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Kayakoy: An Abandoned Ghost Town Opens For Tourismi
... over the remaining Ottoman territories in Europe and Asia. These disputes were fueled by nationalistic sentiment ...
Lex Leigh - 03/02/2023 - 17:57
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The Celestial Hairlock Of Berenice II, Queen Of Egypt And Cyrene
... and Stratonice, daughter of Antigonus, King of Asia. However, Demetrius’ maternal grandfather was Pharaoh ...
MartiniF - 13/07/2023 - 02:31
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Angkor Wat Archaeological Digs Yield New Clues to its Civilization’s Decline
... have controlled a large portion of mainland Southeast Asia. The Angkor civilization was booming in the early 1100s ...
ancient-origins - 05/06/2019 - 14:05
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Rare Rock Crystals were Used in Neolithic Death Rituals
... of a larger historical process that had emerged in Western Asia 10,000 years ago. Here, they found artifacts across a ...
Sahir - 13/08/2022 - 19:00
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Archaeologists find 4,500-year-old statue of little known Egyptian king
A broken statue with the name of King Sahure, a pharaoh who ruled nearly 4,500 years ago, has been excavated in Egypt by Belgian archaeologists. Little is known of King Sahure, who reigned during the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty.
Mark Miller - 04/05/2015 - 20:06
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Scientists Discover A Reindeer Superpower - Ruminating is a Naturally Restful Sleep Hack!
Throughout history, reindeer have woven themselves into the fabric of Arctic society, mythology and folklore. Reindeer have also found their way into popular culture, prominently featuring in the iconic tales of Santa Claus. However, a new discovery about reindeer sleep patterns adds a peculiar twist to their already intriguing history.
Cecilia Bogaard - 22/12/2023 - 23:18
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Kosem Sultan - The Last Influential Female Ruler of the Ottoman Empire
Kosem Sultan was a woman who refused to be just another widow on the Ottoman court - instead she became a real ruler of the empire. Her decisions made such an impact, that after her death noblemen in her country decided to never allow a woman to become so powerful again.
Natalia Klimczak - 07/05/2020 - 21:05
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Remnants of 18th Century Ship May Provide Clues to Revolutionary-era Shipbuilding
... the new nation and to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia. During the late 1700s Alexandria was one of the ten ...
Mark Miller - 07/01/2016 - 03:46
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Medieval Monks: The Life and Times of God’s Men in Robes
... many modern-day communities of Buddhist monks throughout Asia have found great wealth, which has been a source of ...
Lex Leigh - 17/07/2022 - 18:56
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The Naked Hot Air Balloon Aeronauts Who Conquered High Altitude Mayhem
In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci dreamed of people flying through the air, but it wasn’t until 19 September 1783 that history’s first aerostatic flight was achieved by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles. While aerodynamics refers to the study of gases in motion, within any given system, aerostatics refers to the study of gases that are not in motion. Da Vinci’s dreams of people flying in the air manifested on November 21, 1783, in the form of the ‘aerostatic-globe’ – now known as a hot air balloon.
ashley cowie - 25/05/2022 - 18:58
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The Darkhad: Guardians of The Soul of Genghis Khan
... Interface: Opening New Research Terrains in Inner Asia. Leiden: Brill, pp. 197-222. Borjigin, G., 2005. In ...
dhwty - 22/02/2019 - 23:00
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Oldest Globe of New World Carved on Ostrich Eggs?
... and destination unknown, and off the coast of Southeast Asia, the Latin inscription warns of an ancient legend: it ...
aprilholloway - 22/08/2013 - 09:53
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A Conspiracy of Silence: Are We Older Than We Think We Are?
... Eden’), and inhabited land from Africa in the south, to Asia in the East, and Europe in the north. With the glaciers ...
jim willis - 04/06/2018 - 15:37
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Medieval Gunpowder Recipes Blasted In New Experiment
Researchers have recreated and exploded a series of medieval gunpowder recipes. A new paper shows that through trial and error so-called ‘black powder’ was developed, with some economic setbacks along the way.
ashley cowie - 25/09/2021 - 14:43
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Priceless Ancient Seed Bank Saved from Destruction in Syria
... as a Neolithic agriculture system to other parts of West Asia, the Nile Valley, and the Balkans. By 4000 BC, this ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 30/01/2017 - 23:00
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1110 AD, The Year Volcanoes Vanished the Moon and Sparked Global Famine
... volcanic eruptions that may have occurred in Europe or Asia between 1108 and 1110 AD. They wrote that the ...
ashley cowie - 19/05/2020 - 13:59
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A History Of Egyptian Antiquities: Assessing Pivotal Highs And Lows Down The Centuries
... reducing sailing distances between Europe and East Asia. In 1875 the British government, on the initiative of ...
anand balaji - 13/12/2021 - 21:09
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The Columbus Myth – Part 2
... and thought he claimed for Spain, were not part of Asia might explain, in part, why the American continents were ...
afaram - 04/08/2014 - 23:13
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Batu Khan: The Leader of the Golden Horde Kept His Grandfather Genghis’ Legacy Going
Batu Khan was a Mongol ruler and the founder of the Golden Horde (known also as the Kipchak Khanate, and the Ulus of Jochi). He was a grandson of Genghis Khan through Jochi, the Great Khan’s eldest son, and was responsible for the expansion of the Mongol Empire into Russia and Eastern Europe. The khanate established by Batu Khan lasted for about 200 years.
dhwty - 20/10/2018 - 13:56
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The Taj Mahal is wasting away, and it may soon hit the point of no return
The saying goes that the Taj Mahal is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening, and golden when the moon shines. Though this may once have been true for the famously pristine marble monument, a mixture of pollution and poor management has now burdened the Taj with a 24-hour layer of yellowy-brown.
ancient-origins - 15/08/2018 - 01:56