Ancient Mysteries

Classic articles and books on fact and fantasy in archaeology, anthropology, and ancient history.

Our only reason for noticing this curious book is that the names of writers of authority which constantly appear in its pages may lead some readers astray. But the author, while quoting them, has neither assimilated their method nor understood the bearing of their facts. In spite of the patient labour bestowed upon the work, and the numerous illustrations with which it is adorned, it is merely another contribution to that mass of paradoxical literature which awaits the "Budget" of a second De Morgan.

-- Review of Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
by Ignatius Donnelly in Nature 26 (August 10, 1882)

Cover of Donnelly's Atlantis (Library of Congress)

ANCIENT TEXTS
This section contains translations of key ancient texts commonly cited by alternative historians as evidence for lost civilizations and ancient astronauts.

MEDIEVAL TEXTS
This section contains translations of key medieval texts commonly cited by alternative historians as evidence for lost civilizations, trans-oceanic travel, and ancient astronauts.

LOST CIVILIZATIONS
This section contains articles, books, and miscellaneous publications on Ancient Mysteries covering lost civilizations.

ANCIENT EXTRATERRESTRIALS
This section contains articles, books, and miscellaneous publications on Ancient Mysteries that relate to extraterrestrials.

RELIGIOUS CONSPIRACIES
This section contains articles, books, and miscellaneous publications on Ancient Mysteries covering conspiracy theories related to the Jewish and Christian faiths.

GIANTS IN THE EARTH
This section collects some of the testimony used by these researchers to assert the onetime existence of a race of giant humans.

SCIENCE & HISTORY
This section contains articles, books, and miscellaneous publications on Ancient Mysteries related to science, history, and where these concepts end and myth and fantasy begin.

EXTREME HISTORY
This section collects articles, books, and miscellaneous publications on Ancient Mysteries written by from extreme fringe perspectives, advocating ideas with little support from mainstream science.