Giant ancient Minoan axes – what were they used for?
To find such an axe in the hands of a Minoan woman would suggest strongly that she held a powerful position within the Minoan culture.
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Discover here stories from the weird, odd and unusual things. Sometimes creepy, sometimes tragic, but all that’s very interesting.
Have scientists finally solved the mystery of Europe’s bog body phenomenon?
Examining all three kinds of bog body reveals that they are part of a millennia-long, deep-rooted tradition.
Giant of Odessos: Skeleton unearthed in Varna, Bulgaria
The skeleton of enormous size was revealed during rescue excavations conducted by archaeologists from the Varna Museum of Archaeology.
What mystery lies behind the Loys’ ape?
The strange creature resembled a hominid, lacked a tail like a monkey, had 32 teeth, and stood between 1.60 and 1.65 meters tall.
The mysterious ‘Giant of Kandahar’ allegedly killed by US special forces in Afghanistan
The Kandahar giant was a massive humanoid creature standing 3-4 meters tall. American soldiers allegedly ran into him and killed him in Afghanistan.
The mysterious Dropa Tribe of the high altitude Himalayas
This unusual tribe was believed to have been extraterrestrial because they had strange blue eyes, almond-shaped with double lids; they spoke an unknown language, and their DNA did not match any other known tribe.
The giant claw: Mount Owen’s terrifying discovery!
Archaeologists have found a claw that is 3,300 years old and belongs to a bird that has been extinct for the past 800 years.
Reincarnation: The strange case of James Arthur Flowerdew
Flowerdew was haunted by visions of a city surrounded by deserts for many years.
Ancient Aramaic incantation describes a mysterious ‘devourer’ that brings ‘fire’ to victims!
Analysis of the incantation's writing indicates that it was inscribed sometime between 850 BC and 800 BC, and this makes the inscription the oldest Aramaic incantation ever found.
200 ancient ‘giant’ skeletons unearthed in Cayuga, Canada
Five or six feet below the ground, were unearthed two hundred giant skeletons nearly all intact in their well conditions.
Bolshoi Tjach Skulls – the two mysterious skulls discovered in an ancient mountain cave in Russia
The Bolshoi Tjach skulls are housed in a small museum in the town of Kamennomostsky, in the Republic of Adygea, Russia.
Lost by Deception Island: The strange case of Edward Allen Oxford
Edward Allen Oxford was marooned for two years during the end of World War I on what he claimed to have been marooned for no more than six weeks on an inhabitable tropical island off the coast of Antarctica. Officials called him 'insane'.