Ancient Origins eBooks offer a deep dive into the mysteries of the past, exploring ancient civilizations, lost knowledge, mythology, and groundbreaking discoveries. Written by experts and researchers, these books provide well-researched insights and fascinating perspectives you won’t find elsewhere. Available exclusively to our members, they are perfect for anyone passionate about uncovering the secrets of history.
Sex, love, and marriage go hand-in-hand: but they’re not always a perfect match!
Ancient societies seemed to have as much interest in steamy pastimes and relationship woes as we do now. What happened behind closed doors and beneath the sheets in the ancient world? Peek into the past, and discover how we loved.
Magic—compelling and unfathomable— has been with us since the beginning. But history has treated so-called witches varyingly. Women and men associated with witchcraft might be thanked and respected, or burned alive at the stake! Who were these witches… and what made them so dangerous?
Guilty?....... Or Innocent? Either way, you’re going to prison. And this is the ancient world, so your punishments aren’t likely to be light, or just, (or even sane). What’s worse, is you might even be punished by THE GODS!
Travel to a time when lawkeepers and lawbreakers clashed head-on; when laws were new, prisons were frightful, justice was rare, and crimes and punishments were both pretty terrible.
Stones are the keepers of our traditions.
They were our earliest tools – and our earliest weapons. We created empires and civilizations from the earth up, building and recording our lives with the one thing that is strong enough to endure.
Those sacred traditions are revealed to us today, all because they were written in stone.
It’s all fun and games – until someone loses an eye! They say that cautionary phrase dates back to ancient Roman wrestling matches, when there was just one rule: no eye gouging—it was a disqualifying offense. True story? Perhaps. Nevertheless, when it came to games and sports, the ancients weren't playing around!
There’s no such thing as demons, devils and evil spirits – right?.......
Try to tell someone that bad spirits or demons have just entered their house. They will likely think you’re crazy, and try to ignore the idea—but an unpleasant feeling or suspicion may linger in the back of their minds. In this way people haven't changed for centuries, or even millennia.
Ancient beliefs in the supernatural die hard. So maybe, just to be on the safe side, see how the ancients dealt with their demons, so that you know what to do if – or when - the time comes!
In this new free e-book, available exclusively on Ancient Origins, regular contributor Charles Christian wittily weaves together five tales of political back-stabbings and betrayals, blood-drenched battles, torrid sexual scandals, religious upheavals, and supernatural occurrences from the English Dark Ages – from the departure of the Roman legions to the arrival of the Norman warlords.
They say we just need food to survive, but we all know we eat good food to really live!
The ancients knew this as well, and that sentiment was echoed across time and cultures, creating vibrant, delicious cuisines made from regional foods to sustain, nourish and nurture—foods that were sometimes good enough for the gods!
Dig in to the mouth-watering and sometimes surprising foods of the ancient world!
Forever searching for answers; that is the lot of humankind. We delve into the dark and mysterious and enigmatic, looking for the hows and whys, but sometimes, no explanations are found – or the true answers are too strange to believe! Follow a trail of bizarre historical tales, scientific anomalies, and ancient mysteries.
VIKINGS! Fearsome warriors who sailed and raided, hungering for land, gold, and treasure? Yes! Expert navigators, explorers, colonizers, farmers, settlers, accomplished builders and highly skilled traders? YES!! Now immortalized in history and legend, the Norsemen may have a violent reputation, but they explored the seas and truly connected and changed the world during The Age of Vikings.
