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1. Amber encases a flea infected 20 million years ago with bubonic plague-type bacteria

   Closely related ancestors of the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be millions of years older than the 14^th century, when the disease devastated Asia and killed more than half of Europe’s population. And diseases like it, borne by insects, may have played a role in the mass extinctions of dinosaurs, a researcher says.

   Mark Miller - 30/09/2015 - 14:42

2. Polish Legionnaires Fighting Along The Affranchi For The Black Independent Nation Of Haiti

   The Haitian Revolution of 1791 to 1804 is commonly remembered as the most successful slave revolution of all time, resulting in the establishment of the first black nation of independence in the West Indies.

   Jake Leigh-Howarth - 23/01/2023 - 19:46

3. The Folly of Pope Urban VIII and the Banning of Astrological Prophesies of Papal Fates

   A 17th century Pope so feared the astrological prediction that he would exchange his life as pontiff in the Urbs Aeterna or eternal city of Rome for the everlasting life, on a day coinciding with a solar eclipse, that he momentarily lost his spiritual way by consorting with a branded heretic and horoscope forecaster, until Fate intervened to draw the veil from their chamber of magic.

   Roberto Volterri - 28/10/2019 - 23:36

4. The Literary Panorama of the Tarot Cards: Historical Reality and Myths

   Although the Tarot is the most widely used ‘book of images’ in the world for the purpose of fortune-telling, many people are oblivious to its origins. A popular belief exists that the Tarot originated in ancient Egypt, but in fact it originated in Italy in the Middle Ages.

   Alessandra Filiaci - 24/02/2020 - 20:24

5. God’s Devils: The Men Who Conquered South America

   From the moment Christopher Columbus found land previously unknown to Europe in 1492, thousands of men came to the New World seeking their fortunes and for two centuries they explored and conquered native peoples. In the name of the King of Spain, and with an unquenchable thirst for gold, they came to be known as the conquistadors. But who were these men and by what means did they achieve such power and wealth?

   ashley cowie - 28/01/2020 - 03:37

6. The Fake Story of Juan Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth

   Juan Ponce de León was one of the first Europeans known to have set foot on what is today the United States of America. This was due to his expedition to the area now known as Florida (the first one conducted by Europeans). Incidentally, the name Florida is said to have been given by Ponce de León himself.

   dhwty - 31/10/2019 - 00:59

7. Terrifying Mesoamerican Skull Racks Were Erected to Deter Enemies

   A skull rack, known also as Tzompantli in the Nahuatl language, is an object documented to have been used in several Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Aztecs, the Toltecs, and the Mayas. Skull racks are recorded to have been used by these civilizations to display human skulls. Depictions of skull racks can be found in paintings and in written descriptions from the early colonial period. Several types of skull racks have also been discovered during archaeological excavations over the years.

   dhwty - 08/10/2016 - 00:42

8. Fine Dining With The Pirates Of The Caribbean

   Caribbean cuisine was certainly founded by pirates. Images of filibusters as ragamuffins gnawing bugs in some cell, or perhaps scraping the bottom of some barrel adrift in the Caribbean, hunting for prey, or that of pirates getting drunk in front of taverns in Tortuga, Petit-Goave or Port Royal, Jamaica are popular depictions.

   Aaronne Colagrossi - 29/05/2023 - 22:19

9. What Happened in Eden? Alternative Translation Tells a Very Different Story

   All modern concepts of the Garden of Eden stem from a few verses in the biblical Book of Genesis, none of which is entirely free from ambiguity. The ancient Hebraic documents, from which the early part of the Book was compiled, contained simple and basic writing with very few vowels, and none of the modifying inflections which, later, gave flexibility to the language. The absence of vowels lead to this ambiguity; which is why, even today, after millenia of scholarship, no-one knows how the name of God was pronounced.

   christianobrien - 17/02/2020 - 23:08

10. Excitement Builds Around Finding Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra

    Several sensational claims have emerged recently stating that archaeologists have finally uncovered the long lost tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Others say experts are practically at the door of the famous couple’s final resting place. Unfortunately, neither statement seems to be true. While there’s a chance that archaeologists may be searching in the right area, Antony and Cleopatra’s tomb has not been discovered yet.

    Alicia McDermott - 23/01/2019 - 18:47

11. Amerigo Vespucci: The Forgotten Explorer Who Named America

    The age of discovery is certainly one of the most dramatic periods of European history - a period of revolutionary voyages and contacts with the fascinating and mysterious New World.

    Aleksa Vučković - 18/01/2020 - 18:57

12. French Archaeologists Discover 113 Intact Ancient Guadeloupe Burials

    French archaeologists working for INRAP (the National Institute for Preventive Archaeology Research) recently found something unique and unprecedented on the archipelago of Guadeloupe in the southeastern Caribbean.

    Nathan Falde - 17/05/2021 - 19:01

13. Tools of Medieval Wisdom Unearthed Beneath England’s Ancient Academic Hub

    Archaeologists in England have unearthed in excess of 10,000 medieval artifacts in central Oxford and every single one of them is providing a clearer picture of day to day life at Oxford University, as it was seven centuries ago.

    ashley cowie - 06/03/2018 - 13:55

14. Crystal-Clear Vision – The Ancient History of Eyeglasses

    Eyeglasses are an essential tool for thousands of people across the globe. Unfortunately, glasses didn’t always exist, which caused difficulties for those in the ancient past with poor vision. However, the Romans made significant steps towards the correction of vision problems when they discovered that different thicknesses of glass could cause changes in clarity when looking through them. Because of this discovery, eye health has advanced, first from glasses to contacts and now from eyewear to surgical options such as LASIK.

    Lex Leigh - 09/05/2022 - 14:59

15. Since Ancient Greece, the Olympics and Bribery Have Gone Hand in Hand

    ... competed for Thailand, an American-Italian couple for Dominica, and a German for Mexico. Laying down the law Modern ...

    ancient-origins - 01/08/2016 - 21:48

16. Greek archaeologists find 5,800-year-old skeleton couple in loving embrace

    Archaeologists have found the remains of a young Neolithic couple embracing each other at an archaeological site near the Diros Caves in the Peloponnese region of Greece.

    aprilholloway - 14/02/2015 - 22:36

17. The Iliad: Overlapping Mycenaean Bronze Age And Dark Age Allegories

    Known as the “Age of Heroes,” the Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BC) was immortalized in the Homeric epics by such noteworthy characters as the imperious commander-in-chief “king of men” Agamemnon, the “swift-footed” war hero and demi-god, Achilles, and the enchanting “queen among women,” Helen herself.  The glittering gold glory of the late Bronze Age is known for its Cyclopean masonry, palatial states, reinforced bridges, fortified citadels, a

    Mary Naples - 17/05/2023 - 20:49

18. Gruesome Remains of Aztec Skull Tower Discovered in Mexico Include Women and Children

    Archaeologists have uncovered a tower of human skulls beneath the heart of Mexico City. The new find has given birth to new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after numerous skulls of both women and children were found among the hundreds embedded in the ominous building. Previous historical reports that the heads stacked were those of captured warriors are now in serious doubt as an explanation for the new findings is sought.

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 03/07/2017 - 18:57

19. Rosetta-style engraving lauding Cleopatra I and two Ptolemaic Pharaohs unearthed in Egypt

    A 2,200-year-old Rosetta-style limestone stele has been found at an ancient site near the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria in Egypt. Though archaeologists and Egyptologists haven’t deciphered the entire meaning yet, they say that, like the Rosetta Stone, the stele commemorates ancient Egyptian royalty, in this case two Ptolemaic pharaohs and Cleopatra I.

    Mark Miller - 08/06/2018 - 02:36

20. The Zugarramurdi Witch Trials: Welcome to the Spanish Salem

    On the border with France, embraced by a vast green pasture on which the cows calmly graze, lies the village of Zugarramurdi. Located in the Navarre region of Xareta this tiny village currently has just 250 inhabitants and, despite being known for its magnificent pine and chestnut trees as well as for hosting an impressive cave carved by water, Zugarramurdi owes its fame to sad and dark events mostly completed by its residents in the seventeenth century. Some of these events led the 

    ancient-origins - 14/09/2015 - 21:41

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