Bolzano, Italy | A recent analysis on Ötzi the Iceman, a 3,300 year old Italian mummy, has revealed trace amounts of nicotine previously unnoticed in the mummy’s skin tissues, leading scientists to reexamine the possibility of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact in ancient times.

The results came as a complete surprise to Italian researcher Mario Galvanilli, head researcher for the South Tyrol Museum of Archeology. The recent analysis that emphasized on studying how the environment affected preservation of the mummy’s skin tissues over centuries came with unexpected results which, as of today, has left the scientific community baffled and with more questions than answers, admits the expert who specializes in the study of DNA strains of ancient peoples.

“The results we came upon in our study are clearly unexpected, to say the least” admits the scientist.

“In 35 years of research, this has to be the most baffling data I have stumbled upon in my career. We have reanalyzed samples multiple times to ensure no errors were made, and have come up with similar results every time” he adds, visibly puzzled.

If the discovery came as a surprise to the team of researchers, the wave of criticism from the scientific community that has hit the team has completely taken them by surprise

“The biggest criticism was that nicotine could not possibly have been used in Europe before the discovery of the New World and that transatlantic journeys were not possible at the time” explains co-researcher Dona Rivelli.

“People were so mad at our findings that they completely dismissed our studies and refused to analyze our results” she adds, visibly shocked by the whole affair.

To add to the controversy, a 2012 analysis by the University of Michigan on the copper axe that was found on Ötzi the Iceman shows extremely high levels of purity estimated to be 99.7% pure copper

Further tests proved that the high levels of purity of the copper axe were not the product of smelting from ore, which has led some scientists to speculate that the copper was brought from the Americas, specifically from the Michigan region known for its unique geological properties giving levels of purity in copper found nowhere else in the world, a possibility mainstream science does not seem to take kindly acknowledges the Italian research team who hope their presence at the 2015 European Archeological Conference will give them a chance to show their results to the world.

Nassau, Bahamas | A group of divers off the coast of the Bahamas has stumbled upon an unidentified submerged structure that could possibly be of human origin reports the Bahamas Herald this morning, even stemming allegations by some experts of the possible discovery of the ruins of the legendary Atlantis.

The group of divers who were just expecting to go for an underwater safari never expected to stumble upon such a discovery. Even the native guide who brought the tourists at the specific location never suspected there was something unusual under the water at this spot.

“I have brought thousands of divers in this area before but never did anyone notice these ruins” admits José Ramirez, a local diving guide.

“Possibly strong underwater currents brought about by the latest storms might have perturbed the soil and uncovered these constructions” he told reporters.

The divers were surprised to find large submerged megalithic structures off the coast of the Bahamas

“It was the most unbelievable feeling” recalls Hannah Borgenstein, an Austrian tourist who was part of the diving team. “I felt like Indiana Jones, I still feel like I am dreaming” she added, visibly enthused by the latest discovery.

Some experts believe the ruins could be linked to the underwater structures photographed in 2001 by Canadian oil prospectors between the shores of Mexico and Cuba.

To add to the controversy, similar structures of human origin were reported off the coast of Cuba in 2001 by a team of Canadian oil prospectors

James Horndall, underwater archeologist and president of the American Association of Underwater Archeology (AAUA) is impressed by the story but claims thorough research must be undergone to assert if these rock structures are man made or of natural origin.

“Underwater, things don’t always seem to be what they really are” he explains. “People come to the Bahamas to party, and are often under the influence of alcohol or even drugs, which could distort their visual perception. On the other hand, these rocks show very peculiar arrangements which are fairly unusual in natural occurring geological formations” he adds.

Ma’rib| A team of archaeologists from the University of Oxford has uncovered a large funeral complex in Northern Yemen, near the ancient capital of the South Arabian kingdom of Saba. Inside one of the tombs, they discovered inscriptions and jewelry that led them to conclude that the tomb belonged to the biblical Queen of Sheba.

The scientists, led by Professor Joseph Lang, were conducting their searches near the ancient Sabaic Temple of Awwām, when their ground-penetrating imaging technology revealed the presence of a large underground structure. They excavated the structure and discovered that it was the funeral complex of some royal figure or powerful leader, dating from the tenth century B.C..

The tomb contained the skeleton of a middle-aged woman of African descent, adorned with luxurious jewelry. The tomb also contained many artefacts, including pottery vases still containing traces of myrrh and frankincense, as well as many clay tablets inscribed in two different ancient scriptures.

Archaeologists have uncovered many engraved clay tablets in the yet undeciphered Sabaean writing, but also a few written in cuneiform script, most of them referring to a certain “Bilkis, Queen of Sheba”.

The analysis of the skeleton and the artefacts have revealed that the tomb dated from between 970 and 910 B.C., which would concur with the generally accepted dates for the reign of King Solomon. The frankincense and the myrrh found on the site also constitute a link with the biblical figure, as the Queen of Sheba is said to have brought to Solomon the same gifts that the Magi would later bring to the Christ.

Professor Lang is convinced that the remains and the tomb belong to the same queen whose visit to king Salomon is described in the biblical Book of Kings.

“The carbon-dating, the location, the inscriptions, the characteristics of the skeleton and the nature of the artefacts on the site all seem to confirm that the bones are indeed those of the famous queen regnant who visited Salomon” explains the British archaeologist. “The tomb is located just outside the ruins of Ma’rib, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Saba or Sheba, and many inscriptions in the tomb refer to “Bilqīs, mqtwyt of Sheba’ which means Bilkis, high chieftess on Sheba. All the evidence we have found until now seems to suggest that this is indeed the biblical queen of Sheba.”

The skeleton was adorned with many pieces of jewelry, made of gold and semiprecious stones imported from as far as the Caucasus and Afghanistan.

This incredible discovery brings an end to a 15-century old debate among scholars concerning the identity of the famous biblical figure who is said to have visited Jerusalem  “with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones” (Book of Kings 10:2).. Many theories had been elaborated about the queen of Sheba, making her alternately the Queen of Egypt or Ethiopia, or even a male King from South Arabia or Zanzibar (named Shan Sheba in Arabic).

The skeleton and all the artefacts found in the tomb have been sent to the National Museum of Yemen in Sanaa, where a new permanent exhibition should make them available to the public. The museum hopes to be able to open this new exposition in May 2015.

LaPaz | Dozens of whale carcasses have been unearthed under Pre-Columbian earth mounds near the city of LaPaz at an altitude of more than 3,800 meters above sea level,  a baffling discovery admit archaeologists from LaPaz University.

The archaeologists that were excavating earth mounds discovered in 2014 around the city of LaPaz were astonished to find the remains of 34 whales under 17 different earth mounds over an area of 300 km². Fifty seven such earth mounds were revealed by LIDAR technology last year after local residents found 2,500-year old mummified human remains under one such mound.

PhD Franco Cucchi, head of the expedition, believes the whale remains could be linked to the ruins of Tiwanaku which lie only 64 km away.

“There are legends in this region of the Great Rain God who flooded the region for years, and people left their houses to flee to the mountains and found refuge here and built cities which became ports, because water levels had reached the top of the mountains. Quite similar to the Biblical deluge in fact” explains the archaeologist. “Even though this is but a legend, it is still mystifying how and why the people that once lived here brought up these whales up here” he admits, visibly puzzled.

Carbon dating tests reveal the whale carcasses are between 3,500 and 2,500 years old.

Damascus | A team of British archaeologists claim they have discovered the legendary cavern of Ali Baba and his forty thieves, a folktale from the Arabian Nights which could in fact be based on historical characters, believe the team of experts.

The team of archaeologists from the University of Oxford in collaboration with the University of Damascus has uncovered a cave in the southwestern region of Syria near Damascus which contains thousands of objects from the 13th century and are believed to be the treasure chest of Ben Ali Baba Khanji, a 13th century merchant turned mercenary after his land was looted and his wife and family killed during a mongol raid in 1260.

Long thought to be a fictitious character because of his recurrence in folklore, Ali Baba reveals in fact to be one the greatest heroes of Syrian history and a great leader who vehemently defended the area for decades from attacks of the Mongols and pushed them out of the area after 1260 until his death in 1289.

The discovery could prove that Ali Baba was in fact Ben Ali Baba Kanji, a 13th century mercenary that sided with the Mamluks during the pivotal Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, where the mongols were defeated

The discovery, which is already believed to be one of Syria’s greatest archaeological finds in 60 years, is hoarded with thousands of objects of the 13th century that some experts estimate the value to hundreds of millions of dollars.

“The value of these findings is inestimable” explains leading archaeologist, John Wellington. “These artifacts will enrich our understanding of the culture of the region during the 13th century, a period of uncertainty and of which much has been lost due to the Mongol invasions, which brought utter chaos and destruction to the region for decades” he acknowledges, visibly enthused by the discovery.

Archaeologists believe the tunnel complex could extend over many kilometers under ground as 57 chambers have already been found and 1.2 km of tunnel has been explored

The recent archaeological digs that are endangered by the approach of terrorist elements from the ISIS organization have pushed the academics to reveal the discovery only 6 months prior to the discovery and have moved most of the artifacts in complete secrecy  to an undisclosed area for their protection and preservation until they can be further examined.

Manchester, NY| A team of archaeologists excavating a drumlin known as  Mormon hill or the Cumorah, in western New York, have discovered a set of gold plates which they believe could be linked to the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith Jr.

The scientists, led by Professor Abraham Jones, are associated with the Brigham Young University’s faculty of archaeology. They were using advanced metal detectors, lasers and other ground-penetrating imaging technology to look for underground structures, when they noticed a small cave-like cavity.

They dug up the entrance, which was buried under a dozen feet of rocks and dirt, and explored the very exiguous cavern. The walls and ceiling were covered with ancient traces of soot, presumably from torches, suggesting the cave had been visited many times in the past. On top of a large flat stone resembling an altar, they found what looks like a book made of metal plates.

The scientists explored the mysterious cavern, but have not been able to recover any other artifact. They have found, however, a few signs of human activity like the ashes of two ancient campfires.

The “book” is made of a set of twelve metal plates, each measuring six inches (15 cm) in width, eight inches (20 cm) in length approximately half an inch (1.27 centimeter) in thickness. The plates are made of a copper-gold alloy, and are held together by three D-shaped rings, forming a sort of book.  The entire volume measures a total of nearly six inches [15 cm] in thickness and weights 59 pounds (26.76 kg).

The plates are covered with mysterious symbols, very similar to the  “reformed Egyptian” characters, written by Joseph Smith Jr. on the document known as the “Anthon Transcript”. Many of the symbols on the plates found by the archaeologists are identical to those drawn by the prophet, in 1928.

LDS scholars have hypothesized that the reformed Egyptian writing could have developed from other modified Egyptian scripts such as hieratic, a priestly shorthand for hieroglyphics.

Joseph Smith Jr. is said to have found similar golden plates on September 22, 1823, in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York. He claimed that an angel named Moroni had directed him to a buried stone box, containing a set of gold plates, covered with strange symbols.

Smith translated the text of the Book of Mormon over the next several years by using a seer stone, which he placed in the bottom of a hat and then placed the hat over his face to view the words written within the stone. He finally published the book in 1830, which was meant to be a complement to the Bible.

This new discovery could be the most important material and historical proof ever found, to back the claims of Joseph Smith Jr. Professor Jones and the scientists from Brigham Young University will now perform an extensive series of tests and analysis to determine if the plates could indeed be linked to the prophet.

Stony Point, NY| A team of lanscaping workers, proceeding to an excavation near the banks of the Hudson river, has discovered the archeological remains of a Norse village dating from the 9th or 10th Century AD.

The workers were digging with a mechanical shovel near the shores of Minisceongo creek, when they stumbled upon the ruins of an ancient building. A team of archaeologists linked to Columbia University, was called to the site to inspect the findings, and they rapidly identified the site as a possible Viking settlement. They proceeded to extend the excavation, and have finally discovered the remains of six buildings.

The various structures are believed to have been constructed of sod, placed over a wooden frame. Based on the associated artifacts, the buildings were variously identified as four dwellings and two workshops. The largest dwelling measured 88 by 42 feet (26.8 by 12.8 meters) and consisted of several rooms, while two of the dwellings were much smaller and were identified as living quarters for lower-status crew or slaves. The two workshops for their part, were identified as an iron smithy, containing a large forge, and a carpentry workshop.

It is unclear how many men and women lived at the site at any given time, but the archaeological evidence suggests it had the capacity of supporting between 30 to 100 individuals, and that the site was inhabited by the Norse for a relatively short period of time.

The Norse smithy, still contained the remains of 10th Century tools and a small quantity of raw iron ore.

During their search of the site, the archaeologists have discovered nine skeletons, who were identified as four adult males, two adult females and three children. Only one of the male warriors had been given a proper burial, being placed in a tomb with his weapon and belongings. The other skeletons showed traces of violent injuries and seemed to have been simply left on the site of their death by the killers.

Many clues discovered on the site suggest that the Vikings could have come into conflict with the indigenous people of the region. Besides the skeletons that were found, who were most likely killed in combat, the numerous remains of native American weapons found on the site suggest the colony suffered a large-scale attack by indigenous warriors.

Several artifacts were also found on the site, suggesting the inhabitants of the site who survived the attack, must have left hastily. These include a dozen of pieces of jewelry, like brooches, pins and arm-rings, mostly made of silver and walrus ivory. The archaeologists also unearthed iron pots, potteries, oil lamps, tools, a whetstone, coins, as well as a few broken weapons and pieces of armor.

Dozens of silex arrowheads were found all over the site, suggesting the settlement could have been attacked by the ancestors of the Lenape tribe.

The Vikings were Germanic Norse seafarers, speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern and central Europe, as well as European Russia, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

Using their advanced seafaring skills and their famous longships, they created colonies and trading posts throughout the North Atlantic islands, navigating as far as the north-eastern coast of North America. Another short-lived Viking settlement was already discovered in 1960, in present-day L’Anse aux Meadows, located in the province Newfoundland and Labrador, in Canada. The remains of butternuts found on that site, had indeed suggested that other settlements further south, because these nuts do not grow naturally north of New Brunswick.

The scientists believe that the settlement could indeed be the legendary Norse colony known as “Vinland”, mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Based on the idea that the name meant “wine-land”, historians had long speculated that the region contained wild grapes. Wild grapes were, indeed, still growing in many areas of the Hudson Valley when the first European settlers arrived in the region, so the archaeologists believe that this could really be the colony described in the mythological saga.

Tell el Hammeh, West Bank | Two 5,000-year old male skeletons unearthed near the city of Tell el Hammeh, in the southern Jordan river valley, could possibly be the world’s oldest known homosexuals in human history.

The ruins that are under excavation by a team of researchers of the University of Tel Aviv believe the ruins are the remnants of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities allegedly destroyed by God’s Divine wrath because of the “wickedness and obscure practices” of its population.

The discovery was greeted with much enthusiasm by the team of researchers that hope other similar finds could prove “once and for all” that the ruins are in fact those of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

The discovery of two homosexual male skeletons in the southern Jordan river valley could prove to be the remnants of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, believes professor Ariel Schweinberg of the University of Tel Aviv

The professor of archeology was clearly enthused by the discovery.

“I have made my life’s work to discover the location of Sodom and Gomorrah and this could ultimately be the proof I have been looking for all this time” explained the scientist, visibly emotional.

“Sodom and Gomorrah who are reputed for their homosexual sexual practices, and the reason the Bible claims the cities were destroyed, are an important window to understand the culture of the region at that time” he told local reporters.

“Extremely high levels of radioactivity found at the site also denote a major catastrophic event occurred in the region, at levels we cannot explain for the moment, but which are consistent with the biblical account of the destruction of the cities” he admitted.

In the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed with brimstone and fire from the LORD because “the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners” and “because their sin is very grievous”, a behavior often attributed to the practice of homosexuality by a majority of biblical scholars.

Alice Springs | What could be the largest human skeleton ever discovered has been unearthed by a team of archeologists from the University of Adelaide at the Uluru archeological site near Ayers rock in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, reports the Adelaide Herald this morning.

The gigantic hominid specimen that measures an incredible 5.3 meter tall (17 foot and 4 inches) was discovered near the ancient ruins of the only megalithic civilization ever discovered in Australia, which makes the discovery twice as puzzling admits professor Hans Zimmer of the University of Adelaide.

“The discovery of the Uluru archeological site last year already took us by surprise, but this new find is just jaw dropping” he admits, visibly dumbfounded. “Theoretically, a five meter-tall hominid cannot exist. How did this occur? How is this possible. Although this discovery is fascinating, we are left with more questions than answers” he concedes.

The discovery of a 5-meter tall human skeleton near Ayers rock is the largest skeleton ever found and leaves scientists with “more questions than answers” concedes Hans Zimmer, professor of Archeology at the University of Adelaide

Some experts have hypothesized that the specimen might have suffered from an extreme case of gigantism, a condition caused by the over-production of growth hormones, a theory professor Hans Zimmer dismisses as “pure speculation”.

“Only further research can help us uncover the truth behind this anomaly of nature. Until we have found more skeletal remains, we should not rush ourselves into hazardous explanations” he told local reporters. “We have found several incomplete skeletons, of which the bones were also of gigantic size. It seems a major catastrophe has completely washed away all traces of this lost and unknown civilization” he notes. “This specimen is apparently not unique, it is but a question of time before we find a similar specimen” he firmly believes.

The Uluru archeological site, unearthed in 2014 by a team of researchers from the Australian National University, led to the discovery of a previously unknown megalithic civilization that could help solve the mystery of the estranged discovery.

“We have unearthed last February a megalithic block that is estimated to weight an approximate 80 tons. The basalt qualities of the monolith are found only 200 km away. How did they move this huge block hundreds of kilometers into the desert, what technologies did this civilization use? We cannot properly answer these questions at the present moment” admits John Thomas Buckler, head archeologist during the 2014 excavation.

Some specialists believe a major catastrophe is the cause of the destruction of the Uluru civilization, turning the whole region from a rich fertile land into a sterile desert at the time

“Ferrous deposits are found all over the Australian desert, which possibly proves some sort of meteorite impact in the region” explains Sydney-based researcher, Allan DeGroot. “The analysis of geological deposits confirm a large impact in the region between 3,500 and 2,500 years ago” admits the leading expert. “The catastrophic destruction revealed by traces of vitrification and high levels of radiation at the ruins of the Uluru archeological site clearly lead us to believe both events are intimately linked together” he concludes.

The radioactive qualities of the skeleton remains have made the scientists work extremely complicated, but Hans Zimmer’s team hopes international cooperation with other major universities could help solve the enigma of the giant remains much sooner by giving the team access to technologies that are not available in Australia for the moment.

A team of archeologists from the University of Tel Aviv have uncovered a collection of ancient scrolls in the West Bank region, near the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were originally uncovered in 1947, and which promise to shed a new light on the life and physical appearance of Jesus Christ.

The newly found documents which are believed to have been written by a small Jewish sectarian group, called the Essenes, retraces different elements of the Old Testament and New Testament similar to the Dead Sea Scrolls, but scholars have turned their attention to a peculiar fragment which describes the birth of the Christ figure in a new light.

The manuscripts that have been dated between 408 BCE to 318 CE describe the son of Mary as of a “darker color” of skin than her parents, a revealing information admits professor Hans Schummer.

The manuscripts that have been dated between 408 BCE to 318 CE shed a new light on the physical appearance of Jesus Christ, admits professor Hans Schummer of the University of Tel Aviv

“It is quite revealing that the unknown author of the document notes with a certain sense of surprise that the infant’s skin tone is darker in color than his mother and father.

“The infant was the color of the night” reads a part of the fragment of the scripture, “In the dark of the night, nothing could be seen of the infant except the white of his eyes” reads another excerpt.

Hamshet, half-brother of Joseph

There is also the mention of a peculiar character named Hamshet, which is described as the half-brother of Joseph. Hamshet is described as “untrustworthy” and “ill-fated”, denoted as suspicious and reviled by his brother Joseph who “despises his wicked manners” and “lack of morals”, but most interestingly, accordingly to archeologist Natanya Jeborah of the University of Tel Aviv, Hamshet and the infant are described by a shepherd as sharing “the same color of skin”, a remark Joseph does not take lightly.

“In this account of the nativity of Christ, this is the first known description of Hamshet, the alleged half-brother of Joseph, with whom Joseph seems to have much contempt for some unexplained reason” she explains. “Is it possible Hamshet was in fact the true father of Jesus? Although some elements may lead us to think so, without further proof we are left only with a plausible conjecture” she adds.

The infant Jesus was “black as the night” reveal the new scrolls, leading experts to believe Jesus was in fact of a “darker skin tone” and allegedly of African descent

Why is Hamshet, half-brother of Joseph, dark skinned?

Some apocryphal texts insist the father of Joseph had two wives, but also a servant of African origin named Melcha. Although the names of Joseph’s siblings are not mentioned, he allegedly had 4 sisters and 5 brothers. It is also said that a child was born of the union of Jacob and his servant after his second wife had died. “This could explain why Hamshet is described as of a darker tone of skin than his half-brother Joseph” believes Hebrew scholar Moshe Zuckenschtein. “The use of the Hebrew adjective “כושי” Cushite or Cushi, translated to Latin as Aethiops, to describe Hamshet also confirms that he is of darker skin than the average Israelite of the time” he acknowledges. “That his skin tone is said to be the same as that of the infant Jesus is very intriguing” he concedes.

Further research of the caves  led by the University of Tel Aviv in the vicinity of the ancient settlement at Khirbet Qumran in the West Bank could reveal new promising discoveries believe scholars, although the two-year excavation of the caves, which are located about 2 kilometers inland from the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, are under constant threat by armed conflicts in the region.

Las Grutas | What is believed by experts to be the wreck of a World War 2 Nazi submarine has been found washed up off the coast of Argentina this week by a group of Norwegian tourists. The group of unsuspecting tourists were astounded to discover the remains of the 70-year old submarine on a deserted beach during a two-week bike trek tour of Argentina’s East coast shoreline.

Experts believe the wreck to be the remnants of a German U-boat (Unterseeboot, literally “undersea boat”) which was likely washed ashore after violent undersea currents washed up the WW2 submarine during the magnitude 8.3 earthquake that shook Chile last September.

The discovery of a German U-boat in Argentinian waters, the farthest of any known WW2 German submarine wreck ever found, is already exciting the imagination of WW2 historians who believe many Nazi high ranking officials might have used this kind of transport to flee Germany after the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945.

WW2 Historian Fernando Martin Gomez and professor at University of Buenos Aires believes the 70-year old submarine might have been washed up by heavy underwater currents during the magnitude 8.3 earthquake that took Chile by storm last September

A historical discovery

“This is very unexpected” admits WW2 historian and professor at University of Buenos Aires, Fernando Martin Gomez. “Not only is it exceptional to find such a wreck in such good a state after 70-years but I believe we also have to deal here with a very peculiar kind of German submarine, the Seehund (literally “seal”), a particular class of midget German submarine which might have been used for the sole purpose of bringing Nazi officials to South America at the end of the war” he told the Buenos Aires Times.

“What we have here is proof of German troops landing on Argentinian soil during WW2″ he explained. “We estimate that at least 5,000 Nazis fled to Argentina after the war. But this kind of military vessel must have been used only for a distinct few, possibly for top ranking officials of the Nazi organization” he admits, visibly enthused by the discovery.

Nazis in South America

It is estimated that over 9,000 Nazi war criminals fled to South America after WWII, finding refuge in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, countries that had stayed neutral during the conflict.

Professor of History at University of Oxford, Winston H. Hollinger, entertains the possibility that Hitler and high ranking Nazi officials might have used such a vessel to escape to South America

“The data clearly shows a large number of German high officials fled to South America after the end of the war. The idea that Hitler fled to South America is only now being more and more accepted by academic scholars” explains professor of History at University of Oxford, Winston H. Hollinger. “Declassified FBI files and the arrest of Herman Freudenstadt in 1987 clearly lead towards this possibility” acknowledges the expert.

Herman Freudenstadt, a former German Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the SS police force and childhood friend of Hitler, was arrested in Argentina in 1987 and convicted for war crimes in Italy. His court statements still, to this day, cause much consternation amongst scholars after he claimed at the time to have fled with Hitler to South America in a submarine composed of a small crew of which a number of unnamed high ranking Nazi officials were allegedly part of, a story that created a media frenzy at the time but was dismissed by specialists.

“The discovery of this U-boat could lead some credence to the court statements of Herman Freudenstadt” admits professor Hollinger.

Recently declassified files have revealed that an estimated 9,000 Nazis, including Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann and Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele, fled to South America in the aftermath of the Second World War

WASHINGTON | Recently released remote sensing photography of NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission in Antarctica led to a fascinating discovery when images revealed what some experts believe could be the existence of a possible ancient human settlement lying beneath an impressive 2.3 kilometers of ice.

The intriguing discovery was made during aircraft tests trials of NASA’s Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) lidar technology set to be launched on the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) in 2017, that aims to monitor changes in polar ice.

“There’s very little margin for error when it comes to individual photons hitting on individual fiber optics, that is why we were so surprised when we noticed these abnormal features on the lidar imagery,” explains Nathan Borrowitz, IceBridge’s project scientist and sea ice researcher with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

“As of now we can only speculate as to what these features are but the launching of ICESat-2 in 2017 could lead to other major discoveries and a better understanding of Antarctica’s geomorphological features” he adds.

Although NASA scientist Nathan Borrowitz claims the infrared images are definitely intriguing, other experts claim they are clearly the proof of ancient human engineering

A human settlement buried under 2.3 km of ice

Leading archeologist, Ashoka Tripathi, of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calcutta believes the images show clear evidence of an ancient human settlement beneath the ice sheet.

“These are clearly features of some sort of human-made structure, resembling some sort of pyramidal structure. The patterns clearly show nothing we should expect from natural geomorphological formations found in nature. We clearly have here evidence of human engineering. The only problem is that these photographs were taken in Antarctica under 2 kilometers of ice. That is clearly the puzzling part, we do not have any explanation for this at the moment,” he admits.

“These pictures just reflect a small portion of Antarctica’s total land mass. There are possibly many other additional sites that are covered over with ice. It just shows us how easy it is to underestimate both the size and scale of past human settlements,” says Dr Tripathi.

Remnants of a lost civilization

Historian and cartographer at the University of Cambridge, Christopher Adam, believes there might be a rationnal explanation.

The map of Turkish admiral Piri Reis in 1513 AD shows the “ice less” coastline of Antarctica

“One of histories most puzzling maps is that of the Turkish admiral Piri Reis in 1513 AD which successfully mapped the coastline of Antarctica over 500 years ago. What is most fascinating about this map is that it shows the coastline of Antarctica without any ice. How is this possible when images of the subglacial coastline of Antarctica were only seen for the first time after the development of ground-penetrating radar in 1958? Is it possible Antarctica has not always been covered under such an ice sheet? This could be evidence that it is a possibility” he acknowledges.

« A slight pole shift or displacement of the axis of rotation of the Earth in historical times is possibly the only rational explanation that comes to mind but we definitely need more research done before we jump to any conclusion.”

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System, is a planned satellite mission for measuring ice sheet mass elevation, sea ice freeboard as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics, and is set to launch in may 2017.

Barcelona | A new study emerging from the Institute of Creationist Biology in Barcelona, Spain, claims Homo erectus, a forebearer of humanity which went extinct nearly 2 million years ago, disappeared because of their atypical sexual preferences.

According to new archeological evidence emerging from the Palau Pe Dang site in Indonesia, these ancestors of modern humans possibly favored interbreeding with their own gender, leading to a steep decline of their population, believes leading researcher and Christian minister, Emmanuel Fortes.

“A majority of specimens discovered on the site were found to be of the male gender” explains evolutionary biologist and Christian minister, Emmanuel Fortes. “A volcanic eruption at the time covered the group with ashes as they were sleeping. The position of the skeletal remains clearly shows unusual sexual practices between male specimens of the group,” he explained during a press conference this week.

The new study from the Institute of Creationist Biology in Barcelona claims the widespread practice of homosexuality may have led to the disappearance of the Homo erectus species, nearly 2 million years ago

A sharp decline

According to an analysis of global genomes published this week in the journal Science, Homo erectus DNA sharply declined within the human gene pool 2 million years ago, a phenomenon currently unexplained by mainstream science.

“DNA studies done on LGBT community members worldwide clearly show the remnants of the Homo erectus DNA in much stronger percentiles than in heterosexual groups, a fact mainstream scientists dismiss as pseudo-science, but the numbers are there for everyone to see” explains assistant director of the Creation Science Museum, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A warning to humanity

Evolutionary biologist and creationist minister, Emmanuel Fortes, strongly believes the recent data should not be taken lightly.

“If humanity strives to survive, we must understand the lessons of the past,” he explained during the four hour-long conference. “Homo erectus disappeared because of its unruly defiance of the natural laws of the Earth and thus, destroyed itself. This is a clear warning to humanity that the practice of such unnatural acts will lead to our ultimate destruction as a species,” he warned.

A 2011 phrenological study done by the Institute of Creationist Biology in Barcelona on the largest existing collection of Homo erectus craniums also proved the Homo erectus brain was “extremely orientated towards sexual activities [...] of possible deviant and unlawful nature” revealed the study.

Drogheda| A team of archaeologists affiliated with the University College Dublin, have unearthed three skeletons from a previously unknown humanoid species of extremely small size in a wooded area of Eastern Ireland. The specimens measuring between 47 and 61 centimeters are presumably from an entirely new species of humanoid, distinct from modern humans, which would have survived until the 12th or 13th century AD.

The bones which were presumably partially unearthed by a recent rainfall, and were found by three local children who were playing in the area. The young boys immediately contacted the police, believing they had found the remains of murdered children. The medical examiner called on the site, rapidly understood that this was not a modern crime scene, but seemed instead to be an unusual archeological site. He contacted the University College Dublin to ask for help, and the institution sent Professor Edward James McInnes to analyze the discovery.

The bodies of two females and one male were discovered with a small number of artefacts in what appeared to have been a small settlement, near the banks of the river Boyne. The team of archaeologists led by Professor McInnes, has named the species Homo minusculus, which means either ‘Tiny Man’ or ‘Is small in comparison’.

This tiny axe blade was found near the body of the male individual. It is presumed to have been used as both a weapon and a tool.

Various small stone Tools and weapons were found near the bodies, including an axe, two knives, a spear point and even two miniature sewing needles. These items suggest that the Homo Minisculus had only reached a technological level comparable to human hunters-gatherers from the Paleolithic period, as no pottery or metal items have been found on the site. Many bones from various small animals including squirrels, hares, moles and hedgehogs were found near the settlement, many of which bore traces of cooking.

The various dating analyses realized on the bones and artefacts have shown that they dated from somewhere between 1145 and 1230 AD, which means that the species would have coexisted with modern humans for more than 45000 years. This amazing discovery suggests than many tales and stories from the Middle Ages which were considered as fantastic by historians, could indeed be based on real facts. Homo minusculus could have inspired stories of leprechauns, elves and brownies that are common in European folklore.

Professor McInnes and his team believe that Homo minusculus could have disappeared due to the destruction of its habitat by surrounding human communities.

It remains unclear at the moment if Homo Minusculus evolved from Homo erectus, from Homo sapiens idaltu or even from Homo sapiens sapiens, but its morphological similarities with modern humans suggest that it evolved as a separate subspecies towards the end of human lineage.

The explanation for its small size also remains a mystery, but Professor McInnes believes it could be linked to the scarcity of resources during the most recent glacial period which  extended the last years of the Pleistocene, from approximately 110,000 to 12,000 years ago.

After the discovery of the Homo Floresiensis (that would have stood about 1.1 m in height) in 2003, on the island of Flores in Indonesia, a human subspecies which is believed to have gone extinct about 30000 years ago, this new find proves that many other hominin subspecies did indeed coexist with modern humans for thousands of years.

Narragansett | For centuries it was believed that Christopher Columbus was the first man from the Old continent to cross the Atlantic to the New World, but new evidence from a research team from the University of Rhode Island suggests Muslim seafarers might just be the first people to have settled on the shores of America, a possibility that could rewrite history as we know it.

The discovery completely took the researchers by surprise admits professor Evan Yuriesco, in charge of the research team.

“We were expecting to find traces of prehistoric Native American settlements, as we have in the area for the past decades. We were not prepared to find 9th century clay pots containing ancient manuscripts written in the Arabic language” he explains.

The team of researchers fell upon what could be the mass tomb of 9th century seafarers. The four skeletons that have been found on the site are in a state of advanced decomposition which could make DNA testing impossible, warns the expert, although the teeth showed premature decay which could explain the cause of death by a poor diet or an unknown illness.

Researchers from Rhode Island University were not expecting a discovery of such a controversial nature

A number of items were also found, as cloths, coins and two scimitars, yet the remaining artifacts were in such a bad state that they are barely recognizable, as rust has destroyed any possible recognizable trace of writing on the swords and coins, and the pieces of cloth having rotten due to age and the extreme humidity of the area.

Two clay pots were also found in a surprisingly good state, one of them containing the precious manuscripts and the other a mixture of unidentified dried spices which, when identified, could bring further proof of the origin of these sea dwellers.

Islamic medieval scholar Karim Ibn Fallah from the University of Massachussets has determined that the age of the manuscripts is from the 9th century based on the Kufic script of the manuscripts. “Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script” he explains. “Kufic developed around the end of the 7th century in Kufa, Iraq, from which it takes its name. The discovery of Kufic scripts in pre-Columbus America is extremely fascinating” he adds, visibly excited.

The documents are thought to be of the 9th century based on the Kufic script of the manuscripts, claim experts

Byron Kent, museologist at the Smithsonian, admits the find is extremely troubling. “There is no question that Arab maps were the best in the world, but none of the existing early maps demonstrates any knowledge of the Americas” he ponders. Even though the burden of historical evidence has been against the idea of Muslim populations traveling across the Atlantic in pre-Columbus times, the expert does not dispute that Muslims could have beaten Columbus to the New World.

“They certainly possessed the technological expertise to have done so; but, until now, there was no reliable evidence that they did. This discovery, however, is compelling proof that they, in fact, did” admits the expert.

Richard Francaviglia of Willamette University and Best Selling author of “Far Beyond the Western Sea of the Arabs…’: Reinterpreting Claims about Pre-Columbian Muslims in the Americas” also admits the discovery is unexpected.

“The premise of pre-Columbian Islam in the New World is attractive because it is so plausible. The navigational accomplishments of Muslims were significant indeed. The record confirms that they rapidly explored and colonized a substantial portion of the Old World by the ninth and tenth centuries CE. Columbus himself was clearly indebted to Muslim seafaring skills, and there is little doubt that Muslims had the technological expertise to have reached the New World”.

Muslim historian and geographer Abul-Hassan Ali Ibn Al-Hussain Al-Masudi (871-957 CE) wrote in his book Muruj adh-dhahab wa maadin aljawhar (The meadows of gold and quarries of jewels) that during the rule of the Muslim caliph of Spain Abdullah Ibn Mohammad (888-912 CE), a Muslim navigator, Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad, from Cortoba, Spain sailed from Delba (Palos) in 889 CE, crossed the Atlantic, reached an unknown territory (ard majhoola) and returned with fabulous treasures. In Al-Masudi’s map of the world there is a large area in the ocean of darkness and fog which he referred to as the unknown territory, which many scholars believe to be the Americas. 

A US Supreme Court ruling has forced the Smithsonian institution to release classified papers dating from the early 1900’s that proves the organization was involved in a major historical cover up of evidence showing giants human remains in the tens of thousands had been uncovered all across America and were ordered to be destroyed by high level administrators to protect the mainstream chronology of human evolution at the time.

The allegations stemming from the American Institution of Alternative Archeology (AIAA) that the Smithsonian Institution had destroyed thousands of giant human remains during the early 1900’s was not taken lightly by the Smithsonian who responded by suing the organization for defamation and trying to damage the reputation of the 168-year old institution.

During the court case, new elements were brought to light as several Smithsonian whistle blowers admitted to the existence of documents that allegedly proved the destruction of tens of thousands of human skeletons reaching between 6 feet and 12 feet in height, a reality mainstream archeology can not admit to for different reasons, claims AIAA spokesman, James Churward.

«There has been a major cover up by western archaeological institutions since the early 1900’s to make us believe that America was first colonized by Asian peoples migrating through the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago, when in fact, there are hundreds of thousands of burial mounds all over America which the Natives claim were there a long time before them, and that show traces of a highly developed civilization, complex use of metal alloys and where giant human skeleton remains are frequently found but still go unreported in the media and news outlets» he explains.

A giant human femur uncovered in Ohio in 2011 by the American Association for Alternative Archeology, similar to the evidence presented in court

A turning point of the court case was when a 1.3 meter long human femur bone was shown as evidence in court of the existence of such giant human bones. The evidence came as a blow to the Smithsonian’s lawyers as the bone had been stolen from the Smithsonian by one of their high level curators in the mid 1930’s who had kept the bone all his life and which had admitted on his deathbed in writing of the undercover operations of the Smithsonian.

«It is a terrible thing that is being done to the American people» he wrote in the letter. «We are hiding the truth about the forefathers of humanity, our ancestors, the giants who roamed the earth as recalled in the Bible and ancient texts of the world».

The US Supreme Court has since forced the Smithsonian Institution to publicly release classified information about anything related to the “destruction of evidence pertaining to the mound builder culture” and to elements “relative to human skeletons of greater height than usual”, a ruling the AIAA is extremely enthused about.

«The public release of these documents will help archaeologists and historians to reevaluate current theories about human evolution and help us greater our understanding of the mound builder culture in America and around the world» explains AIAA director, Hans Guttenberg. «Finally, after over a century of lies, the truth about our giant ancestors shall be revealed to the world» he acknowledges, visibly satisfied by the court ruling.

The documents are scheduled to be released in 2015 and the operation will be coordinated by an independent scientific organization to assure political neutrality.

Lanford, NC| Archaeologists excavating an early 17th century Native American village near the Enoree River in Laurens County, North Carolina, have discovered seven contemporary Christian sepultures holding the skeletons of six males and one female of European origins. The bones have been proven through comparative DNA testing, to have belonged to members of the lost colony of Roanoke, established in 1585 on Roanoke Island, which disappeared mysteriously .

The dig was conducted by a team of scientists led by Professor William J. Monroe and associated with the John Hopkins University, on the site of what is believed to have been the Eno settlement known as Ritanoc.  The excavation has already revealed the remains of many Native Americans corpses and hundred of Native American artefacts over the last months.  The Eno people associated with the site, were an American Indian tribe located in North Carolina during the 17th and 18th centuries, that was later absorbed into the Catawba tribe.

The female skeleton has been identified thanks to DNA testing, as Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas. The DNA of the skeleton which was found in October, was compared to that of modern day descendants of Governor John White, her grandfather. The test confirmed that the bones were indeed with more than 99.8% certainty, those of Ms. Dare. Four of the others corpses have also been identified through the same process by the scientists, including that of the girl’s father Ananias Dare, a tiler and bricklayer from London. The other identified skeletons are those of Arnold Archard and his son Thomas, as well as the young John Sampson. The last two skeletons have not been identified yet, as the researchers were unable to collect any valid DNA samples from the skeleton.

The site contained a few artefacts which were obviously made by Europeans, including a dozen broken glass bottles, a few British coins and a handful of other metal items.

It is still unclear if the colonists were taken as prisoners or if they sought shelter with the Eno people, but Professor Monroe and his team believe that the colonists were most likely sold into slavery at some point in time and held captive by differing bands of the Eno tribe, who were known slave traders. They survived with the natives for many years, as Virginia Dare who was born in August 1587, was estimated to have been around twenty years old at the time of her death.

This astounding discovery seems to confirm the 17 th Century writings of William Strachey, a secretary of the Jamestown Colony. He wrote in his The historie of travaile into Virginia Britannia in 1612,  that four English men, two boys and one girl had been sighted at the Eno settlement of Ritanoc, under the protection of a chief called Eyanoco. This mysterious settlement had however evaded discovery until now, as its location was not clearly mentioned by the author and no other mention of it or its chief have ever been recorded.

Strachey had reported that the captives were forced to beat copper for the natives. He explains that they had escaped an attack that had allegedly killed most of the other colonists. They would have fled up the Chaonoke river (the present-day Chowan River in Bertie County, North Carolina) only to be captured by Eno warriors.

The team of scientists from John Hopkins University have performed every possible test and analyze on the bones to be certain of the validity of their conclusions. They assert that these are “beyond the shadow of a doubt”, the remains of residents of the colony of Roanoke.

The University based in Baltimore has already been contacted by many museums interested in purchasing their discoveries and making them accessible to the public. The director of public relations of the institution, Ms. Karen White, stated that the university in considering the various offers at the moment and will assuredly make the findings available to the American people, but that the decision could take some time due to the historical importance of the bones.

Yulara | Ruins of an ancient city have been unearthed in Australia’s Northern Territory after a major magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the region last week.

Archeologists from the University of Adelaide were notified after locals fell upon strange-looking structures recently unearthed since the region has been struck by a major earthquake last week, causing minor landslides in the area.

“This is a fascinating discovery. The area is about 50 kilometers off to the North West of Uluru National Park, where Aborigines have long talked about a previous civilization to theirs populating the region, but it was always believed to be more of a myth than fact” acknowledges professor at the Department of Archeology, Adam Goldstein.

“The strangest discovery above all is that of a wooden boat made of red cedar. It is hard to understand how such a vessel could have made the trip here as we are hundreds of miles off the nearest coastline” he adds, visibly intrigued.

The ruins of an ancient wooden boat made out of red cedar has perplexed scholars since the recent discovery lies in the desertic landscape of central Australia, hundreds of kilometers off the nearest shoreline

An unknown civilization

Although other recent findings in the region also point out to a previous highly complex Uluru civilization in the region, not all scholars agree to what the findings really mean.

“We’ve been taught that the native Aborigines lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle for thousand of years. Maybe it’s part of our heritage of colonialism, but recent archeological evidence in the region points out more and more towards a highly developed megalithic civilization, even possibly a sea-faring civilization which possibly traded and expanded beyond the Australian continent” explains Sydney-based Museologist, Sean Sullivan.

The discovery of Phoenician-styled pottery in a grotto last year even led some scholars to hypothesize that ancient seafarers coming as far as ancient Egypt, such as the Phoenicians, could have wandered as far as Australia at the time.

The mythical Uluru civilization

Anthropologist Jane Ruth at the University of Sidney claims the oral traditions of the native Aborigine people have kept alive the memory of their ancestors of this lost ancient civilization.

The native Aborigines people talk of a time where the Rainbow Serpent God took all the water and left nothing but dry land

“The Aborigines tell of a time, the Dreamtime they call it, where the continent was submerged with water. During this Dreamtime, tribes from all over the sea, and of the five colored nations, lived in harmony and prospered together. All this disappeared after a great cataclysm brought on by the mythical Rainbow Serpent God, who in a great flash of light, as strong as a thousand lightning bolts, stole all the water of the Earth and left nothing behind,” she explains.

“Some scholars believe these stories could be the orally transmitted souvenir of a vast devastation that occurred from a meteorite impact which changed the geology of the region several thousand years ago” she adds.

Australia is home to the largest clusters of meteorite craters in the world. The rich iron content of the meteorites has left its mark on the land giving it a red hue due to oxidation. Two deep scars in the earth’s crust in outback Australia mark the remains of a meteorite crater with a 250-mile diameter – the largest ever found.

Tel Aviv | In what could be one of the earliest testimonies to the historicity of Jesus Christ, archeologists from the University of Tel Aviv have unearthed scrolls dating back 1,800 years in a series of caves never explored before near the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran in the West Bank.

According to the research team of Aramaic Scholar, Hermann Goldsteinn of the University of Tel Aviv, the second-century-old document reveals new insights into the Gospel of John, describing the life of the prophet in a new light.

“These Aramaic documents, the everyday language spoken by Jesus and his contemporaries, give much more detail and insight into the celebrations that occurred during the wedding where Jesus turns water into wine” he acknowledges with excitement.

“Although previously found versions of the Gospel of John reveal similar traits of the story, these passages seem to emphasize the fact that Jesus heavily indulged in the festivities, being called a ‘drunkard’ and being described as ‘mating’ with the men and women of the celebration” he adds, visibly fascinated.

” … and Jesus mated (translated from the Aramaic term Hashem: to mate, to copulate) wildly with the men and women that had assembled to listen to him… “

Aramaic scholar, Hermann Goldtsein of the University of Tel Aviv, claims the document describes the historical Jesus taking part in a polygamous pagan sex ritual induced by the heavy drinking of fermented grape fruit juice, commonly known as wine

Jesus, disciple of Bacchus

Another interesting fact described in the Aramaic text, is the description of the celebration of the ‘Divine Liberator’, also referred to as Shabaz.

“Scholars previously attributed the reference to the Liberator, or Divine Liberator, to Yahwe, but in this text he is clearly referred to as Shabaz” explains assistant researcher, Yodam Haarvetz.

“Shabaz could possibly refer to Sabazios, a Phrygian deity associated with the Greek-Roman deity Bacchus or Dionysus, the god of wine. The cult of Bacchus was still very popular at the time of Jesus, leading us to believe Jesus could have simply been a devotee of this ancient pagan god” he adds.

Ground-breaking revelations

The research team’s discovery could definitely change our modern view of the prophet of the New Testament, warns theologian and biblical scholar, Adam Waits of the University of Connecticut.

“Although I was of the first to repudiate the findings of this discovery, I have come to acknowledge the troubling implications this authentic document will unleash upon peoples of the Christian faith around the globe” he told local reporters.

“The troubling similarities between the pagan practices of orgy-like sex celebrations of the god Bacchus, the heavy drinking of wine, the animal sacrifices and blood-offerings of the wedding where Jesus turned the water into wine clearly indicate that Jesus did in fact partake in these celebrations and was a devout follower of Shabaz, the Middle Eastern version of the pagan god Bacchus of the Romans,” he admits.

Similar versions of the celebration of the wedding described in the Gospel of John had previously been discredited by the Vatican as fraudulent documents “attempting to defame the heavenly character of  the prophet of the New Testament and of the Christian faith”, but this recent finding could give credence to the once demonized scrolls believe experts.

A 32-year old member of Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff announced this morning that he was joining Donald Trump’s campaign, only weeks after suffering a terrible hunting accident that cost him most of his intellectual faculties.

Jason Perry was severely injured on August 7, when the left hemisphere of his brain was blown away by a shotgun in a severe hunting accident.

Mr Perry admits that he found Donald Trump repulsive before the accident, but claims that his time away from the campaign allowed him to change his mind about the candidate.

“I used to be disgusted by Donald Trump, but it all changed after the accident”, explains Mr Perry. “I used to think he was an angry, ignorant moron, but now my eyes are finally open and I clearly see Donald Trump for the genius he really is!” 

The young man says the accident turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him.

Before the accident, Jason Perry was one of the main strategists and policy advisors of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Mr Perry’s doctor, Dr. Frederic Meyers, says that patients who suffer traumamatic brain injuries often experience changes in their behavior.

He says the young man lost more than half of his brain, and can consider himself lucky to still be able to walk and talk.

“The patient’s injuries are extremely severe, so it could have been a lot worst”, he told reporters. “The last time I had a patient suffering from such trauma, the man kept eating his own excrement and barking at dogs!”

Dr. Meyers says the change in Mr Perry thought patterns and personal values could be reversible but could very well be permanent.