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The Mysterious Holes of Peru: A Pre-Columbian Domestic Water Source for Trans-Oceanic Travelers? Part II
... will once again be filled with fresh, clean rainwater to feed the subterranean aquifers and ‘puquios’. This ...
William James Veall - 02/09/2015 - 03:59
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Rare Rock Art in Mysterious Dolmen Discovered in the Golan
... been built, they needed enough people to do it, needed to feed them, needed architectural mastery and technological ...
Sam Bostrom - 21/07/2020 - 17:42
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Archaeoacoustics and Ancient Architecture: Megaliths, Music and the Mind
... course, it would have been necessary to figure out how to feed everyone. We can guess that remaining in the same area ...
Linda C. Eneix - 15/04/2022 - 23:00
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The mysterious ancient coral reef city of Nan Madol
Off the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia, lies the ancient city of Nan Madol, the only ancient city ever built upon a coral reef. Comprising a set of almost 100 stone and coral fill platforms atop artificial islands separated by narrow channels and enclosed by an outer seawall, Nan Madol is an engineering marvel.
aprilholloway - 02/02/2014 - 22:59
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Powerful Female Figures of Britain: The Real Life Women of ‘The Favourite’
Amy Froide / The Conversation
One of the challengers at this year’s Oscars was “The Favourite,” a film set in the early 18th-century court of British monarch Queen Anne.
ancient-origins - 08/03/2019 - 13:59
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Diogenes: The Crazy Greek Philosopher Plato Called ‘Socrates Gone Mad’!
... he wished for his corpse to be thrown to the dogs to feed on! Top image: Diogenes, depicted here by the French ...
Mark Brophy - 25/07/2022 - 18:52
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By the Rivers of Babylon: Life in Ancient Babylon’s Thriving Jewish Community
... were poor; typically, they were farmers who struggled to feed their families through heavy taxes from the state. In ...
Mark Oliver - 09/05/2018 - 18:44
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Did Nomads and their Herds Carve Out the Silk Road?
Nearly 5,000 years ago, long before Marco Polo traversed the vast east-west trade routes of the Great Silk Road, nomads were carving the foundations for these trans-Asian interaction networks.
ancient-origins - 11/03/2017 - 01:50
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How Rabbits Led to Neanderthal Extinction in Iberia and Elsewhere
... years or so of their existence, as they struggled to feed themselves in the harsher conditions brought on by these ...
Nathan Falde - 15/03/2022 - 13:59
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Scotland’s Longest Neolithic Cairn Destroyed by Bird Watchers
... “Around the world today,” he said, the powerful "feed upon the powerless" and too many people are treated as ...
ashley cowie - 26/06/2018 - 22:47
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Hidden Horrors: 10 of History’s Most Shocking Mass Graves
... could also be killed if the family couldn’t afford to feed them, or if the mother was a slave/ prostitute. This all ...
Robbie Mitchell - 14/04/2023 - 22:52
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From Green Man to Bull Son, The Universal Shaivite Bull Cult – Part I
... and release its lifeforce power to help further create and feed the physical universe. Meanwhile, during this sacred ...
MarkPinkham - 15/06/2018 - 18:45
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A Woman’s Best Friend: The Herstory of Dog Domestication
The Grimaldi Goddess clay figurine, unearthed at the Neolithic settlement of Çatal Hüyük in Turkey, dates back to about 6000 BC. It depicts an obese woman giving birth while seated upon a throne. Although many have considered this a sure sign of feminine fertility, many scholars have dismissed the two massive dog-like beasts sitting by her side.
B. B. Wagner - 03/10/2020 - 17:46
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Who Stole the Gold? Part 2: There is a lot of Smoke, But are There Any Smoking Guns?
... being the many artisanal invaders who, with families to feed, preferred the sounds of picks and shovels to arguments. ...
Heidi Schultz - 10/11/2018 - 22:47
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Oldest And Largest Pre-Maya Sacred Site Discovered In Mexico
The largest and oldest monumental pre-Maya structure has been identified in Mexico revealing an ancient culture that thrived without a centralized government or elite classes.
ashley cowie - 03/06/2020 - 18:21
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Haunted Mirrors, Bloody Mary and Superstitious Mirror Mythology
A particular genre of mythology has formed around mirrors, made up of traditions and superstitions within cultures throughout the world. Researchers have tried to get to the bottom of these legends, such as those relating to haunted mirrors. From Buddhists to the ancient Greeks, and right up into the present day, these superstitions and traditions have remained with us in many shapes and forms.
Phoenix Vald - 30/12/2021 - 18:00
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Archaic Humans Reused Old Tools To Stay Connected With Their Ancestors
Many of the stone tools that are found during archaeological digs at prehistoric sites show signs of having been reused. In fact, there is a typical pattern that seems to repeat itself time and time again. Tools will be made, used, and discarded once they begin to lose their edges or otherwise become ineffective. Then, a while later, the tools will be rescued, possibly fixed up, and used again for as long as they remain in decent shape.
Nathan Falde - 17/03/2022 - 00:59
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The Mysterious Man from Taured – Evidence for a Parallel Universe?
... is potentially dangerous due to its ability to feed partisan hostility to the detriment of truth and ...
dhwty - 19/11/2022 - 00:58
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The Pyramids Route: Was Knowledge of the Pyramids Spread by Ancient Castaways?
... would have a prosperous agricultural society that could feed large numbers of workers - the extra available workforce ...
Kirk Kirchev - 21/08/2016 - 21:29
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Hurrem Sultan, the Cheerful Rose of Suleiman I and a Powerful Woman of the Ottoman Empire
... Imaret in Jerusalem. This was a public soup kitchen to feed the 500 poor and the needy people twice per day. The ...
Natalia Klimczak - 29/12/2015 - 03:46