Frederic & Annick’s Favourite Article of the Year. Athens looks towards modern art – World Meanderings (n°96)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Athens is not all about Antiquity. The proof is in the recent opening of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation,...
MALTA DIARY: The mists of time and old wives’ tales
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: I was quite astounded some time back to read that some well-known fairy tales...
He couldn’t stop laughing. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 540a
When he heard I was planning to plunge into the forbidden forests of the Amazon, my friend Andrew rocked with laughter. “I’ll give you three precious tips,” he smirked. ...
Malta Diary Fancy a loaf of bread that’s 2,120 years old? It may be a trifle hard – but it’s not stale!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Malta must stand as the longest most colonised country in the world –...
Malta Diary Malta and its walls and bastions – “For sheer concentration and majesty quite unmatched”
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Man and walls. They have worked together since the start of recorded history. Some walls...
Frozen lost city beneath the ice. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 547a
THE ‘LOST CITY’ OF ANTARCTICA “THERE could be a hidden city frozen underneath Antarctica, according to shock claims. “The huge continent is an icy mass, and is currently inhabited...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 748 WHY DIDN’T SHE TELL ME?
“Jenny!” I exclaimed, “Why didn’t you tell me?” Her eyes opened wide. “What do you mean?” “Well, you had this information and you didn’t even mention it?” I dropped...
“Pech Merle cave”, an authentic prehistoric treasure – Meanderings through France n° 179
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Pech Merle cave is part of a group of 13 adorned caves in Southwest France in the Lot Valley. 29,000...
Mummies older than their coffins? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 596
WHY AREN’T WE TOLD? “Radiometric dating?” snorted Ray. “It’s useless in dating the past!” “What do you mean… useless?” I asked. “Look,” said Ray. “I’ll give you an example....
Earth’s eeriest ghost town. Archaeology newsflash 746
Come with me into the most eerie ghost town on this planet. But first you should know its story… It is early morning. Five cities on the Jordan Plain...
IRAQ HEAT SCANNER SURPRISE; ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 732
What a shrewd man! During the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein had 1,500 heavy tanks positioned on the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. But he buried them in...
A REAL UNDERGROUND CITY? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.716
Several years ago, two men – Jack and Bill (surnames unknown) – were exploring in Death Valley, near Wingate Pass, when one of them fell through the bottom of...
Tunnels Under the Ocean – really? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.645
ANCIENT TUNNELS UNDER THE SEA? “Oh, that’s just too much!” sniggered my neighbour’s brother, when he told him about some of our expeditions. “I have to meet this #8221;...
Science and media laughed at him; Archaeological Newsflash no 539a
What can you do when the media, the politicians and the university conspire to deny, suppress and steal your evidence … then laugh at you as a comedy character?...
The Big Boat hoax – and the true story. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.535b
CHINESE DISCOVERY REPORT I have been asked about a joint Turkish-Chinese expedition that claimed to have found Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat in Turkey. They took pictures of what...
Do you think they were buried here? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 686
CAN YOU SOLVE THESE PYRAMID SECRETS? You may have heard it said that they were TOMBS? -the Great Pyramid and those other big pyramids at Giza, in Egypt? Don’t...
No clothes, no house, just a cave. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.536c
Yes, Larry got around stark naked. And he lived in a cave. Would you believe, he was a school teacher. But he wanted to escape the rat race, so...
Why is this so dangerous? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 535
“Just look what we’ve found!” shrieked Robert. Isn’t this mind-blowing?” “On the seabed?” “Yes!… but they don’t want to know #8221; “Why not?” “Because the implications are… shall I...
CITIES UNDER THE SEA? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.668
See also By Lyn Funnell. Explorers keep reporting apparent under-sea ruins off the coasts of Cuba, Bimini and elsewhere in the Caribbean. The seabed remains off Cuba are at...
Going Bananas for a Banana
By Wendy Hughes I don’t know about you, but I am passionate about bananas, especially when my sugar levels are low, because they are an ideal...
Israel cover-up attempt fails. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 624
THE DISCOVERY THAT LED TO ATTEMPTED MURDER They called it a hoax, till one man went to prove it so… The unexpected truth shocked me… It will shock you...
The Eeriest Ghost Town. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 541a
Hello , Come with me into the most eerie ghost town on this planet. But first you should know its story… It is early morning. Five cities on...
X-Rays used in Ancient China? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 530c
Are you ready to be shocked? Mark, a radiologist, mentioned the other day something he had heard concerning x-rays used in ancient China “Is there any proof to this?”...
Experts in denial. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 533
Today you are getting two SHOCKING answers to two outrageous questions… 1. SO HOW OLD IS IT? This whole thing started when Fred (my neighbour) plopped down on...
Lost city in the clouds. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 573
I invite you to come with me, now, on an adventure you’ll never forget. What awaits you is an amazing journey as you come face to face with a...
Egypt construction workers’ shock ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 524b
AMAZING EGYPTIAN DISCOVERY Elizabeth Kubicek writes from Australia: “My father built two blocks of apartments, about 8 or 10 stories high, in Alexandria, Egypt., in a suburb called...
Just too explosive to tell ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.531b
Could this be the greatest find of all time? What do you think? My normal meticulous checking procedures have been blocked in this case. DISCOVERY 4 MILES DEEP? The...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 326 IRAQ HEAT SCANNER SURPRISE
What a shrewd man! During the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein had 1,500 heavy tanks positioned on the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. But he buried them in...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.537c VISIBLE – THEN INVISIBLE – ART
The invisible pictures – do you know about them? Yes – ancient pictures that actually become visible, then invisible! But first, I must share with you something that...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 531 SHIPWRECKED MEN LEAVE SAD NOTE
Some ancient shipwrecked sailors, who found themselves stranded in the “land down under” (Australia), have left their sad, lonely message for us to read. Yes, the “land down under”...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 530 LOST DESERT PYRAMIDS FOUND?
Have Egypt’s long lost pyramids really been found on Google Earth? Unusual-shaped sandy mounds discovered in the Egyptian desert are in the same location that is labelled as pyramids...
HUMAN SACRIFICES UNEARTHED. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 516a
News has broken that researchers at an archaeological site in northern Peru have made an unusually large discovery of nearly three dozen people sacrificed some 600 years ago by...
The invisible messages ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 528a
Do you like reading old letters? I mean, VERY, VERY OLD? (By the way, I hope you’re loving some of the varied stuff at my website.) INVISIBLE MESSAGES As...
Do you love a good mystery? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO. 528
Do you love a good mystery, ? The vast Amazon forest still conceals many mysteries. This report concerns man-made lights that never go out – but just keep on...
4,000-YEAR-OLD STATUE FOUND ON MOON? ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 522
Have you heard the news?” called Carl, breathlessly. “A noted scientist has just produced proof that the lunar surface was inhabited by intelligent life: a 10-inch angel sculpture embedded...
THE FARMER WHO NEARLY WENT TO PRISON. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 506
There are many ways to avoid having to face a challenge to one’s theories. This tactic would do any corrupt politician proud. This is the story of some stones...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS FLASH NO.509 BODY IN PRESERVING LIQUID
A sealed mausoleum (with a sarcophagus containing the body of a shapely and beautiful patrician girl), opened in April 1485, contained at her feet a lighted lamp which had...
The prank that drowned a city ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 505b
, A HIGH-SPIRITED FILLY, WAS THE PRINCESS. She could down alcohol with the best of them. The binge had gone on all afternoon. I don’t know what triggered...
They’re hiding the caves from us ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 482a
Have you ever been on a houseboat? This was Anne-Marie’s second vacation at Lake Powell. She looked from the houseboat. All around her the landscape was breathtaking – red...
Pyramid shocks ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 483
The following information came to me initially from a contact named Al. He wrote: “I want to share with you a story my late grandfather told me many...