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Rock Art Discoveries in Eastern Sudan Tell a Tale of the Once ‘Green Sahara’
... subsistence. One of the most basic common denominators of culture is our relationship to our shared landscape. ...
ancient-origins - 29/04/2024 - 22:40
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Historic Wine Windows Reopen in Italy, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
... ‘in spite of this tragedy, the world has witnessed the culture and camaraderie that likely helped Italy through the ... alarming when reporters around the world celebrate Italian culture for their love of wine without a single mention of ...
ashley cowie - 11/08/2020 - 00:11
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Researchers Reveal True Story of Hyksos Dynasty in Ancient Egypt
... Here they found evidence of the Hyksos and their unique culture. Chris Stantis, a researcher at Bournemouth ...
Ed Whelan - 16/07/2020 - 22:56
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Gold Coin Hoard Found Hidden Beneath Famous Hindu Temple
... and their rule is associated with a golden age in Tamil culture. Their political and cultural influence spread as far ... so that they can be attributed to a definite period and culture. It is not known if the coins will eventually go on ...
Ed Whelan - 05/03/2020 - 23:14
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Mosaic Depicts 1,500-Year-Old Roman Party Scene
... the illegal excavations of 2007, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism reclaimed the land with the ... Cultural Heritage and Museums. We would like to thank the Culture and Tourism Ministry and all institutions for their ...
Sahir - 19/02/2022 - 22:00
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17th Century Sickle Burials Reflect Belief that Demons Stalked War-Torn Poland
Poland during the 17th century was a nation torn by war, social upheaval, pestilence, famine and Catholic clerics inciting the populace with tales about the devil and witchcraft. The imaginations of many were beset by demons and vampires stalking the land.
Mark Miller - 10/12/2015 - 03:54
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The Cataclysm of Easter Island - The Museum in Hanga Roa (Part 6)
... hair tied as a topknot. Easter Island undeniably was a culture in decline at the time of European discovery. When ...
davidchildress - 13/07/2013 - 06:52
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The House of Darkness & Secret Caverns—The legendary Yucatan Hall of Records found at Yaxchilan? Part II
Far from the crowds of Palenque and other Maya sites, the ruins of Yaxchilan are found today still very much in the same conditions as they were first described by Maudslay and Maler in the early 20th century, at the peak of the “Golden Age” of exploration.
Marco M. Vigato - 08/03/2018 - 23:07
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Baba Yaga: The Wicked Witch of Slavic Folklore
As ambiguous as she is hideous, Baba Yaga is an anomaly. In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is both a maternal, mother nature figure and an evil villain who kidnaps and eats children. Numerous renditions of her tale portray her as a harbinger of transformation, possessing the power to either assist or obstruct those who she chances upon, and eating those who fail to satisfy her demands.
Riley Winters - 25/02/2023 - 00:53
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Space Rock Sold! 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite is the Oldest Item Ever Sold on Earth
... dagger. (Zeinab Mohamed/ CC BY NC SA 2.0 ) The Hopewell culture also made meteorite jewelry, as shown by 22 beads ...
Alicia McDermott - 26/10/2017 - 14:00
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Ten Discoveries of 2014 that Suggest there is Truth to Ancient Myths and Legends
... with hazardous events in European, African and Asian culture, including floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings. ...
aprilholloway - 26/12/2014 - 12:29
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Tunnels to the Sun: Exploring the Mysterious Ravne Tunnels in Bosnia
... Author provided. Later on, another civilization or culture came and filled all these tunnels with the filling ...
ancient-origins - 21/08/2016 - 14:56
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Extremely Rare Ancient Mosaic Bearing a Greek Inscription Discovered “Miraculously” in Jerusalem
... along with a new synthesis of Greco-Roman and Christian culture seen at all levels of Byzantine culture. In 543 AD he established the “Nea” Church in ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 26/08/2017 - 13:53
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Activist Group Tells Archaeologists Not to Assume Gender of Ancient Skeletons
Self-declared “anarchist archaeologists” are warning archaeologists not to assume the gender or race of ancient skeletons because they see the categorization of sexes as discriminatory to the dead and as enhancing “white supremacy.”
ashley cowie - 26/07/2022 - 14:58
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Blood, Meat, and Beer? The Feasts that May Have Been Created in a Fulacht Fiadh Burnt Mound
... placed. Labelled elements in a burnt mound. ( Old European Culture ) On average, burnt mounds are approximately 2 meters ...
ancient-origins - 26/12/2016 - 03:52
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Dalai Lama Publicly Denounces Ancient Indian Caste System
... Origin of India's Caste System Tibet fights to preserve culture through protection of ancient scriptures Chinese ...
aprilholloway - 17/04/2018 - 18:59
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More than 1,500 Petroglyphs, including a Solar Calendar, Found in Northern Arizona
... Puebloans . The Puebloans were an ancient Native American culture, who lived in southeastern Utah, northeastern ... BC - 460 AD), which grew from the Paleo-Indian Picosa culture. Ancestral Puebloans lived in a range of structures ...
Natalia Klimczak - 29/03/2016 - 21:48
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Stunning Minoan Gemstone Owned by a Bronze Age Warrior Rewrites the History of Ancient Greek Art
... are Minoan-made raises intriguing questions about his culture. Scholarly consensus has long theorized that ... about 1500 B.C. in the Pylos region of Greece. The Greek Culture Ministry declared the find the "most important to ... [in continental Greece] in 65 years" by the Greek Culture Ministry. The tomb revealed a remarkably intact ...
ancient-origins - 09/11/2017 - 01:56
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Thieves of Fire in Ancient Mythology: Divine Creation and Destruction in the Hands of Man
From ancient times and even to this day, people consider fire one of the basic elements of the universe. Interpretations of fire in ancient mythologies vary greatly, with fire viewed as a creative and cleansing force as well as a destructive and punishing one. Due to its life-giving qualities, fire is closely associated to the gods in the ancient world.
MartiniF - 18/07/2016 - 16:45
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Humans Were Kissing in Mesopotamia As Early As 4,500 Years Ago
Humanity's love affair with kissing goes way back, but just how far? Recent research has revealed that the art of smooching was already in full swing a staggering 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, and they’ve got the cuneiform to prove it!
Gary Manners - 18/05/2023 - 19:00