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1. The Hidden Mastermind and Warrior Queen Behind an Empire’s Golden Age

   The Majapahit Empire was a vast empire on the island of Java from 1293 to 1527 CE, which later became part of modern Indonesia. It was an empire of 98 tributaries, stretching from the island of Sumatra to New Guinea, and it is said to have encompassed what are known now as the majority of Southeast Asia.

   MartiniF - 26/01/2017 - 01:06

2. More Than Metal: Amazing Historical Suits of Armor

   Armor was commonly used by warriors for protection during combat. In the history of warfare, various types of armor have been used. Some of these, such as the lorica segmentata of the Roman legionaries and the plate armor of the medieval knight, are well-known examples of these protective suits. Others are perhaps less famous and will form the subject of this article. The suits of armor will be divided into three types – those made of metal, those constructed using animal parts, and those made with plant material.

   dhwty - 03/04/2017 - 18:57

3. 12th Century Inscribed Sword Found on English Golf Course is Remnant of a Deadly Battle

   A digger team dredging a pond on the golf course where the bloody Battle of Fornham took place in England, discovered an old sword engraved with words, birds and animals inlaid in silver. It is believed that the Medieval sword is a remnant of the deadly battle where forces loyal to Henry II drove the rebel Earl of Leicester’s mercenaries into a marsh and slaughtered them.

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/04/2017 - 18:53

4. Butehamun, Opener of the Gates to the Underworld: Dismantling Sacred Places of the Dead

   At the very end of the Twentieth Dynasty and through to the beginning of the early Twenty-First Dynasty, one after another, the many royal dead in the Valley of the Kings were divested of their funerary paraphernalia. What was once considered sacrilege and unthinkable was now par for the course, thanks almost wholly to state-sanctioned looting of these sacred sanctuaries.

   anand balaji - 10/11/2017 - 15:30

5. Ancient Monkey Soldiers? Romans Buried Barbary Ape with Military Offerings

   Militaries from many countries past and present have used animals in their work. Whether using horses to carry men, or dogs to track and patrol, the use of animals has been significant throughout military history. But what about monkeys? Archaeologists in Europe and the UK recently discovered the remains of several Barbary macaques estimated to be over 1,400 years old. The novelty? At least one was buried with military offerings.

   Lex Leigh - 15/10/2022 - 18:50

6. Where do the names of our months come from?

   Our lives run on Roman time. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and public holidays are regulated by Pope Gregory XIII’s Gregorian Calendar, which is itself a modification of Julius Caesar’s calendar introduced in 45 BC. The names of our months are therefore derived from the Roman gods, leaders, festivals, and numbers.

   ancient-origins - 17/01/2018 - 01:57

7. Researchers Uncover Lost Mexican Codex Hidden Beneath Another Codex

   A 500-year-old Mexican text dating to just before Hernan Cortez arrived in Mexico with his band of murderous, thieving conquistadors has been discovered written over, underneath another old Mexican manuscript. The documents are in Europe, where researchers are studying the rediscovered text and images to decipher them.

   Mark Miller - 18/08/2016 - 00:44

8. Medicine Maidens: Why Did Women Become the Primary Medical Providers in Early Modern Households?

   A primary female occupation in the early modern period (AD 1500-1800) was that of medicine. Though there were formal doctors—known by various titles and with various tasks detailed by their occupations—household women were often turned to as the first, second, and sometimes third source of medical aid. Men worked primarily as "proper" doctors: apothecaries created potions and salves, while barber-surgeons performed surgeries; women were assigned with midwifery because of the intimacy of childbirth.

   Riley Winters - 19/08/2017 - 14:00

9. Surprising Facts and Beliefs About Eclipses from the Medieval and Renaissance Eras

   ... planetary conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the head of Aries, “the effects will last 12,000 years.” Note the ... planetary conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the head of Aries, "the effects will last 12,000 years." That staggering ...

   ancient-origins - 04/04/2024 - 17:49

10. Find in Ancient Mud May Rewrite the History of Settlement in Australasia

    Mike W. Morley et al./The Conversation            

    ancient-origins - 23/05/2024 - 22:20

11. Everything You Need to Know About the Renaissance Period (Video)

    Robbie Mitchell - 06/03/2024 - 00:00

12. The Camillus Conundrum: Did Camillus Really Save Rome from the Gauls?

    Few words evoked as much emotion in ancient Rome as vae victis or “woe to the vanquished.” They harkened back to a period when a Gallic tribe called the Senones had sacked the fledgling city of Rome. These two Latin words were reminders of this catastrophic failure and humiliation, but also Rome’s ultimate triumph over the barbarians, thanks to their hero: Marcus Furius Camillus who became known as Rome’s second founder.

    Marc Hyden - 16/12/2023 - 21:52

13. Silver Shields: Alexander's Crack Troops Who Betrayed Their New Master

    Could a ragtag team of elite troops in their later years, and a bureaucrat-turn-general take on the military powerhouse of the day? Eumenes, the Greek general, was tasked by Olympias (Alexander’s mother) to seek the aid of Alexander’s old troops, the Silver Shields, to assemble a force against the challenger to Alexander’s dynasty, Antigonus the One-Eyed. However, as Eumenes was to discover, common blood is thicker than blue blood.

    Thanos Matanis - 10/02/2022 - 22:00

14. Has Livy’s History of Rome Skewed Our View of the Early Empire?

    Titus Livius, or just Livy for short, was one of the most famous historians in all of history. One of the three great Roman historians, his masterpiece, Ab Urbe Condita, made him a legend in his own lifetime. Livy covered the earliest legends of Rome through to the reign of Caesar Augustus, who died while Livy was still writing. Livy’s contribution to the historical record has been instrumental in our understanding of how the Roman people lived and how their empire was created.

    Robbie Mitchell - 19/12/2022 - 21:53

15. Knaresborough Hoard Reveals Long- Forgotten Secrets

    Archaeologists from Newcastle University have recently concluded the first, in-depth investigation of the most extensive Roman bronze vessel hoard ever unearthed in Britain - a staggering 160 years after its initial discovery. The Knaresborough hoard, unearthed in 1864, is notorious for being the most sizable and strange collection of late-Roman metalware (copper-alloy vessels and tools) ever found in the British Isles.

    Sahir - 15/01/2024 - 16:51

16. Asclepius: Greek God of Healing and Medicine (Video)

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    Robbie Mitchell - 28/05/2024 - 20:07

17. Botanical Mystery of the Ancient Ulbster Stone

    A 1,500-year-old carved marvel, the Ulbster Stone, was unearthed from the grounds of an ancient Celtic chapel in the remote Highlands of Scotland and is renown to have more symbols than any other Pictish monument. Severely faded and almost lost midst a dreamlike arrangement of curiously carved imagery, is a unique symbol that has been categorized by archeologists as a flower.

    ashley cowie - 07/03/2018 - 15:37

18. The Lost Cycle of Time: An Ancient Look at the Future - Part 3

    ... scriptures, when the autumnal equinox moves from Virgo to Aries, humanity moves through the ascending Kali, Dwapara, ... – the celestial clock. When the AE sun is in Aries, which is almost always placed in the twelve o’clock ...

    Walter Cruttenden - 30/03/2014 - 13:03

19. Esoteric Nazi Spiritualism Backtracked to Odin and the Rune Ar

    It would be difficult to find someone who did not know anything about the Nazis, whose reign ended with the outright slaughter of approximately six million Jews, whom they regarded as subhuman, and the worldwide death of approximately 70 to 85 million people: about three per cent of the entire world’s population.  Perhaps due to such magnitude, an enduring fascination with Nazism lingers, but few people would know that Nazi leaders viewed their movement as a spiritual one.

    Ken Jeremiah - 02/01/2020 - 15:33

20. The Zugarramurdi Witch Trials: Welcome to the Spanish Salem

    On the border with France, embraced by a vast green pasture on which the cows calmly graze, lies the village of Zugarramurdi. Located in the Navarre region of Xareta this tiny village currently has just 250 inhabitants and, despite being known for its magnificent pine and chestnut trees as well as for hosting an impressive cave carved by water, Zugarramurdi owes its fame to sad and dark events mostly completed by its residents in the seventeenth century. Some of these events led the 

    ancient-origins - 14/09/2015 - 21:41

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