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Hasankeyf No More: Turkish Government Submerges 12,000-Year-Old Town

... May Destroy 2100-Year-Old Castle Site and Statue of Mother Goddess in Turkey First Known Ancient Underground City in ...

Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/05/2019 - 17:07

Ancient Sex Curse Revealed: May Your Penis Hurt When You Make Love!

... Ancient Greek Olympics Ancient Roman Curse Tablets Invoke Goddess Sulis Minerva to Kill and Maim The Ancient Art of ...

Riley Winters - 24/02/2018 - 18:48

The Supernatural Weapons of the Mahabharata and Their World Destroying Power

... are not sufficient for one to use them. Saraswati: Hindu Goddess of Aesthetics and Protector of the Universe The ...

dhwty - 10/08/2017 - 18:59

Is This Byzantine-Era Demon-Repellent Amulet Jewish or Gnostic?

... Ancient World 11-Year-Old Boy Finds Rare Ancient Fertility Goddess Amulet In Israel The ancient Byzantine amulet was ...

ashley cowie - 27/05/2021 - 14:57

Unravelling the Mystery of The Marcahuasi Ruins and Their Connection with Egypt

... a rock which is said to look like the Egyptian goddess of the same name. It has been suggested that these ...

dhwty - 18/12/2016 - 15:00

Phallic Ethiopian Megaliths Are 1000 Years Older Than Believed

Ethiopia’s Gedeo zone has the largest concentration of stone stelae in Africa. A new study published in the Journal of African Archaeology has pushed back the dates of megalithic stelae dotting the landscape of the Gedeo zone in southern Ethiopia by a whole millennium, from AD 1100 to 50 BC!

Sahir - 17/12/2021 - 17:56

Ancient Antikythera shipwreck has more secrets to reveal

... have belonged to a giant statue, perhaps a warrior or the goddess Athena, says Foley. In 1901, four giant marble horses ...

Mark Miller - 23/06/2018 - 04:37

The Magnificent Constructions of King Nebuchadnezzar II

Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II remains known as the leader of one of the most powerful ancient empires to have preceded that of the Athenians in Greek's Classical period. However, aside from his military prowess, Nebuchadnezzar showed his leadership in other, more lasting ways. Through a rigorous and intense construction endeavor that lasted from before Nebuchadnezzar's reign to its end in 562 BC, Babylonia was transformed into the height of a powerful ancient civilization.

Riley Winters - 17/08/2015 - 01:01

Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Death by Immurement

... a college of priestesses who served Vesta , the Roman goddess of the hearth. One of the most important duties of ...

dhwty - 22/06/2021 - 22:56

Statue of Atlas Will Stand Again Before Greek Temple in Sicily

... Built by a Mysterious Population Gaia: The Greek Earth Goddess Had No Tolerance for Cruel Family Members A bronze ...

Ed Whelan - 14/10/2020 - 00:05

Gifts Across the Ages: When Did People Start Giving Birthday Presents?

... known for elaborate birthday festivities, did honor the goddess Artemis with moon-shaped cakes on her birth-moon. As ...

Aleksa Vučković - 07/12/2023 - 17:59

Discovery of Kouros Statues Puts Euromos Temple of Zeus Lepsynos on the Map

... Corporate Terrorists Strike Roman Temple in Turkey Which Goddess Lost Her Legs in a Shipwreck? 2,700-Year-Old ...

Cecilia Bogaard - 13/07/2021 - 15:02

The Eye-opening Epitaph of Allia Potestas and her Perugian Ménage à Trois

... the Brigantes Tribe and Friend to Rome Bellona: The Roman Goddess of War and Artistic Muse The 50-line epitaph, which ...

ancient-origins - 25/07/2018 - 23:05

Primaeval Temples Of Egypt: Hidden Gods In The Sand

Temples have always fascinated people. Although their structure, design and meaning, are sometimes taken for granted, they seem to be magical religion made manifest. It seems to be one of mankind’s earliest instincts, this construction of a special building, or enclosure for divine encounter. Right back in the mists of time, some of the cave paintings in Lascaux show a glyph that could well be a ritual structure of some kind, it is not an animal, human or otherwise, perhaps it is some enclosure for livestock.

Chris Morgan - 17/12/2021 - 23:21