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The 5 Most Terrifying Initiation Rites in History
... fame in their tribe. The Hamar people of southwestern Ethiopia are famous for their bull jumping initiation rite, ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/11/2021 - 21:57
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Tooth Study Has Modern Humans Splitting From Neanderthals 400,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
... Survived into Old Age – New Research Jawbone found in Ethiopia set to rewrite history, push back origins of humans ...
ancient-origins - 16/05/2019 - 22:27
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The Ancient Kingdom of Colchis: A Legendary Land of Plenty, Conflict, and the Golden Fleece
Anyone familiar with Greek legends has heard of the Colchis Kingdom. It was to here that the band of heroes known as the Argonauts ventured in order to obtain the Golden Fleece, a symbol of authority and kinship, and it is here that Jason betrayed Medea, Princess of Colchis.
Kerry Sullivan - 23/04/2017 - 01:59
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Are the Controversial Elgin Marbles Finally Destined for Athens?
For over a decade, staff at The British Museum refused to even discuss returning the controversially procured Elgin Marbles to Greece. Now, they’re sitting around a table with Greek heritage officials.
ashley cowie - 09/01/2023 - 18:00
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Resurrecting the Ancient Israelites From the Valley of Dry Bones
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Here’s How Genetics Helped Crack the History of Human Migration
Over the past 25 years, scientists have supported the view that modern humans left Africa around 50,000 years ago, spreading to different parts of the world by replacing resident human species like the Neanderthals. However, rapid advances in genetic sequencing have opened up a whole new window into the past, suggesting that human history is much more complicated.
ancient-origins - 20/01/2016 - 03:51
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The Missing Contents of the Ark of the Covenant: What Was Inside the Ark? (HINT: Not just the 10 Commandments)
... remained a mystery. Some think it resides in a temple in Ethiopia, brought there by the son of Solomon and the Queen ...
jim willis - 23/10/2017 - 15:16
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Unity in Diversity: Studies Reveal Surprising Stories for the Genes of Ancient Hindus and Jews
... study also included members of Jewish communities in Ethiopia, Yemen, and Georgia. In all, the researchers ...
Rabbi Allen Maller - 09/01/2019 - 23:02
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Reggae Music Lyrics are Intimately Linked to Historic Babylon
... “Zion” represents the Promised Land, meaning Ethiopia or Africa, often a metaphor for a restoration of ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 08/12/2023 - 21:54
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This is the thing about Sound
... Elsewhere the Church of St George in Lalibella, Ethiopia is the sound “Shtum”. More broadly speaking and ...
corundite - 22/08/2023 - 17:29
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Lucy Wasn’t As Smart As Today’s Great Apes
... according to the Daily Mail . Lucy was found in 1974 in Ethiopia and is believed to be 3.2 million years old. Based ...
Ed Whelan - 14/11/2019 - 17:33
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Women Gladiators: Sensational Spectator Sport For Roman Audiences
It may all have started when female sword fighters performed at funerals in the very early days of Rome. There may also be some connection between women participating in chariot racing and women gladiators. The Greek Heraean Games were pivotal: they were a four-yearly female sports event dedicated to Hera and founded by the legendary Queen Hippodameia; they would later become a template for the Olympics and continued for centuries until suppressed by the Christians.
Paul Chrystal - 10/07/2023 - 21:47
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The Story Behind a Frightening Chapel of Bones in Portugal
... to death The Incredible Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia Skull Cups and Chewed Bones: Cannibalism was Ritual ...
Marilo - 14/11/2015 - 04:27
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Female Remains Found at Strictly Male-only Greek Monastery
... Religion: Abba Yohani and the Clandestine Cave Churches of Ethiopia Monastery of Pantokrator, Mount Athos. ( CC BY-SA ...
Ed Whelan - 17/12/2019 - 12:45
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Strange ‘Huddled’ Skeletons Discovered in Berenice Troglodytica Tombs
... controlling the area east of the Nile (between modern-day Ethiopia and Berenice Troglodytica). Trade flourished at this ...
Sahir - 25/05/2022 - 22:56
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Inside Rhinocolura, The City Of Noseless Criminals
Near the city of Gaza, 3,000 years ago, laid a city unlike any other in the world. The Greeks called it Rhinocolura, named for strange faces of the people who lived there – because every person there had no nose.
Mark Oliver - 26/06/2021 - 00:41
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The Plague of Athens Killed Over a Quarter of the City's Population
... Africa in the present-day Sudanese area (then ancient Ethiopia), with the sickness travelling north and across the ...
Sahir - 03/01/2023 - 13:59
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Ancient Language Learning: This May be the Oldest Example of Not One, But Two Alphabet Primers
A studious ancient Egyptian may have been trying his hand at learning not one, but two different languages some 3,400 years ago. New research on a limestone tablet found near Luxor suggests that it may have the oldest known example of the ancient precursor to the Roman alphabet sequence on one side of the artifact and the first few letters of another ancient alphabet on the other side.
Alicia McDermott - 17/05/2018 - 13:57
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Hippocratic Medical Recipe Lost in a Famous Egyptian Monastery Finally Comes to Light
The library at St. Catherine's Monastery is considered one of the most important for ancient texts. New research examining a manuscript from the 6th century shows that it is not just the visible writing that holds value, but also the letters hidden underneath them. A copy of a medical recipe linked to the father of Western medicine, Hippocrates, is just one text that was waiting centuries to be uncovered.
Alicia McDermott - 14/07/2017 - 14:00
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New DNA Study Suggests African Humans Interbred With European Neanderthals Way Earlier Than We Think
Phys Org reports that in 1937, a 124,000-year-old Neanderthal thigh bone was discovered during excavations near the entrance of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in southwestern Germany. After 80 years its mitochondrial DNA has been fully analyzed and suggests that an early wave of modern human ancestors could have interbred with Neanderthals somewhere between 470,000 and 220,000 years ago.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 06/07/2017 - 13:57