Category Archives: Anthropology

Addressing Climate Change With Indigenous Knowledge – National Geographic

Traditional knowledge must be an integral part of the global climate discourse One important sign of the indigenous peoples being largely absent from the climate change policy and decision-making processes is the virtual lack of references to the existing traditional… Continue reading →

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Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches

Sacred mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiches 11,500 years ago and their relation to the sacred mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India; Freemasonry in times anterior in the Temple of Solomon. The author presents to the reader some… Continue reading →

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Kallawaya Medicine Men of Bolivia

The Kallawaya are medicine men of the high Andes in Bolivia. They were considered the sacred healers of the Incas and are said to know over 600 plants and herbs. Today they continue their practice of ceremonial healing in the… Continue reading →

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Chachapoyas – Cloud People of Peru

A massive ruin offers fresh clues about the culture of Peru’s vanished Chachapoya, the “cloud warriors” who battled the Inca Empire more than 500 years ago. Best known for building mountainous cliff-side tombs and filling them with bundled mummies, the… Continue reading →

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Klaus Dona: Hidden History and Ancient Artifacts

Klaus Dona hails from the art world and did a very successful exhibition about strange artifacts called “Unsolved Mysteries”. He is on a mission to bring to the eye of the public such finds as giant bones, crystal skulls, carvings… Continue reading →

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Stone Age temple found in Orkney is 800 years older than Stonehenge

The site contains 100 buildings, forming a ‘temple precinct’ Stonehenge may not have been the centre of Neolithic culture after all It could take decades to fully explore and examine A 5000-year-old temple in Orkney could be more important than… Continue reading →

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Unearthed Moai on Easter Island

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The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. It is the summation of 20 years of research. The film reveals that between 850 and 1150… Continue reading →

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Uncontacted Tribe – Human Planet: Jungles – BBC One

http://youtu.be/5lWVVFHzuLE New footage of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes living in the Brazilian rainforest. Jose Carlos Meirelles works for FUNAI, a government agency that protects Brazil’s indigenous people. Because of the threat posed by illegal logging and mining,… Continue reading →

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African Fractals: Ron Eglash on TED.com

“Ethno-mathematician” Ron Eglash is the author of African Fractals, a book that examines the fractal patterns underpinning architecture, art and design in many parts of Africa. By looking at aerial-view photos — and then following up with detailed research on… Continue reading →

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Sold out Japanese Holograph Concerts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0cdFL1wlB4 In what is surely a terrible omen not only for musicians but also the continued existence of the world as we know it, holographs are now playing sold out concerts in, where else, Japan. Holographic idol Hatsune Miku is… Continue reading →

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Google Brings Dead Sea Scrolls Online

The technology giant, Google, and Israel announced Tuesday that they are teaming up to give researchers and the public the first comprehensive and searchable database of the Dead Sea Scrolls — a 2,000-year-old collection of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek documents… Continue reading →

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