http://www.ancientriddles.info The world is a wondrous place, filled with both the bizarre and the astounding. From the ancient past to the mysterious happenings of today, we shall explore together the fascinating things that make this anything but a mundane reality! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:45:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Humm, maybe there are a few physical reasons to wonder what's coming up the next few years. We are hearing a lot about 2012; here is a brief scientific view. Douglas Mefford explores the possible future at EduBook http://www.ancientriddles.info/2010/01/28/a-scientific-theory-for-the-prophesized-2012-disaster/ It may not be from outer space or the world of the weird but this barely mentioned story set in the international currency wars has as much potential to shake the world as any alien landing on the White House lawn or in Red Square. Who are the alleged Japanese nationals ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/20/a-truly-modern-mystery-the-1345-billion-bearer-bond-inconsistencies/ Sometimes it pays to take a conspiracy theory with a grain of salt. However, the recent new US Military policy to classify as "Secret" any incoming asteroids and meteors that explode in the atmosphere screams of some kind of COVER-UP! For 15 years the data coming from the nuclear bomb test ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/12/now-what-is-the-military-hiding/ For those who have ever wondered what it takes to be a witch, please start by avoiding the commercialism of ready-made "spell kits" and other artifacts of the salesman's art. The real practitioners of the Craft avoid these misguided attempts of the merchants to make a "quick-fix" dollar. Take a few ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/09/missing-the-point-spell-kits-and-gimmicks/ Part of the mission of the LHC is to create micro black holes to study the physics of these anomalous objects in a laboratory environment. There are those who say the results will be the creation of a black hole that will suck the whole planet into itself. Most physicists ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/08/will-the-large-hadron-collider-suck-the-planet-down-the-drain/ The ancient Egyptian pyramids are easily the most famous and the similar structures in Mexico show that, as a building design, this pointed four-sided shape was popular around the planet. New discoveries are turning up what appear to be even more of them in such diverse places as China and ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/06/pyraminds-are-turning-up-everywhere/ The old colonial attitude that the Australian Aborigine was an unlearned and uncultured wild man has been slowly eradicated. Now Ray P. Norris of the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility and Duane W. Hamacher of the Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University have begun putting together the pieces from archaeological ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/04/the-ancient-astronomers-of-australia/ America's own lake monster may have been spotted again. "Champ" is the reputed resident of Vermont's Lake Champlain and is a hard to catch figure. Burlington resident Eric Olsen caught nearly two minutes worth of footage on his cell phone on May the 31st of something as yet unidentified swimming ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/03/its-something-in-the-water/ You've seem them yourself over the past ten years. Normal jet contrails are water and carbon and dissipate quickly. However, increasingly often you will see huge spreading trails that stay in the air and spread out to form a thin cloud cover across the sky. Ground tests in areas heavy ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/06/01/the-chemtrail-conspiracy/ The early days of the "space race" between Russia and the United States were filled with excitement and quite possibly more than a bit of tragedy. The technology was new and the "learn as you go" approach made space exploration a highly dangerous endeavor for anyone who slipped the bonds ... http://www.ancientriddles.info/2009/05/31/lost-in-space/