Yonaguni Monument: A Natural Formation or Submerged Ruins?

Yonaguni Monument: A Natural Formation or Submerged Ruins?

By Theodora “Theo” Marsh · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. Direct Answer: What Is the Yonaguni Monument, and Is It Built or Born? The Yonaguni Monument is a submerged sandstone formation off the southern coast of Yonaguni-jima in Japan’s Ryukyu chain, discovered by sport diver Kihachiro […]

Mount Kailash: Stairway to Heaven or Axis Mundi?

Mount Kailash: Stairway to Heaven or Axis Mundi?

By Theodora “Theo” Marsh · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. Mount Kailash rises in the far west of Tibet as a near-pyramidal block of black conglomerate and pale quartzite, 6,638 metres above sea level, and four river systems begin their work within sight of its base. […]

Stonehenge: An Astronomical Computer?

Stonehenge: An Astronomical Computer?

By Theodora “Theo” Marsh · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 7, 2026. Standing on Salisbury Plain at the Hour the Sun Comes Back The first thing the place does, when you arrive on Salisbury Plain in the dark before midsummer dawn, is take the noise out of you. […]

The Quest for Atlantis: The Lost Civilization

The Quest for Atlantis: The Lost Civilization

By Theodora “Theo” Marsh · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 What Plato Actually Wrote About Atlantis Atlantis is not a place that vanished. It is a story that Plato (c. 427-347 BCE) wrote into two unfinished dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, around 360 BCE, and that the Western imagination has been treating […]