Exploring the Unknown
Greg Herring 
Before skyscrapers and subways, there was Uruk. This Sumerian city in southern Mesopotamia turned scattered villages into a true urban world. Uruk built canals, raised temples, trained scribes, and wrote on clay. If you have ever checked the time, signed a receipt, or walked through a busy market, you are feeling the aftershock of what … Read more
Some “ancient mysteries” are not magic at all. With smart tools like AI, satellite images, and ground radar, we are reading clues that were hiding in plain sight. From giant desert drawings in Peru to a book no one can read, new tech is helping us tell real stories about the past—no aliens needed. What … Read more
Machines are learning to read the oldest writing on earth. From Sumerian wedges to faded hieroglyphs, AI is turning blurred tablets and chipped inscriptions into readable text. No sci fi magic here, just smart models, sharp photos, and patient experts working together. The result is a quiet revolution in how we recover the human record. … Read more
Imagine running an entire city with nothing but memory, handshakes, and hope. That was life before cuneiform. Then a reed stylus met wet clay, and the world changed. The first great writing system turned promises into proof, stories into literature, and numbers into a powerful language of trade. Legends say knowledge came from otherworldly “watchers”—our … Read more
From the first cities and pay stubs to your 60-minute hour, Ancient Sumer quietly launched the modern world—no aliens required. These 12 world-firsts still shape your day, and #7 might be sitting in your fridge. Fun fact: The Sumerians used a base-60 number system—why clocks count 60 seconds and 60 minutes. Watch for beer rations … Read more
Dive into the intriguing history of cities that vanished without a trace! Throughout history, empires have risen and fallen, but what happened to the cities that just… disappeared? Swallowed by the earth, the sea, or the sands of time, their secrets remain hidden from view. Let’s explore ten such places that vanished from the map—some … Read more
The History You Weren’t Taught in School What if the story of ancient America taught in schools is missing a key chapter? Imagine a time when a race of giants roamed the continent, their existence so well-known that it was spoken of by presidents and reported as fact in hundreds of local newspapers. Now, imagine … Read more
Deep in the quiet basements of our nation’s oldest museums, past shelves stacked high with forgotten relics, there are whispers. Imagine wooden crates, their surfaces rough with age, stamped with fading ink and cryptic shipping labels. Picture dusty ledgers, their brittle pages crackling with untold stories, filled with handwritten notes about incredible discoveries. What if, … Read more
Imagine a dusty, old road map of America. Instead of cities and highways, this map is marked with thousands of ancient earth mounds. Now, imagine a different kind of map, one where red markers pinpoint places where something extraordinary was found inside those mounds. We’re talking about bones, not just any bones, but giant human … Read more
Deep in the pages of ancient books, whispered in old legends, and hinted at in broken clay tablets, a single question echoes through time: were there giants on the earth in those days? The stories are not just fables; they are a persistent thread that weaves its way through history, from sacred texts to dusty … Read more