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Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations ...

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Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

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Season’s greetings from The Debrief… this week in our top stories, researchers have unveiled a novel “cloaking device” that can shield complex objects from detection using real-world materials.

For more than a century, researchers have documented physical evidence in Egypt that does not match the tools officially attributed to the ancient builders. Precision stonework, unexplained drill ...