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... dazzling African sunshine, and ancient beliefs . Togo may be small from a geographical point of view, but it ... culture. Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba in Togo Although most of this remarkable cultural zone is located in north-east Togo, some of it extends into Benin. Koutammakou is the name ...
Ed Whelan - 28/04/2019 - 22:55
The face of the famous plastered Jericho Skull, which was found in the Palestinian city of Jericho in 1953, has been fully recreated via 3D-imaging technology, revealing exactly what the man to whom the skull belonged looked like when he walked the earth 9,000 years ago. An initial 3D re-creation of the man’s face was created in 2016, but the new image used the latest technology to produce one of the most thorough and accurate facial reconstructions ever made based on an analysis of an ancient human skull.
Nathan Falde - 10/01/2023 - 13:53
Along the river of the Mississippi Valley where its banks form the boundary between Illinois and Missouri, there exists thousands of ancient pictographs carved or painted on rocks, on walls in cave shelters, and beneath overhanging cliffs. For hundreds of years these images have been described in the journals of explorers, heard about through whispers of townspeople, scrawled in old town records and in innumerable reports of ethnologists and archaeologists.
gregsorrell - 16/03/2014 - 12:43
A medieval warrior’s skull, recovered from a mass grave outside Visby, a city on the Swedish island of Gotland, has been brought to life by a digital artist. Killed in the 1361 AD Battle of Visby, in which 2,500 Danish warriors, mostly heavily-armed mercenaries, massacred 1,800 peasant farmers wielding farming tools, the warriors brutally broken face reveals the horrors of what is regarded as one of the most violent battles in European history.
ashley cowie - 04/11/2022 - 17:03
The Katskhi Pillar is the name given to a natural limestone column located in Georgia. On the top of this monolith is a monastery, which was built during the 1990s. Today, a solitary monk by the name of Maxime Qavtaradze lives in this monastery atop the Katskhi Pillar. Nevertheless, it has been established that the pillar had been used by Christian ascetics as early as the 6th – 8th century A.D.
dhwty - 21/05/2017 - 22:47
Hidden beneath the city of Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey, are hundreds of ancient cisterns that stored and supplied water to its inhabitants in the ancient past. The largest of these is the Basilica Cistern. So spectacular is the cistern that one could easily mistake it for a sacred subterranean temple.
dhwty - 25/05/2014 - 12:30
Clonmacnoise is a medieval monastic site located in County Offaly in the Irish province of Leinster. This monastic site is recorded to have been founded during the middle of the 6th century AD, though the area itself is reckoned to have already been inhabited at a much earlier point of time. Clonmacnoise flourished until the 13th century, after which is went into decline, due to several factors.
dhwty - 30/07/2018 - 13:59
When archaeologists came across a tin containing an unknown 2000-year-old ointment they were both pleased and bemused. It was not discovered in a home as one might think, but rather near an ancient Roman temple in London.
The location of its discovery initially led researchers to believe it was an ointment used for healing or rituals. However, a detailed analysis was able to reveal its ingredients - animal fat, starch, and tin for pigment – revealing that it was none other than a tinted Roman face cream.
ancient-origins - 20/05/2018 - 13:57
Helle’s Toilet is the name given to a Medieval toilet seat that was discovered during an archaeological excavation in London. It is most notable for being a rare example of a triple toilet seat. Apart from that, its state of preservation, in spite of its age, is also noteworthy.
dhwty - 06/02/2021 - 21:22
The modern Swiss Army Knife didn’t make its debut until the nineteenth century, revolutionizing convenient tools on the go. But, as with so many other things, the ancient Romans did it first! Meet the so-called “multi-tool,” a handy, fold-up device that contained a mini knife, spatula, fork, toothpick, and spike. Crafted in the third century AD, the tool could be toted around by a Roman soldier in his pocket while trekking through dangerous territory.
Carly Silver - 15/06/2018 - 22:51
Researchers have conducted a new study aiming to shed light on the facial appearance of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun. The study, led by a team of forensic experts and anthropologists, utilized advanced techniques and historical data to create a facial approximation of the young king.
Gary Manners - 01/06/2023 - 22:59
Located in the central Gifu Prefecture, not very far from Tokyo or Kyoto, a beautiful example of traditional Japanese architecture survives in the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama. Some of the existing houses were built over 300 years ago and have been beautifully preserved by each successive generation of residents. The 'gassho-style' houses, as they are known, are rare examples of their kind, even in Japan.
marinasohma - 03/04/2017 - 01:51