Yesterday’s Myths & Mysteries

July 1, 2013
Kuchisake-Onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman
“Watashi kirei?” she asks. Am I pretty? Your answer will determine your fate. Say “No,” and she will cut off…
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June 17, 2013
The Harrowing Tale of Alaska’s Mysterious Orange Goo
On August 3, 2011, a mysterious orange goo washed ashore in the quiet village of Kivalina, Alaska. It was a…
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June 6, 2013
Exploring the Sunken City of Heracleion
Once thought to be legend, the ancient city of Heracleion is beginning to reveal its mysteries. Built in the 8th…
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May 9, 2013
The Drombeg Stone Circle of Ireland
In County Cork, Ireland, near the country’s southern coast, lies the Drombeg stone circle, a megalithic monument also known as…
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January 25, 2013
The Otherworlds Of Ireland
They say time passes differently in the Otherworlds of Ireland. These are the paradises that exist on Earth in Celtic…
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January 21, 2013
Did A Gamma-Ray Burst Hit Earth During The Middle Ages?
In Ends of the World: Gamma-Ray Bursts, I raised the possibility that millions of years ago, Earth may have experienced…
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January 18, 2013
Agharta And The Golden City Of Shambhala
As the Russian philosopher Nicholas Roerich passed through the sprawling mountains of Central Asia in 1926, he and his guides…
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