Roman Games

Wild carnivorous animals emerge from a trap door into the Colosseum. ‘The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1883.

8 June, 2015 - 22:08 Mark Miller

Complex Elevator and Trap Door System for Raising Wild Animals into the Colosseum Reconstructed

Many thousands of people suffered violent deaths in the gladiatorial contests of the Colosseum and other arenas of the ancient Roman empire. Innumerable animals killed and were killed in the blood-...

27 January, 2015 - 22:31 Mark Miller

Red-painted numbers helped Romans find their seats in the Colosseum

Archaeologists have discovered that the carved seat numbers in the Roman Colosseum had been painted red to make the seats easier to see, assuring orderly, trouble-free seating of the crowd--who then...

Myths & Legends

The Dogon’s Extraordinary Knowledge of the Cosmos and the Cult of Nommo

France, 1920: Marcel Griaule is a young man who is very well-established in his studies, especially in mathematics. He has recently served as a volunteer in the French Air Force and aspires to attend the prestigious Lycée Louis le Grande.

Ubasute: Is the Ancient Tradition of Dumping the Elderly in a Forest Encouraging Modern Murder?

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

‘First Kings’ Myths From Around the World: How Do They Compare?

The Ancient Grotto of the Seven Sleepers

Human Origins

Controversy at Hueyatlaco: When Did Humans First Inhabit the Americas?

What happens when an archaeological site is so extraordinary, that it threatens to eclipse everything we knew about history up to that point? Some discoveries are just too hard to fully grasp, and...

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

Translation of 5,500-Year-Old Babel Text from China Reveals Oldest Known Map of Inner Solar System

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

‘First Kings’ Myths From Around the World: How Do They Compare?

Neanderthal-Human Sex Caused a Million Covid Deaths

Ancient Technology

Wood burning, human fire use could date back a million years. Source: nikkytok/Adobe Stock

Human Fire Use Over A Million Years Ago Seems More Likely

There is no smoke without a fire, or so they say, and a group of scientists are applying this thinking to develop new methods to seek out when and where the earliest fire use was.

Britain’s Earliest Humans Found In the Suburbs of Canterbury

1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization

6 Advanced Ancient Inventions Beyond Modern Understanding

150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?

Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet

Ancient Places

Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?

By the age of 10, most children in the United States have been taught all 50 states that make up the country. But centuries ago, the land that is now the United States was a very different place...

The Theopetra Cave and the Oldest Human Construction in the World

Huge New Bronze Age Fortress Discovered in Irish Nature Preserve!

Didius Julianus, the Man Who Bought the Roman Empire

Controversy at Hueyatlaco: When Did Humans First Inhabit the Americas?

Soldiers of Bronze: The Greek Hoplite, the Phalanx, and the Battle that Defined Them

Opinion

The Coming Gnostic Civilization, and his most recent book, Sedona: City of the Star People.

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds

Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

Two Sides to Every Story: The North American Martyrs Shrines and Indigenous/ Roman Catholic Relations

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Curse of the Buried Pearl: The Hunt for Ancient Treasures – Part I

The Enigma of the Shugborough Inscription

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Complex Elevator and Trap Door System for Raising Wild Animals into the Colosseum Reconstructed

Red-painted numbers helped Romans find their seats in the Colosseum

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