history Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Antarctica Journal

Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote – The Tracks of History

October 11, 2024 Antarctica Journal

“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Cartoon – Stonehenge Decoded

October 1, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Humor

5 Discoveries That Prove Aliens Were Here

September 30, 2024 Antarctica Journal

The Antikythera Mechanism: The original mechanism apparently came out of the Mediterranean as a single encrusted piece. Soon afterward it fractured into three major pieces. Other small pieces have broken off in the interim from cleaning and handling, and still others were found on the sea floor by the Cousteau expedition. Other fragments may still be in storage, undiscovered […]

Cool

Cartoon – Literally Speaking

September 19, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Scaphism – Most Horrifying Ancient Torture Technique

September 9, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Scaphism was a method of torture that caused its victims to be eaten to death by bugs. It’s even more horriffic than it sounds. Scaphism, also called “the boats,” was an ancient Persian method of torture and, inevitably, execution. The victim would be placed in a boat, and then another boat would be placed on top. The victim’s feet, head […]

Native Americans’ Siberian Roots

September 8, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Native Americans’ Siberian Roots have been documented in recent research. The skeleton of a girl who died over 12k years ago has provided DNA confirming evidence that Native Americans must have originally migrated from Siberia. Analysis of the DNA showed a genetic marker commonly found in today’s Native American population. Human geneticist Chris Tyler says, “From archaeological, genetic, and […]

Cartoon – The Mystery Of Stonehenge Solved

September 6, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Thomas Cahill Quote – History

August 31, 2024 Antarctica Journal

“We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage — almost as if history were nothing more than all the narratives of human pain, assembled in sequence. And surely this is, often enough, an adequate description. But history is also the narratives of grace, the recountings of those blessed and inexplicable moments […]