

IJ
Oct 21, 2022
Sidestep: What is real and what is not
During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open the Gates of Egypt’s history for the Europeans. At that...


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Oct 14, 2022
190 : Georgia's Giant Bones
In 2008 a Russian TV-report shows the giant bones found in Borjomi, an area of Georgia. The person showing them was a renowned...

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Oct 7, 2022
Sidestep - The Giant of Extremadura
Agustin Luengo Capilla was born in 1849 in Puebla de Alcocer, a city in Extremadura, western Spain. He was known by the nickname of “el...


IJ
Oct 3, 2022
189: Giants of the Middle East
There are many stories of giants that spread east and west from the area of modern northern Iraq. Abrahamic The Anakites The Emites The...


IJ
Oct 1, 2022
Sidestep : The Selk'nam Genocides
We were banned for 30 days on Facebook recently for posting the picture below while discussing genocide, including Maori genocide against...


IJ
Sep 16, 2022
Sidestep - The Adzebill
There are, or were once, some very iconic birds in NZ. The Kiwi, the Moa, the Haast Eagle and this one. This unusual bird is not very...


IJ
Sep 2, 2022
188: The Mangamahu Artifact
Below are three unusual items from the Whanganui area. The Kohi Gorge cave carving, the most unusual tribrach, and the unique makaki...


IJ
Aug 19, 2022
Sidestep - The Kotiate
The kotiate was a prized weapon and also favoured by chiefs when speech-making. It is a curiously shaped weapon, and noted for the carved...


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Aug 5, 2022
187 - The Burial Tree
'Taketakerau is sacred to the Ūpokorehe hapū of the Whakatōhea iwi (tribe). It grows almost in the centre of Hikutaia Domain, near...

IJ
Jul 22, 2022
Sidestep: Lake Rotomahana
The pink and white terraces near Lake Tarawera were quite famous once. Often regarded as the 8th wonder of the world and they are shown...