If you have read The Alexander Secret, then you have a good idea of what I think Olympias's tomb would have looked like. If you haven't read the book (do read it!!) Olympias was the mother of Alexander the Great. Now, even as the book was being launched in 2014,...
Join me on a tour of the Allahabad from The Mists of Brahma, as we wander through the locations in the book. Check out the two Hanumanji Mandirs, the Coffee House, Company Bagh and the two schools mentioned in the book - Boys High School and St.Josephs College, in...
Here's a short video I created from my visit to the Sangam at Allahabad. Since this features in The Mists of Brahma, and is a sacred place, I thought I should share it with you. This is a 6 minute video and I hope you enjoy the views and tour of the Sangam.
As a Quest Club member, you have probably figured out by now that the UK is one of my favourite places for archaeological sites. And one of the reasons is the sheer number of ancient megalithic sites, most of which are 4000 years old, or even older. Not only are they...
Elsewhere at The Quest Club, you will find videos about Stonehenge, its origin, the archaeological excavations and studies and the secrets revealed therein. But was there a "lost Stonehenge"? This BBC video from 2021 seeks to answer this question and examines the...
Elsewhere at The Quest Club, you will find videos of interviews/presentations by Dr. Lee Clare, who has been reference in this article. This article gives an overview of Gobekli Tepe and explains how the interpretation of the site has changed over the last two...
You may have heard me talk about Denisovans and seen photographs in my TEDx talks about this species of humans that was discovered as recently as 2009. Now, we don't know a lot about Denisovans, and not too many fossils or fossil fragments have been found of this...
You may have heard me talk about Gobekli Tepe (an archaeological site in Turkey) and seen photographs in my TEDx talks about this amazing site. Here is a video I came across a video with a very recent (December 2021) lecture by Dr. Lee Clare, who is the research...
You may have heard me talk about Gobekli Tepe (an archaeological site in Turkey) and seen photographs in my TEDx talks about this amazing site. Here is a video I came across with a 2022 interview with Dr. Lee Clare, who is the research co-ordinator and archaeologist...
Here is a selfie of myself with a hill in the background. I’m not very good at taking selfies, so there was more of me in the photo than the hill! So, this hill is where the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple is located in Padmanabham mandal of Andhra Pradesh,...
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Here's Part 2 of a BBC series on the Hidden Landscapes project, an investigation into the landscape around Stonehenge, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video...
Here's Part 1 of a BBC series on the Hidden Landscapes project, an investigation into the landscape around Stonehenge, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video...
Here's another video, this time by Discovery, which provides some background information in addition to everything I've written in The Secret of the Druids. Do leave a comment and let me know how you liked the video. Note: if you want to watch the video with...
Here's one of the latest videos, from 2022, which attempts to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge, based on a series of revelations from experts on the archaeological findings in Wiltshire and elsewhere (no spoilers here!). The video is interesting, and provides...
Here's a video from 2009, which uses archaeology as a basis for an attempt to unravel the secrets of Stonehenge. The video is interesting, and provides some background information as well, in addition to everything I've written in The Secret of the Druids. Do leave a...
In The Secret of the Druids, I have written about Anglesey and the fierce battle that was fought as the Romans attacked the island - Anglesey - that was where the Druids made their last stand as the Roman army went about exterminating them. Here is a video which has...
In July 2020, archaeologists published a report about an amazing discovery made near Stonehenge, at the site of Durrington walls (both locations were mentioned in The Secret of the Druids). Interestingly, I had written about this very discovery in The Secret of the...
