The crystal ball is as pervasive as it is mysterious. It's displayed in the window of your local psychic; it makes an appearance in movies, books, and pop culture. But how it earned its seductive ...

Orthodox Christianity provides the faithful with many sacred objects of worship, especially icons - artistic depiction of holy figures. It is commonly believed these holy relics possess spiritual ...

Jewellery has always possessed meaning. As a result, it should come as no surprise to learn that Tibetan jewellery is packed with it, which is something that might interest those seeking out Buddhist ...

 All that is left of the ancient continent is now ice covered shelfs in the Arctic, but earlier it was a part of two supercontinents. A recent research has refuted a myth about Hyperborea being ...

With its dramatic coastlines and mountains Wales is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Besides its natural beauty Wales is also a land of ghosts, dark legends and unexplained phenomena. ...

There are few mysteriously formed stone balls known from around the globe. Where in the world did these spheres come from? Or did they even come from this world? Ancient civilizations have endowed ...

What landed here - a UFO or a meteorite? This 40 meter high geological formation was never thoroughly investigated until the 2000s but Russian scientists seem to have found an explanation. A ...

It sometimes seems the world is full of supernatural mysteries which may never be solved. Numerous tales of the strange and paranormal are often link to bodies of water, and especially lakes which by ...

Spirit animals are always around us – it’s just up to us whether we believe in their power or not. Animals guide us, teach us, and communicate with us if we choose to notice these special signs from ...

The word talisman refers in its widest sense to an object made to protect the owner, to avert the power of evil, and promote well-being. Talismanic objects in various cultures belong to realm of ...

Scientists say that cremated remains may hold the key to unlocking the truth behind England’s greatest mystery: who built Stonehenge? New studies on the cremated remains of 25 Neolithic people ...

Conspiracy theorists have long examined Leonardo da Vinci’s works for hidden meanings and most of these conspiracy theories rest on hidden secrets or codes. Perhaps we’ve all been fooled into ...

An 11-year-old boy in the village of Yakutia has discovered a 1,000-year-old message on a pendant that was carved into a mammoth bone with Turkic runic inscriptions. The four mysterious words are ...

Archaeologists using drones have discovered more than 25 geoglyphs etched into a swath of coastal desert in southern Peru, and they are likely much older than the famous Nasca lines. Most of the ...

There is widespread interest in geoglyphs, which are the huge designs produced upon the ground by a wide range of cultures in different times and places. After all, it can be difficult for modern ...