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HOUSTON (AP) — Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched. The restricted lab is home to hundreds of pounds of moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts close to a half-century ago. And for the first...

The legend of the Pururaucas soldiers or stone soldiers is an Inca legend that mystifies the victory of the Inca army over the Chanca army in 1438. Mainstream scholars see the event an attempt to magnify the feat of the surprise Inca victory of the...

Located in the Museum of the Seminary of Sherbrooke are a set of mysterious stones that, according to many who have researched them, could offer conclusive evidence that neither the Vikings, nor Columbus traveled to America first, but a culture from Northern Africa, and 2,500...

Located near Cuzco modern day Peru, we find one of the most mysterious yet magnificent ancient site son the planet: Ollantaytambo. There –according to many— we can find evidence of extremely advanced technology used by ancient cultures thousands of years ago. What kind of ancient...

The builders of ancient Sacsayhuaman left behind precisely cut blocks of stone that have challenged our modern-day builders in many ways. But in addition to their numerous achievements in engineering and architecture, there are certain parts of Sacsayhuaman which are indicative perhaps of a giant...

The mysterious Ica Stones depict a wide number of scenes: From dinosaurs attacking human beings to traces of advanced technology, medical operations, maps and erotic scenes. While there certainly is a note of ambiguity which ultimately leaves room for different interpretations of the stones, these...

Baalbek is the name of an archaeological site in Lebanon. It is a gigantic megalithic platform, and its true age remains a mystery to archaeologists and researchers who can only speculate about the true origin of this ancient megalithic site. It is located east of...