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The Parthian Empire: Rome’s Greatest Enemy (Video)
... tribe's conquest of Parthia in modern-day northeastern Iran. Although initially subdued by the Seleucid Empire , ... showing the investiture of Ardashir I, Province du Fars, Iran. Source: Fabienkhan/ CC BY-SA 2.5 By Robbie Mitchell ...
Robbie Mitchell - 05/02/2024 - 20:10
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4000-Year-Old Mass Burials Unearthed in Ras Al Khaimah
... include imported goods from as far away as Mesopotamia , Iran, Bahrain and the Indus Valley showing the extensive ...
ashley cowie - 06/04/2020 - 18:27
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Volcano-blasted Herculaneum Roman Soldier Tells His Ancient Secrets
Archaeologists in Italy are studying the remains of a Roman soldier who was thrust face-first into the sand at Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted on October 24th 79 AD. The presence of this particular Roman soldier suggests hundreds of ancient Romans fleeing the eruption of Vesuvius were only minutes away from being rescued on a boat, but they all perished.
ashley cowie - 11/05/2021 - 22:56
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Unearthed Treasure: Saber Sword Found in Kyrgyzstan is a Medieval Marvel!
... guard. Its origins trace back to the 12th century in Iran , from which it ventured to distant lands, stretching ... longsword wielded by the equestrian champions of Persia (Iran), Arabia and Moghul India. Renowned for its sharpness ...
Sahir - 07/08/2023 - 22:54
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The Yakhchāl: Ancient Ice-Making Machines in the Desert (Video)
... dating back to 400 BC. These structures, scattered across Iran, functioned as primitive refrigerators , utilizing a ... Food Cool Top image: Yakhchal cooling device in Kashan, Iran. Source: knovakov / Adobe Stock. By Robbie Mitchell The ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/11/2023 - 17:04
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Exploring the Ancient Andes - 2016 Peru & Bolivia Tour
... he was ambassador for Bolivia in the Islamic Republic of Iran He has published several books about Tiwanaku, Archaic ... he has read about to countries like France, Malta, Mexico, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Peru and Bolivia. He published ...
ancient-origins - 15/01/2016 - 23:23
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Disney ALMOST Got It Right: From Moana to Mayhem, The Mythology Behind the Real Maui
Disney’s latest animated feature film, Moana, has achieved critical acclaim, already netting over half a billion dollars. It tells the story of a Polynesian princess, who must seek out Maui, a legendary demigod, to help her reunite a mystical relic with a goddess in order to save her people. But unlike most Disney flicks, the story behind Moana is not just fictional fantasy, but is based on ancient Hawaiian, Mangarevan, Tahitian, Tongan, Samoan, and Polynesian mythology.
Veronica Parkes - 07/03/2017 - 18:50
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Bleeding Your Way to Health: The Horrible History of Bloodletting
... than life-saving. Bloodletting scene from 13th century Iran. (Anagoria / CC BY 3.0 ) The Early History of ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 16/04/2022 - 18:58
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A Master of Symbology: How Mithridates Eupator United the Foes of Rome
Pop culture usually depicts the relationship between Greeks and the East as tumultuous. This is due mainly to the three wars Greece fought against Persia, featured in films like 300 by Zack Snyder. While the Persian wars (c. 5th century BC) tell us something about the relationship between Greece and the East, that doesn't mean these two cultures were never allies.
Thanos Matanis - 18/02/2022 - 18:00
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Seven Earth-Shaking Ancient Disasters that Changed Our World
... ) 3. The Damghan Earthquake that Devastated Ancient Iran On December 22, 856 AD, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ... struck a 200-mile (320 kilometer) wide area in modern-day Iran. It is believed the epicenter was located directly under ...
Robbie Mitchell - 19/12/2022 - 17:47
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Historians’ Gender Bias Accounts Of Illyrian Queen Teute’s Roman Encounter
In a clash of ego’s Teute, a third century BC widowed queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe of Illyria, faced off a Roman envoy, who challenged her policy on piracy, yet historians Polybius’ and Cassius Dio’s gender bias labelled her rage towards the Romans’ arrogance as female weakness, which, in their opinion, justified the First Roman-Illyrian War.
MartiniF - 07/04/2023 - 21:41
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Genetic Study Reveals Shocking Details about Ancestry of Modern Indians
... India’s ancient connection to the lands of modern-day Iran (migrants from that region helped populate India), ... years ago, agriculturalists from the region of modern-day Iran who migrated to the Indian subcontinent in search of ... of India’s people. The migrants who came to India from Iran, Sarazm, the steppes of Central Asia and elsewhere may ...
Nathan Falde - 08/03/2024 - 21:58
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Manichaeism: The Ancient Religion that Rivaled Christianity
Manichaeism is a multi-faceted religion that was founded by Iranian prophet Mani. After a revelation with the angel Eltaum, Mani prepared for 12 years to proclaim himself to the people. Manichaeism was developed in Mani’s several writings, which depicted a battle between forces, and a creation of man and the universe which was founded on the conflict between light and dark.
mrreese - 17/10/2019 - 21:20
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Discovery of 8,000-year-old Residue in the Middle East is the Earliest Evidence Yet of Winemaking
... BC and was from an area in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Researchers now say the practice began hundreds of ... on a vessel from the site of Godin Tepe in central western Iran, excavated more than 40 years ago by a team from the ...
ancient-origins - 14/11/2017 - 01:45
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10,000-Year-Old Mesolithic Burial Showed Special Reverence For Infant Girl
Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists exploring a cave in Italy excavated parts of a skeleton that belonged to an infant girl who died approximately 10,000 years ago, in the early Mesolithic period shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The sparse remains of the girl’s tiny body were surrounded by more than 60 pierced shell beads, four shell pendants, and an eagle-owl talon that likely had some type of symbolic meaning.
Nathan Falde - 15/12/2021 - 13:57
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10 Formidable Monarchs Who Ruled Vast Empires in Ancient Asia
... of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Pakistan, touching almost the north-western parts ... centred in a region that now corresponds to north-western Iran. King Cyaxares came to power in c. 625 BC. He'd seen his ...
Saurav Ranjan Datta - 21/03/2023 - 21:58
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Painting considered masterpiece of ancient Egypt may be an 1870s fake
A painting that was considered a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art may have been faked in the 1870s by an archaeologist excavating the pharaonic family tomb in which the painting was found.
Mark Miller - 02/04/2015 - 00:13
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Who Were The Andronovo? Bronze Age Culture Of The Eurasian Steppe
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that our earliest origins lie somewhere far away from our current homeland. When Europeans are considered, modern history and science tell us that our languages and many of our traditional, ethnic cultural traits all lie in our shared ancestors: the Indo-Europeans. A good portion of our DNA has Indo-European origins, and this opens up a whole wealth of information and studies into our distant past.
Aleksa Vučković - 07/10/2021 - 18:42
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Unraveling the Secrets of Arkaim: The Russian Stonehenge
In 1987, a captivating discovery was made by the University of Chelyabinsk's archaeological expedition: an ancient fortified settlement belonging to the Sintashta culture, nestled in Russia's Southern Urals, dating back to 2,000 – 3,000 BC.
johnblack - 10/05/2023 - 15:00
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Thousands of Gold and Precious Metal Items Found in Saka Burial Mound
... area was in Central Asia and from here they expanded into Iran, India and Central Asia. They were renowned for their ...
Ed Whelan - 01/08/2018 - 22:52