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  1. Ancient Feast Seating Carved in Bedrock Found At Paphos, Cyprus

    ... popular with Roman elites at the time. How Byzantine Art and Architecture Captivated the Known World Putting the ...

    Nathan Falde - 13/07/2021 - 23:03

  2. Ancient Advanced Technology: 2,400-Year-Old Yakhchals Kept Ice in the Desert

    The ancients were cleverer than some people today assume. They didn’t have rockets or electricity, at least no indisputable proof has been found of such technologies, but they did come up with technology that we don’t usually associate with the ancient world. The yakhchal (meaning ice pit) was a type of ancient refrigerator built in the deserts of Persia (now Iran), which was made without electricity, modern coolants, or most elements of modern refrigerators.

    Caleb Strom - 01/10/2021 - 02:03

  3. Study Casts New Light on Diseases We Inherited from Neanderthals

    Feeling depressed? Can’t kick the tobacco habit? Sun causing skin lesions? Allergies bothering you? Some people of today may blame their Neanderthal ancestry in part for some of these health problems, new studies say.

    Scientists announced in 2010 that modern humans share 1 to 4 percent of their DNA with Neanderthals. While we inherited some traits that are no longer helpful, other Neanderthal traits have boosted our immune system and also positively affected our neurology and psychology.

    Mark Miller - 12/02/2016 - 21:52

  4. A Lucky Viking Who Found Vinland then Fought Over the Canadian Coastline

    Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus was not the first European to establish an outpost in the Americas – some 500 years earlier, a Viking named Leif (“the lucky”) Erikson established a small village in Newfoundland, Canada.

    Kerry Sullivan - 05/08/2016 - 03:49

  5. Washing Up Wasn’t Enough: Evidence of 8.2 ka Climate Event Found in Çatalhöyük Cooking Pots

    Neolithic cooking pots can tell you a lot about life in the culture that used them; if you have the right tools on hand. New research on such pottery by the University of Bristol has uncovered how early farmers were adapting to climate change 8,200 years ago.

    ancient-origins - 14/08/2018 - 22:55

  6. The Exceptional Craftmanship Behind Medieval Arrows (Video)

    ... like the wrought iron plate cutter, was a work of art, bearing witness to the expertise required to penetrate ... speaks to a time when every arrow was a work of art and a powerful tool, highlighting the dedication of those ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 02/09/2023 - 17:00

  7. French-Indian Textile Designer Recreates Ancient Mughal Designs (Video)

    ... designs. The Mughal Empire: Tolerance, Taxes, Addiction, Art, and Other Acts of Genghis Khan’s Relatives in India ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 04/08/2023 - 17:00

  8. Realm of the Ring Lords: The Myth and Magic of the Grail Quest

    The magical history of the Ring Lords, alluded to in J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, has been largely consigned to legend and half-remembered battles between good and evil. Shrouded in supernatural enigma, its legacy lives on in fascinating tales of fairies, elves, witches, and vampires.

    ancient-origins - 03/02/2017 - 14:07

  9. Island in the Clouds: Is Mount Roraima Really A ‘Lost World’ Where Dinosaurs May Still Exist?

    Deep within the rainforests of Venezuela, a series of plateaus sit more than 9000 feet (2743 meters) above sea level and rise up 1310 feet (400 m) from the surrounding terrain like table tops. From above, they look like islands in the sky. These are the tepuis (a Pemón Indian word for mountain), the most famous of which is called Mount Roraima. The tepuis are so unique in their geography that thousands of plant species exist nowhere else on the planet except on these plateaus.

    Kerry Sullivan - 26/01/2017 - 16:57

  10. Bread, Chains and Rebellion, What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave (Video)

    Robbie Mitchell - 02/12/2023 - 00:58

  11. The Ancient Italian Adriatic Veneti and Their Pora Reitia Nature Cult

    Between the eighth and seventh centuries BC, the first manifestations of the Italic people known as Veneti appear in the territory of today's Veneto, the main region of the northeast of Italy together with Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto-Adige (an area known in Roman times as the X Regio, then Venetia et Histria). And the Veneti were distinctive for the nature worship beliefs through their Pora Reitia goddess in open grove settings.

    Jari Padoan - 25/02/2022 - 01:00

  12. Polish Archaeologists Discover Rare Gift from Father of Cleopatra

    ... through her depiction in many works of literature and art, from the famous Shakespeare play through to the 1963 ...

    Robin Whitlock - 16/07/2015 - 12:01

  13. The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala, Ancient Pagan Site of Sweden

    The 11th century writer and historian, Adam of Bremen described Gamla Uppsala (meaning ‘Old Uppsala’) in Sweden as a pagan site where a temple dedicated to Thor, Odin and Freyr stood. Adam wrote descriptively, if not always accurately, of the rituals performed there and of the temple itself.

    dhwty - 11/10/2018 - 03:13

  14. How a Chinese Empress Built the Largest Palace in the World (Video)

    In 662 AD, as Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty’s health waned, Empress Wu Zetian quietly assumed the reins of power, navigating a realm dominated by men. Wu's ambition knew no bounds, and she aimed to demonstrate her supremacy in an unconventional manner – through the expansion of the Imperial Palace.

    Robbie Mitchell - 27/10/2023 - 20:52

  15. A Flexible and Deadly Blade: The Dangerous Urumi

    The urumi (which may be literally translated as ‘curling blade’,) is a type of weapon from India. This weapon is known also as ‘surul vaal’, which means ‘spring sword’). As its name suggests, this weapon consists of a metal blade that is wielded like a whip. The urumi has often been described as one of the more bizarre weapons that the world has seen. And it is an extremely dangerous weapon, not only for those whom it is used against, but equally so for its wielder.

    dhwty - 29/03/2017 - 18:59

  16. A Rebel in an Eyepatch and Gown - Ana de Mendoza, the Princess of Eboli

    When one comes across her portraits, the first thing that is assumed is that the woman depicted within had to be a pirate. However, Ana de Mendoza was actually noblewoman and a rebel in a gown. It could be argued that her behavior was better suited to the 21st century than to the period in which she lived.

    Natalia Klimczak - 18/07/2016 - 21:43

  17. Shui-mu Niang-niang: The Old Mother of the Waters Who Submerged an Ancient City

    In Chinese folklore, Shui-mu Niang-niang, or the Old Mother of the Waters, is a legendary spirit guardian of the waters surrounding the city of Sizhou (or Ssu-Chou, according to ETC Werner’s romanization), in Anhui province of China. Depicted as a smiling old woman carrying two buckets of water, Shui-mu Niang-niang is popularly credited with the destruction of the Sizhou by flooding it every year until eventually bringing it into complete submersion by the waters of what is now called the Hongze Lake.

    May - 18/01/2016 - 01:16

  18. World’s Largest Telescope May Finally Reveal the Mysteries of our Origins

    The world’s most powerful telescope, which was built ‘in search of our cosmic origins’ will be switched on today and has the potential to tell us more about where life on Earth came from.

    The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA for short, is located deep in the Chilean desert at an altitude of 16,400 feet where it will be unaffected by pollution from artificial light, producing images that will be ten times sharper than those of the Hubble space telescope.

    ancient-origins - 13/03/2013 - 08:53

  19. The South-Pointing Chariot: This Ancient Chinese Invention Led Armies In a Unique and Impressive Way

    The south-pointing chariot is a Chinese invention that functioned in a similar way to a compass. Instead of pointing north, however, this device could point south, or any other direction it was ‘programmed’ to point in the first place, for that matter. The compass, which is regarded as one of the Four Great Inventions of the Chinese civilisation, functions based on the Earth’s magnetic field. The south-pointing chariot, on the other hand, worked based on mechanics.

    dhwty - 15/01/2018 - 13:59

  20. Manned Mission on Mars in 2018

    The non-profit Organization Inspiration Mars Foundation has the intention to send two people to Mars on January 18, 2018. The reason why the date is so specific is because this is the closest time that Mars and Earth will be aligned in a suitable way to minimize the roundtrip to Mars. And according to the calculations the next window will be in 2031. So if this window is missed then we would have to wait another 12 years, unless of course Warp Engines or other ‘Alien’ technology will be developed by then.

    ancient-origins - 11/04/2013 - 07:50

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