Dr. Heather Lynn's Blog 

As a cognitive archaeologist, I’m constantly fascinated by the intersection between ancient myths and the workings of the human mind. While Atlantis has often been viewed through the lens of...

(An excerpt from my current book in progress, The Anunnaki Revelation, available next year.)

The fascination with these lost cultures often lies in their unexplained mysteries, possibilities for...

Rapper Eminem's new song "Houdini" has brought fresh attention to the word: abracadabra. The track prominently features a sample from the Steve Miller Band's 1982 hit "Abracadabra." Miller's...

The Greek philosopher Pythagoras is known as one of the most influential figures in history, shaping the very foundations of mathematics, geometry, philosophy, and even music. But what if I told...

In a collection of Sumerian clay tablets published by the University of Chicago, you will find ancient text from literally the beginning of history that reveal that the challenges of...

Within the shadows of Nazi Germany's occult obsessions lurked one of the strangest and most chilling historical revisionism efforts of the 20th century - the so-called Nazi “Witch...

From the sun-drenched plains of Mesopotamia to the windswept steppes of Central Asia, there emerges a peculiar motif in the iconography of the gods – the "handbag." These mysterious objects,...

Just as the recent solar eclipse momentarily darkened our skies, only to reveal the sun's radiance once more, The Midnight Academy is emerging from a period of change and transformation, ready to...

 The Library of Alexandria was built on the democratic teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Aristotle was Alexander the Great's personal tutor and instructor. Naturally, then,...

Humans have gone through a series of struggles in the ascent from rather beastly beginnings. What happened in the structure of the brain, perhaps inducing a bicameral state, which turned the...

 “The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours.” —Christiaan Huygens, 1690 CE. First theoretical...