Category: Old Ways
Death of Brazil’s ‘Man of the Hole’ Highlights Issues Faced By Country’s Indigenous Tribes
The last living member of an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has passed away. Nickamed the “Man of the Hole,” he was the only…
You Can Now Stay at an Original Old Wild West Town
A stay at a bona fide Wild West ghost town could be just the thing to beat those 21st century blues! Gold Point in Nevada…
He Bought Ghost Town & is Now Stuck There Because of Lockdown
This adventurous property owner spent lockdown snowed in at a California ghost town! For offbeat American entrepreneur Brett Underwood, avoiding Coronavirus reached a whole other…
It’s a girl! 13-year-old ‘Amazon warrior’ Lived 2,600 Years-Ago
Amazon warrior: Forty or 50 years ago, archaeologists and historians involved in important digs had only remains to go by when they tried to identify…
How They Would Have looked: 7 Ruined Castles Across Europe, Reconstructed
The longer a building stands, the more it begins to suffer the effects of time and the weather. Even the most solidly built edifices will…
The Loneliest Place On Earth – Bouvet Island
To take isolation to the extreme, visit Bouvet Island in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of the Cape of Good Hope in…
‘Like finding a new planet’ Shipwrecks Found Dating From 300 BC
The Mediterranean Sea is full of shipwrecks. If every one of them was visible, the timeline of human history could arguably be traced on the…
Student Discovers 5000-Year-Old Sword in a Monastery in Venice
The Armenian St. Lazarus Monastery sits on its own small island in the Venice Lagoon. The island acted as a leper colony from the 12th…
An Incredible Artifacts From Lost Viking ‘highway’ Revealed by Melting Ice
The finds tell a remarkable story of high-altitude travel and long distance exchange c. 300 – 1500 AD with a peak in usage c. 1000…
Because of Lockdown Himalayas Visible for First Time in 30 Years
Himalayas: The Coronavirus has completely changed the entire world as we lockdown in place to let the virus pass us by. Roads are empty. Businesses,…