Long Lost Monastery of Dark Age Anglo-Saxon Princess Discovered in Scotland The daughter of King Ethelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira was a pagan princess, Aebbe (Æbbe of Coldingham).  Bernicia and Deira were Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. Aebbe moved to Dál Riata, a kingdom that extended the parts of Western Scotland and […]

Renovation of Benjamin Franklin’s home reveals 1200 human bones in his basement Whether they are minor or major, everybody has secrets. While some people will discuss their secrets with someone they trust, others may take their secrets to their grave with them. Benjamin Franklin was one of those persons who took their secret to the grave. While alive, Franklin had lived […]

The Mysterious Mari People – Last Pagans of Europe A Finno-Ugrian population of about 600,000, the Mari are mostly located in the Mari EI Republic, one of the several semi-autonomous ethnic republics of the Russian Federation. Just 15 % of the republic’s population continued to adopt the old belief, and only 45% were Mari (most are ethnic Russians) of the population […]

Dozens of decapitated skeletons unearthed in mysterious Roman Cemetery The 52 skeletons that were discovered in 4th century A.D. Cemetery, 17, was decapitated. And nearly every head was resting between the legs or feet of its owner’s. It is not clear why these decapitations happened, but “this is a deliberate funeral ritual that can be associated with a particular group of […]