This will be in four parts over 4 weeks. Pre- 1870 1870 - 1890 1891 - 1910 1911- 1922 Those that come from primary sources are marked...

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...

In 2008 a Russian TV-report shows the giant bones found in Borjomi, an area of Georgia. The person showing them was a renowned...

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...

There are many stories of giants that spread east and west from the area of modern northern Iraq. Abrahamic The Anakites The Emites The...

We were banned for 30 days on Facebook recently for posting the picture below while discussing genocide, including Maori genocide against...

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...

Below are three unusual items from the Whanganui area. The Kohi Gorge cave carving, the most unusual tribrach, and the unique makaki...

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...

'Taketakerau is sacred to the Ūpokorehe hapū of the Whakatōhea iwi (tribe). It grows almost in the centre of Hikutaia Domain, near...