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Sexual Exploits and Exploitation along the Silk Road
The Silk Road created a convergence of cultures like no other. The route is deemed influential by historians because of the contributions it made to trade and the economy, as well as society in general. One aspect of the Silk Road that is less talked about is its relationship with sex and intimacy.
Molly Dowdeswell - 28/09/2022 - 01:39
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Giant Sloth Death Pit Reveals Death By Feces Ingestion
... death pit promises to educate, and to discriminate ancient knowledge about both the big bad world we populate, up here, ...
ashley cowie - 06/05/2020 - 22:51
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Sir Isaac Newton’s Astronomical Dating of Christ's Crucifixion
... Eden being tempted by the forbidden fruits of the Tree of Knowledge. Top image: There is much debate between scholars ...
ashley cowie - 07/04/2020 - 22:59
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Primeval Forest Biodiversity Found in China’s Sinkholes
In the midst of southern China’s vast sinkhole-ridden landscape, a recent study of ancient forests found growing in the depths of karst tiankengs (super-deep sinkholes) has revealed the astonishing degree of biodiversity they harbor and protect.
Nathan Falde - 06/05/2024 - 22:53
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Mysterious Cupid Found Hidden in 17th Century Vermeer Masterpiece
After three years of painstaking work, an added layer of paint that obscured an image of Cupid on a famous painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer has been fully removed.
Nathan Falde - 30/08/2021 - 14:39
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Queen Elizabeth II Becomes Second Longest-Reigning Monarch in History
As the United Kingdom recovers from the jubilee celebrations which took place from the 2nd to the 5th June 2022, commemorating seventy years since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne, the queen has now smashed a new royal record. As of the 12 June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II became the world’s second longest-reigning monarch, overtaking Thailand’s late King Bhumibol the Great.
Cecilia Bogaard - 13/06/2022 - 19:03
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The Biggest and Best Archaeological Discoveries of 2019
... it was a major religious center created with technical knowledge pre-dating that found at Minoan Knossos by at least ...
ancient-origins - 28/12/2019 - 22:51
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Jewish Prophet and Christian Saint – Who Was John the Baptist?
John the Baptist was a Jewish preacher and prophet who is believed to have been a forerunner to Jesus Christ. In the Book of Matthew in the Greek New Testament, John is depicted as another Elijah coming to announce the arrival of the Messiah. Jesus considered him to be the last and greatest of the prophets.
Caleb Strom - 20/03/2020 - 13:10
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The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America?
... the Greeks managed to navigate so far north, or was that knowledge passed down to them from others, such as the ...
Christos Djonis - 08/09/2021 - 01:53
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Stone Quarry from Second Temple Era in Jerusalem Discovered
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists exploring an area of Jerusalem where a parking lot will soon be installed have uncovered something historically significant.
Nathan Falde - 06/09/2021 - 18:57
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The Ring of Senicianus: One Ring to Rule Them All
Today, there are many Roman rings of gold and silver in museums and archives. However, one Roman ring stands out as legendary. Known as the Ring of Senicianus, the Ring of Silvianus, or the Vyne Ring, this gold ring was stolen over 1600 years ago. The owner begged the gods to curse the thief and anyone else who possessed it. Owned by the National Trust today and on display at Vyne Manner, this golden ring may have been the inspiration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring in The Hobbit.
Kerry Sullivan - 18/09/2016 - 14:53
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This Too Shall Pass: Will Jinichi Kawakami Be the Last of the Ninjas?
... continues to teach his art part-time, to keep the name and knowledge of the practice alive, but the espionage missions ...
Riley Winters - 08/07/2017 - 14:01
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Research Reveals New Link In Australasian and South American Ancestry
... the results of the Brazilian study. Unfortunately, current knowledge about the dispersal of the Y signal genetic markers ...
Nathan Falde - 01/04/2021 - 01:41
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The Evolutionary Leap to Bipedalism Took Place in Trees
Conventional wisdom says that ancient humans made the transition from walking on four legs to walking on two because they needed to travel more efficiently across open savanna land in Africa. But based on some stunning new findings just published in the journal Science Advances, it seems this conclusion may not be correct.
Nathan Falde - 16/12/2022 - 14:00
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Loved to Death? Autopsy Reveals Shocking Cause of Death for Mummified Child
As reported in the journal Frontiers of Medicine, a team of German scientists from the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen used medical procedures and historical research to identify a 17th century mummified child entombed in an Austrian crypt reserved exclusively for members of an influential aristocratic family.
Nathan Falde - 26/10/2022 - 22:53
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Buried Roman Canal and Road Unearthed in the Netherlands
... from multiple civilizations, deepening historical knowledge about the societies and cultures that lived in the ...
Nathan Falde - 02/08/2021 - 14:59
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Charybdis: The Terrifying Whirlpool Monster of Greek Mythology
... to the ancient Greeks, who did not have the scientific knowledge to explain whirlpools, something so terrifying had ...
Robbie Mitchell - 15/10/2022 - 01:58
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The Slain Will Rise Again: Lost Valkyries Remembered
... of the Norse sagas. Therefore, despite the lack of knowledge regarding these warrior women, they are as ...
Riley Winters - 30/03/2017 - 19:03
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How to get to Australia … more than 50,000 years ago
... and coordinated marine voyaging, undertaken in the knowledge that land existed to the south of Timor/Roti. ...
ancient-origins - 25/05/2018 - 23:00
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King Charles III: What’s in a Name? More Than You Think
... as basically a failure, as someone who lacked the skills, knowledge, discipline, and temperament to function ...
Nathan Falde - 09/09/2022 - 22:59