been drawn by the ancient Nazca people between the first and sixth centuries.

The discovery was made by pilot Eduardo Herrán Gómez de la Torre as he flew over the hills of El Ingenio Valley and Pampas de Jumana, as reported by El Comercio. Archaeologists are now working to confirm the authenticity of the lines. The geoglyphs, more commonly known as the Nazca Lines, were first spotted from the air in 1939 when a pilot flew over the Nazca region of the Peruvian coastal highlands.

The enigmatic Nazca lines have enticed me for years. Why were they made and how? What religious philosophy would drive people to create massive glyphs in a foreboding desert's sand/rock? We may never know the answer, aliens aside- but it can be fun to speculate.

The Signs Of Decay and the Decline of Empires

I found this interview particularly interesting

Lenin- The Voice of a Revolution

I never knew too much about the man outside of the major talking points.

The Mystery of the Headless Romans

The mystery surrounding decapitated Roman skeletons found in York England circa 210 A.D. give or take a few years..... or about the same time Rome was invading Scotland.

Cracking the Mayan Code

A rather enlightening walk through the history of decoding the Mayan written language. Linguistics, Mayan/pre-columbian history, the engrained stubbornness of science, and more are all here.