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Sicily: Where Cultures and Histories Converge and Giants Roam

Sicily is the most famous triangle in the middle of the Mediterranean. But unlike Bermuda, nothing disappears here - it’s actually where many things and people have been gathered. The island shines like a beacon in the night for its history, acquired culture, and artistic works left by the myriad of peoples who have dominated it over the centuries.

Daniela Giordano - 12/11/2019 - 01:57

Chronicles from the Future: A True Story Kept Hidden by the Masons now Revealed

... the book? Paul Amadeus Dienach, was a professor of German language studies. He was not a writer nor did he ever plan to ...

Achilleas Syrigos - 22/05/2015 - 16:37

The Jōmon People of Ancient Japan: A Blueprint for Hope

... totally divorced from technologies couched in the language of architecture and cities, or even the imaginary ...

jim willis - 11/02/2021 - 00:13

Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind

... gods, their rules of decent behavior, and their beautiful language. Edith Hall argues, however, that their mind-set was ...

ancient-origins - 09/05/2020 - 19:46

World Famous Ancient Siberian Venus Figurines are NOT Venuses After All

... a recent night thunderstorm. Seemingly enchanted and using language veering from the strictly scientific into the ...

ancient-origins - 20/02/2016 - 00:40

Leaving A Mark in History: The Oldest Known Named Person

The oldest named person that we know belongs to an individual from Sumer, one of the earliest urban civilisations in southern Mesopotamia, in present day Iraq. A person’s name is an integral part of his or her identity, and the absence of this aspect of life is something that is hard to imagine. Whilst it is possible that human names had existed since prehistoric times, its preservation has not always been as easy as it is today.

dhwty - 12/04/2017 - 01:59

Medieval Sword contains Cryptic Code. British Library appeals for help to crack it.

... The 18-letter message reads: NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI. The language the message is written in is still unknown, which ...

aprilholloway - 09/08/2015 - 21:34

Civilizations Out of Nowhere

... Sumerian civilization recorded their knowledge in a language known as cuneiform, consisting of narrow triangular ...

Tashi Javed - 24/10/2014 - 02:26

The Mysterious Pyramid of Bomarzo: Discovering The Etruscan’s Enigmatic Past

... expansion of that powerful city-state. The Etruscan language persevered for some 300 years, until it was finally ... neighbors. The gods, called ‘ais’ in the Etruscan language, were split into three layers. The lowest layer was ...

Aleksa Vučković - 27/07/2019 - 17:43

Rare Runic Writing Unearthed in Norway

... “expand our knowledge about runes, writing and written language in the towns of the Middle Ages.” Runic writing ...

ashley cowie - 12/01/2022 - 17:42

Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans

... you come on to the question of could a creature with no language do this, and that is a whole other can of worms to ...

Gary Manners - 06/06/2023 - 14:47

What Was Life Like in Sumer, History’s First Civilization?

... everything they’d done. They developed the first written language, cuneiform. Reading and writing became the key to ... human history. Within their city walls, the first written language was created, the first trading routes were built, ...

Mark Oliver - 21/05/2018 - 13:59

Beneath Roman Britain - An Iron Age Settlement Is Revealed At Silchester

Five decades on from the start of an archaeological dig by the University of Reading, the findings of the investigation will be brought to the public, showcasing the incredible discoveries from excavations at the ancient Roman city of Silchester in Hampshire, England. This complex and revealing site became an important Roman town, but was already inhabited by an earlier encroacher to the land, the Atrebates tribe from across the Channel in Northern Gaul.

Gary Manners - 27/01/2024 - 16:52

The Kievan Rus’ – When Vikings and Slavs Cooperated to Shape History

The history of the Slavs is a long and ancient tale. Their roots reach far into the past, deep into the oldest beginnings of Europe. These culturally, linguistically, and genetically connected peoples inhabited great swaths of Europe, and they inhabited these lands for many centuries.

Aleksa Vučković - 01/07/2020 - 22:56

4,000-Year-Old Assyrian Tablet Makes First Known Infertility Diagnosis and Recommends Slave Surrogate

... on clay tablet in the Old Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language using the cuneiform (wedge-shaped) script, the ...

aprilholloway - 10/11/2017 - 19:00

Pillars from 7th-Century BC Temple Discovered Under the ‘Mound of the Pharaohs’

A temple room including the remains of three standing pillars and many curious artifacts that date back to the seventh century BC have been uncovered from under a mound at the Tel al-Faraeen archaeological site near Alexandria, in Northern Egypt.

Nathan Falde - 17/11/2022 - 13:59

Did Autism Make the Denisovans Savants of the Prehistoric Age?

... can result in intellectual disability, along with impaired language, communication and socialization skills. It can also ... ASD sufferers today, the Denisovans experienced impaired language, communication and socialization skills, forcing ...

Andrew Collins - 12/04/2021 - 15:04