Peter Kinney articles

EXPLORING

Two explorers in Alabama toured a lost plantation and graveyard with metal detectors, and took photos of everything they found.

Two explorers stood before a weathered home in Alabama’s countryside. Cedar trees framed the structure like sentinels. These evergreens can live for centuries, which makes them natural indicators of age and silent witnesses to generations passing through.
September 16, 2025 Peter Kinney
A Lakota Man

Native American tribes mined at Pipestone quarry for generations. When white settlers tried to claim the land, the tribes fought back—and won.

Every culture leaves marks, some in writing, others in stone. Here, the red quarries in southwestern Minnesota, USA whispered their own tale, one guarded fiercely through struggle and time.
September 16, 2025 Peter Kinney

Newly discovered writings from a 14th-century scholar cast fresh light on the Shroud of Turin controversy.

Centuries ago, a brilliant scholar sat down to untangle strange marvels that puzzled his world. He wasn’t swayed by faith alone. Instead, he pulled apart legends, showing how reason could silence superstition.
September 15, 2025 Peter Kinney
St. Nicholas

Archaeologists in Austria dug up a 1,500-year-old ivory box that is helping unlock the secrets of Early Christianity.

High in Austria’s Carinthian Alps lies Burgbichl, where excavations have exposed stone walls beneath one chapel, a hidden chamber containing a special relic that could change Christianity.
September 12, 2025 Peter Kinney

Archaeologists In Egypt Discovered A New Section Of The Ancient Sunken City Of Canopus

In August 2025, archaeologists announced an amazing discovery in the waters near Alexandria, Egypt: the legendary ancient city of Canopus.
September 12, 2025 Peter Kinney

Historians hate when people bring up these incredibly common "facts" about Ancient Egypt because they're completely wrong.

The real story of Ancient Egypt is far more fascinating than the myths we've absorbed through movies and cartoons. In fact, many of the things we think we know about Egypt don’t hold up under scrutiny. For example…
September 10, 2025 Peter Kinney

The Last Tribe To Resist Roman Rule In Britain

The Caledonians were a fierce confederation of tribes in northern Scotland that resisted Roman control long after everyone else in Britain had been conquered.
September 10, 2025 Peter Kinney
A Geologist

An Australian metal detectorist found a “gold rock” that he couldn’t crack with drills or a sledgehammer. It turned out to be 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite.

A heavy stone fooled even the sharpest prospector’s eye. Instead of wealth, the find turned out to be far older and rarer, holding stories that stretch back billions of years.
September 9, 2025 Peter Kinney
A Clovis person

The big game hunting Clovis culture crossed into Alaska and rapidly colonized North America. So why did they disappear?

Long before cities or highways, the Clovis people ruled wide open land. They hunted giant beasts and left behind clever tools. Strangely, when they disappeared, they left us with riddles that sound more like detective work than history.
September 9, 2025 Peter Kinney