Ancient Explorers – The seven cave sleepers – early time travelers?

One of the first authentic reports of time travel still has no real explanation, and remains an unexplained mystery.

The story gives evidence that ancient civilizations might have had some knowledge of time travel.

The unexplained case of the Seven Sleepers Cave Sleepers

As the story goes, during the persecutions under Decius (c.250), when Christians were in a dispute with the Roman state, seven young men went into a cave one night, where they after a while fell a sleep.

The following day when they woke up they wandered into the city of Ephesus to buy food and drink. Continue reading →