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The 10 Most Exciting and Extraordinary Artifact Finds Of 2021
... rams being hoisted from the sea near Ustica Island, Italy. ( RPM Nautical Foundation ) Four ancient bronze ... discovered by divers near Ustica Island, north of Palermo, Italy. These rare artifacts of ancient naval warfare are ...
ancient-origins - 05/01/2022 - 18:00
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This is What the Roman Colosseum Looked Like Back Then (Video)
... era. Top image: Aerial view on the Roman Colosseum in Italy. Source: dimabucci /Adobe Stock By Robbie Mitchell This ...
Robbie Mitchell - 03/12/2023 - 19:54
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Exploring The Pantheon of Agrippa (Video)
... Rome. Top image: Pantheon of Agrippa at night. Rome, Italy. Source: euclem /Adobe Stock By ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/04/2024 - 20:53
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Six Things That Made the Colosseum Unique (Video)
... in the modern world. Top image: Roman Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Source: Sergey Yarochkin /Adobe Stock By Robbie ...
Robbie Mitchell - 12/04/2024 - 20:39
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Egypt’s Famous Female Pharaohs And Not-So-Famous Female Rulers Resurrected
... First-century AD portrait of Cleopatra from Herculaneum in Italy. Painted posthumously, the original shows the monarch ...
Andrew Collins - 07/06/2023 - 21:34
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Do not Underestimate the Etruscans: Art and Culture of their Own
... Tomb Complete with Sarcophagi and Treasures Unearthed in Italy Unique Etruscan Stele Discovered at Ancient Temple in Italy Etruscan antefix depicting the head of Medusa, one of ...
anya leonard - 24/03/2018 - 09:36
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The Ancient History of Modern Bras: Fashionable and Functional Female Underwear for Over 600 Years!
... Girls Mosaic, Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. The history of ‘bras’ goes way back. ( Public ...
Sarah P Young - 11/03/2019 - 17:42
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What Happened in Rome’s Circus Maximus? (Video)
... stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. Now it's a public park but it was the first and ...
Robbie Mitchell - 03/04/2024 - 00:56
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The Mont’e Prama Giants: A Massive Archaeological Mystery
... Bedini excavation (1975) of Mont’e Prama, Sardinia, Italy. ( Public Domain ) From the findings we can understand ...
Pierluigi Tombetti - 29/02/2020 - 13:37
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The Copper Age: When Metallurgy Came to Rule the World
... for Ötzi the Iceman’s ax originally came from central Italy. ( South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology ) The Spread of ...
Aleksa Vučković - 03/04/2021 - 14:42
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Why is a Love Poem Full of Sex in the Bible?
... the Rothschild Mahzor, Manuscript on parchment. Florence, Italy, 1492. ( Public Domain ) Other allegorical readings ...
ancient origins - 14/02/2023 - 01:00
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The Antonine Plague and the Downfall of the Roman Empire
... spread through many provinces and the plague which ravaged Italy was so great that everywhere, farms, fields, and ... comment on how: “a large part of the population in Rome, Italy, and the provinces and almost all the military forces ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 22/04/2022 - 01:59
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Secrets Behind the Creepy Plague Doctor Mask and Costume
... XIV ), and was also in the service of the Medici family of Italy. Special physician clothes for preventing pestilence ... the mask is still worn during the Carnival of Venice, Italy. Top image: Plague Doctor Mask, Steno Museum. Source: ...
dhwty - 15/07/2020 - 00:28
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Game of Thrones Creates a Romantic and Grotesque Pseudo-Medieval World, Revealing Modern Perceptions of the Past
... That notion was created by the literati of Renaissance Italy as they sought to rediscover the learning and culture ...
ancient-origins - 08/11/2018 - 01:52
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Early Christian Schisms and the History of the Modern Church (Video)
... Byzantine art and architecture. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy. Source: Salvatore Leanza /Adobe ...
Robbie Mitchell - 25/04/2024 - 00:48
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The Rule of the Benedictines, the Black Monks of Europe
... Benedict St. Benedict was born around 480 AD in Nursia, Italy, to a good family. His parents sent him to be educated ... the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, as well as parts of Italy and Austria. Thus, the observance of the monasteries ...
dhwty - 06/12/2019 - 14:06
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Nine Absolutely Disgusting Ancient Foods Our Ancestors Enjoyed
... from fish sauce in Vietnamese cuisine, or anchovy sauce in Italy. Still, some may think this is a disgusting ancient ...
Lex Leigh - 30/12/2022 - 17:38
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The Eerie Charm of Sedlec Ossuary: A Gothic Masterpiece of Human Bones
... the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome, Italy, the San Bernardino alle Ossa in Milan, Italy, and the Skull Chapel in Czermna, Poland. Another ...
Joanna Gillan - 11/03/2023 - 21:56
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Has the Enigmatic Voynich Manuscript Code Finally Been Cracked?
... AD and it is thought to have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance . The Enigmatic and ... the manuscript was not actually written in northern Italy, as many scholars have argued. What is more, many ...
ashley cowie - 12/03/2019 - 19:16
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Dante’s Handwritten Notes Discovered 700 Years After His Death
... to have been written by Dante, discovered in libraries in Italy by a medieval scholar based in Florence. ( Biblioteca ...
Sahir - 09/07/2021 - 18:57