polis

The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount Helicon.

2 November, 2018 - 15:32 Cam Rea

Hesiod’s Concerns About Economics and Polis During the Greek Dark Age

The Greek Dark Age fits between the Late Bronze Age Collapse - often alternately referred to as the Mycenaean Civilization Collapse, around 1200 BC - and the Greek Archaic Period, around 800 BC. The...

Slaves working in a mine. The sustenance provided by slaves in Ancient Greece meant that citizens had free time to participate in politics.

16 October, 2017 - 15:31 Cam Rea

Did He Create a Blissful Utopia or a Tyrannical Communist Nightmare? Plato’s Ancient Class System and Social Engineering Revealed

Perhaps surprisingly to some, classical Greek philosopher Plato was a social engineer; and he was the first of many “planners” to come. In essence, Plato, who laid the foundations of Western...

Myths & Legends

John Brewer discovered the Brewer Cave in the 1950’s. Source: andreiuc88 / Adobe Stock.

Does the Brewer Cave Story Unlock a Hidden History?

Pseudo archaeology, and some of its more controversial claims, have long been the subject of extensive debate among mainstream scholars and the general public. From ancient aliens, creation myths, and races of giants, these subjects are part of a very obscure niche of historical research.

Wayland the Smith: The Lost Germanic Legend of the Flying Blacksmith

Wild Men of the Ancient World: Legends Across the Globe Tell of a Humanoid Beast – Are They Real?

The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon

The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Powerful Symbol of the Swastika and its 12,000 Year History

Human Origins

Detail of ‘Ashkenazi Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur. (1878 painting by Maurycy Gottlieb)

Where are Ashkenazi Jews from? Their Origins May Surprise You

Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group who have their earliest ancestors from the indigenous tribes of Israel…at least on one side of the family tree. A study published in 2013 in Nature Communications has shown their maternal lineage comes from a different, and possibly unexpected, source.

Ancient Anomalous Human Skeletons: Humanity Could be Much Older Than We Think

Sky Burial: Tibet’s Ancient Tradition for Honoring the Dead

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

The Secret Life of an Ancient Concubine

Ancient Technology

Left side view of the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan.

Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods

Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings, a television special, took an hour long look at the great city, its inhabitants, and the excavation of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, (also known as the Feathered Serpent Pyramid.) The program revealed evidence of advanced engineering built into a tunnel system, and placed directly underneath the Pyramid.

Etruscans Transported Bees by Boat to Reach the Best Flowers!

The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world’

Norimitsu Odachi: Who Could Have Possibly Wielded This Enormous 15th Century Japanese Sword?

Ten amazing inventions from ancient times

Ancient Places

Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods

Qidan, The Lost City of King Ad: Hoax or Reality?

The Magnificent Tomb and Treasures of Forgotten Couple Yuya and Tuya

Eltz Castle: A Majestic Medieval Pile Owned by the Same Family for 800 Years

The Mystery of the Williamson Tunnels

The Lost Tomb of Imhotep?

Opinion

Trojan War scene. Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector in front of the gates of Troy

Was There Ever a Trojan War?

Was there ever a Trojan War? That is, the almost legendary battle fought between Greeks and Trojans. This question continues to go unanswered by the academic and archaeological world. If we read from...

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis

Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?

The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man?

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