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1. From Sumerian Gods to Modern Day: The Long History of Slavery and Lost Children

   The recent film Sound of Freedom is a fictionalized account of the true story of Tim Ballard, a former US Department of Homeland Security agent who founded the nonprofit organization Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). O.U.R. works with law enforcement to rescue children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

   beth - 22/09/2023 - 15:00

2. Formidability in the Face of Factions: The Significance of Dunollie Fort

   ... the caves of Loch Etive. Though little is known about this culture—despite that the hunters were eventually replaced ... vastly important when realizing that the Dál Riatan culture spanned numerous islands within the Irish Sea, as ...

   Riley Winters - 07/07/2016 - 03:46

3. Imperial Measures and the Pyramids

   ... to the shilling were just part of the initiation into the culture, no more peculiar than having milk delivered to the ... the fabric of these ancient monuments, but also into the culture of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. These traditions have ...

   ralph ellis - 16/07/2014 - 15:31

4. Who Is Buried at Abusir Necropolis, the Funerary Jewel of Ancient Egypt?

   ... artifacts that have helped to shed light on the life and culture of ancient Egypt. Ever since, Abusir proved to be one ... that offers a wealth of information about the life and culture of ancient Egypt. From its impressive pyramids and ...

   Aleksa Vučković - 09/07/2023 - 23:00

5. 11,700-Year-Old ‘Loizu Man’ Skeleton Still Revealing Secrets

   ... notified the Spanish government’s Directorate of Culture of their remarkable discovery, and experts were ... the Mayor of Erro, Rebeca Esnaola, the Minister of Culture and Sports, and the President of the province of ...

   Nathan Falde - 15/03/2021 - 17:59

6. Largest Ever Maya Figurine Workshop Discovered Accidentally in Unexplored Mound

   ... by archaeologists. Currently, the understanding of Mayan culture in this area is taken from limited Spanish writings ...

   ashley cowie - 23/04/2019 - 18:52

7. Koro is an Ancient Psychiatric Condition Involving Fear of Genital Shrinkage

   ... globally, dismissing earlier notions of it being a culture-bound syndrome exclusive to these regions. The late ...

   Joanna Gillan - 10/09/2023 - 23:01

8. Precious Dagger of Tutankhamun Found to be of Meteoric Origin

   ... meteoric iron may have been very important in Egyptian culture and religion. The iron in the blade of the knife from ...

   Natalia Klimczak - 31/05/2016 - 21:42

9. Textbook Story of How Humans Populated America is Biologically Unviable, Study Finds

   ... United States included the so-called “Clovis” culture, which first appear in the archaeological record over ... disperse across the Americas. The first evidence for this culture, which is named after distinctive stone tools found ...

   ancient-origins - 12/08/2016 - 00:48

10. The Chaldean Dynasty and the Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

    ... though it continued to be an important center of trade and culture. In the end, it was a sudden and disastrous end to a ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 15/09/2023 - 14:55

11. Cemetery of Elongated Skulls Revealed Chaos After the Fall of Rome

    ... a decade after the founders, and the third were a later culture, who blended Roman and various foreign traditions. ...

    ashley cowie - 30/04/2020 - 22:53

12. Walter Cruttenden

    Walter Cruttenden is a financial markets innovator, an active founder investor in growth companies that serve a social need, and is incredibly passionate about human history and astronomy. He will be speaking at the 2024 Conference On Precession and Ancient Knowledge XII, 20-22 October at Rancho Mirage, CA. 

    ancient-origins - 05/02/2013 - 01:13

13. A New Japanese Emperor Takes To The Chrysanthemum Throne

    ... actively sought to emulate their Chinese neighbors, whose culture was regarded to be more sophisticated and refined. ...

    dhwty - 22/10/2019 - 18:22

14. The Legacy of Ancient Trippers Stripped from Teeth

    According to a 2019 paper titled Toxicology in Antiquity (Second Edition), almost all of the Mystery Religions and cults of the ancient world “frequently, if not always, employed the use of psychoactive drugs or entheogens to induce altered states of consciousness.” An example was presented in a 

    ashley cowie - 09/01/2021 - 13:45

15. The Outstanding Story of Osiris: His Myth, Symbols, and Significance in Ancient Egypt

    Osiris, the green-skinned god of the underworld, lord of the afterlife and judge of the dead, is one of the best-known gods from ancient Egypt. His story provided his followers with reassurance for life after death, that the Nile would keep their lands fertile, and was an inspiration for what a king should be. He is the only deity that is referred to in ancient Egyptian writings simply as ‘god’ – a surefire indication Osiris was both powerful and popular.

    Alicia McDermott - 24/02/2019 - 02:00

16. Polytheistic Religion: How Pantheons Reigned in the Ancient World

    Over the years there have been gods for creation, death, love, war, and everything in between. Zeus, Hera, and their companions on Mount Olympus, Odin, Frigg, and the rest of the Æsir, Osiris, Isis, and their friends and enemies…polytheistic religions and pantheons were big in the ancient world. Many of these elevated beings are still spoken of, often with reverence, today.

    dhwty - 22/01/2020 - 14:02

17. Preserving Memories Through Time: The History of Post Mortem Portraits

    People and cultures around the world have always understood death - the unavoidable part of everyone’s existence – in a multitude of ways. Some saw it as a gateway to a new life, while others viewed it as enigmatic and unexplainable. But more than anything, the living sought ways to preserve the memory of the deceased and capture their last moments for all time. That’s how post mortem portraits - better known as mourning portraits - came to be.

    Aleksa Vučković - 12/11/2021 - 00:57

18. Tlazolteotl: An Ancient Patroness and Purifier for all things Filthy

    ... by women) that required a goddess to oversee. Huasteca culture statue of Tlazolteotl in the Museum of Anthropology, ...

    dhwty - 20/07/2018 - 02:00

19. World's Oldest Axe Fragment Found in Australia

    Australian archaeologists have discovered a piece of the world's oldest axe in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia.

    The axe fragment is about the size of a thumbnail and dates back to a Stone Age period of 45,000 to 49,000 years ago -- at, or very soon after, the time humans arrived on the continent, and more than ten millennia earlier than any previous ground-edge axe discoveries.

    ancient-origins - 11/05/2016 - 21:43

20. Archaeologists reveal contents of 1,600-year-old Roman child coffin

    ... box was a lining for a wooden coffin, says Heritage and Culture Warwickshire’s website about Orien s. Coffin Nails ... from a wealthy or important Roman family,” Heritage and Culture Warwickshire says. The British Ministry of Justice ...

    Mark Miller - 05/01/2015 - 00:47

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