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Bones from the wealthy and privileged Medici children show they suffered from malnutrition
... one of the most prosperous and respected institutions in Europe. The Medicis are also credited with fostering and ...
aprilholloway - 01/10/2013 - 09:52
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Common Cosmic Symbolism: Is Göbekli Tepe Ancestral to Ancient Egypt?
Since its discovery in 1994, 10,000-year old Göbekli Tepe has been an enigma, gradually revealing its ancient secrets to archaeologists and scientists. Meticulously excavating the site from soil that has covered it for thousands of years, so they metaphorically uncover and decipher the mystery of this sophisticated culture. Scientist Dr Martin Sweatman translates pillar 43, aka the Vulture Stone, as probably memorializing a globally catastrophic comet impact circa 10,900 BC, and he then follows their trail through the Levant to an
Martin Sweatman - 13/05/2019 - 04:33
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The Noble Bandit Fulk FitzWarin and His Fight for Whittington Castle
George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series of books is a thrilling portrayal of the lives and intrigues of medieval lords, and it gained notoriety for its realism and complexity. But do we ever stop to think about the real historical tales that served as inspiration for these books?
Aleksa Vučković - 10/09/2019 - 22:49
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Disastrous Historical Hitches: 8 Worst Royal Wedding Nights in History
Your wedding is meant to be one of the most special nights of your life. And your wedding night, well, that should be one of the most exciting. Of course, that’s not always the case. Some of history’s most famous figures had the worst wedding nights. For them, weddings were often less about romance than they were about political maneuvering and breeding new heirs. No wonder their wedding nights often ended in tears.
Robbie Mitchell - 17/01/2024 - 13:40
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Can We Ever Find Jesus’s DNA?
... it was. For a church to be consecrated in this part of Europe in the fifth century, it needed to contain a relic ...
ancient-origins - 02/05/2017 - 02:01
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Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald, Dark Fantasies and Secret Societies
... Dark rituals Throughout late medieval and early modern Europe, it was increasingly believed that witches met in ...
ancient-origins - 28/10/2018 - 17:58
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Alpine Glacier Reveals Unlikely Insights Into Murder of Thomas Becket
... of the lead pollution from this process floated across Europe and settled in an 800-year-old section of ice, which ...
ashley cowie - 31/03/2020 - 22:58
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Medieval Physicians Used to Taste Patients’ Urine for Diagnosing Medical Conditions
The examination of urine (‘uroscopy’) as a method of medical diagnosis can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome, but during the Middle Ages the examination of urine samples by physicians became widespread. Not only did doctors note the differences in color and consistency, they also used to taste and smell their patient’s pee!
dhwty - 20/08/2022 - 23:00
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Oxygen Deprivation Led To Altered States For Subterranean Artists
... that the subterranean artists they studied, all over Europe “were tripping” when they created rock art because ...
ashley cowie - 09/04/2021 - 18:56
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Thieves Attack Notre-Dame During Paris Lockdown
... as the “ Black Death ” plague epidemic raged through Europe . This remains the deadliest ever epidemic to strike ... as an opportunity to profit, while spitting on one of Europe’s most important medieval holy sites. Top image: ...
ashley cowie - 26/03/2020 - 13:00
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Who Was Thomas Aquinas and Why Is He Mentioned So Often?
... whose ideas had been largely neglected in Western Europe at the time. This encounter sparked a lifelong ...
Aleksa Vučković - 12/02/2024 - 21:42
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Linen: The Ancient Cloth That Still Beats Modern Fabrics
... and weaves, linen has seemingly endless uses. In Medieval Europe, linen was used to make fine underclothes, tablecloths ...
armstreet - 10/03/2018 - 01:42
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Who was Tycho Brahe? Astronomy with a Naked Eye (and a Missing Nose)
... of 25, he built his own observatory, one of the finest in Europe, on an island given to him along with a grant by the ...
Bipin Dimri - 14/11/2021 - 17:57
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The 1,800-year-old face of Beachy Head Lady is revealed for the first time
... Roman villa, or that she was a merchant trading wares in Europe and chose to settle in the country. She did not appear ...
aprilholloway - 06/02/2014 - 04:51
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Massive Stash of Illegal Artifacts and 1000s of Human Bones Recovered From Indiana Man’s Basement Collection
... and the rest comes from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. There were even two Mammoth tusks in the collection. ...
Ed Whelan - 28/02/2019 - 18:04
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The Powerful Past of the Former Siamese Capital Revealed in the Splendor of 400 Temples
Long ago, the city of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya was a global center of economics and commerce. Within a few centuries of being founded, the city grew to having a population of one million inhabitants, who lived among sophisticated infrastructure, architecturally advanced buildings, and hundreds of magnificent temples.
mrreese - 08/06/2018 - 17:50
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Mont Saint-Michel: A Medieval Abbey Trapped by Tides and Time (Video)
... the Sea The Rule of the Benedictines, the Black Monks of Europe Top image: Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 10/08/2023 - 01:58
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Did Hominids in Asia Use Advanced Tools Much Earlier than Thought?
... in Remarkable Detail Study Says Hominids May Have Entered Europe Via the Strait of Gibraltar 900,000 Years Ago Mode 1 ...
Joe Green - 09/03/2024 - 16:51
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Discoveries Show that Galilee and Jerusalem are Far Older than Once Believed
... ( Israel Antiquities Authority ) According to Newsweek Europe , the excavations unearthed two houses with ...
Natalia Klimczak - 17/02/2016 - 21:49
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The Megalithic Temple of Malinalco: Could these Magnificent and Complex Rock-Cut Structures Actually Pre-Date the Aztecs?
... Vigato: Marco M. Vigato has traveled extensively across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South-East Asia, North ...
Marco M. Vigato - 18/08/2017 - 18:48