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War was central to Europe’s first civilisation – contrary to popular belief

... , was characterized by war and was not the peace-loving culture that it was believed to be. The ancient Minoan ...

aprilholloway - 01/08/2013 - 02:08

Not the Biggest, Not the Tallest, Not the Widest - So What Makes this Giant Sequoia The ‘President’?

... when China was under the Shang Dynasty, and when the Olmec culture was flourishing in Mesoamerica. Growing a Giant ...

dhwty - 13/05/2017 - 18:34

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

... Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt ...

ancient-origins - 10/06/2017 - 02:25

The Origin of Music

... period. Evolutionary scientists believe that a musical culture would have helped prehistoric human species to ...

johnblack - 28/10/2013 - 09:12

The World of Yesterday

... Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning ...

ancient-origins - 17/06/2017 - 00:42

Study sheds new light on the origins of dogs

Dog domestication is not something new. According to a new DNA analysis, dog domestication has been shown to date back at least 30,000 years. The samples came from a diverse range of fossils from a total of eighteen dogs and wolves ranging between 1,000 and 36,000 years old and the sample data was from more than eight countries. The results were compared to the DNA of 77 modern dog breeds and 49 wolves.

johnblack - 15/11/2013 - 06:25

Largest and Oldest Wine Cellar of the Middle East Unearthed

... promises to give further insight into the life and culture of the ancient Canaanites, a group that dominated ...

aprilholloway - 23/11/2013 - 23:49

China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties (History of Imperial China)

... moved beyond the court and capital to depict local culture, and newly emerging social spaces included the ...

ancient-origins - 17/08/2019 - 05:10

Urnes Stave Church: A Final Vestige of Viking Innovation

... designs and pre-Christian mythology of the Viking culture, the northern architects of Urnes incorporated ...

Riley Winters - 23/07/2017 - 23:04

The ancient wonder and veneration of the dog star Sirius

Sirius, the brightest star in our sky, has been the object of wonder and veneration to ancient peoples throughout the whole of human history.

aprilholloway - 01/02/2014 - 23:46

Palace of Cortés Display Burial Is A Pre-Hispanic Woman, Not a Spanish Monk!

... which damaged the palace building, the federal Ministry of Culture, through the National Institute of Anthropology and ...

ancient-origins - 26/01/2024 - 13:59

Beyond Disney: The True History of Mulan (Video)

... the tale likely draws inspiration from the Tuoba tribe's culture. The ballad narrates Mulan's courageous decision to ...

Robbie Mitchell - 03/02/2024 - 19:41

Dark Secret of the First Native Americans to Meet Columbus (Video)

Robbie Mitchell - 20/02/2024 - 20:01

Halloween Spirits Will Be Illuminated By A Rare Hunter’s Blue Moon

Astronomers around the world are polishing their telescopes for a set of rare lunar phenomena happening this Halloween night. That’s because a full moon will be visible this Halloween, Oct. 31, for the first time since 1944. But this exceptional Halloween moon is only one in a series of special astronomical phenomena happening on the ancient festival date.

ashley cowie - 30/10/2020 - 20:49

The Art of Courtly Love: 31 Medieval Rules for Romance

Love is the universal feeling. From the dawn of time, from the earliest epochs of man, and all throughout the rise and fall of world’s many civilizations, the concept of love drove the wheel of time forward. Love is not only familial – it is romantic too. In the early medieval period in Europe, love and romance in the high courts had to be done under a certain set of rules, and with a lot of class!

Aleksa Vučković - 16/11/2020 - 13:48