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The Mysteries Of The Mortal Remains Of Genii: Da Vinci And Mozart
In every period throughout human history men and women have disappeared under unknown or mysterious circumstances. These disappearances present some of the most intriguing historical puzzles ranging from suspected political assassinations, to less complicated cases where people simply go sailing and are tragically, never heard of again. The list of famous people who have disappeared mysteriously and have never been found, includes explorers, monarchs and leaders, philosophers and scientists, heroes and outlaws.
ashley cowie - 19/02/2021 - 06:30
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely associated with the era of the Napoleonic Wars. But how did this period of nearly continuous conflict affect the world beyond Europe? The immensity of the fighting waged by France against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and the immediate consequences of the tremors that spread throughout the world.
ancient-origins - 08/08/2020 - 02:31
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Petitioning for Death: Did Ancient Romans Really Ask for Permission to Commit Suicide?
Cases of suicide are known to have occurred in ancient Rome, as they have been recorded by ancient writers. But there are many questions surrounding this subject that have yet to be fully answered. A couple of common ponderings related to this subject are: Did Romans really have to ask the Senate for permission to take their own lives? Why did the famous couple Mark Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide?
dhwty - 27/01/2018 - 13:57
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The 10 Most Expensive Antiques Ever Sold at Auction
How do you know what the greatest treasure of human history is? You ascribe a monetary value to it of course. Some artifacts may appear priceless but at an antique auction house, everything has a price. By this metric, it is possible to know which antiques the free market as decided are the most valuable treasures of all.
Kerry Sullivan - 01/05/2017 - 18:53
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The Naked Truth on Lady Godiva and Her Nude Ride to Help the Poor
Lady Godiva was an English noblewoman who lived during the 11th century AD. Although she belonged to the upper class, she had a reputation for being sympathetic towards the less fortunate and was known to have been a charitable person. It was due to her concern for the poor that the most famous legend about Lady Godiva arose. As a matter of fact, it is due to this legend, in which the noblewoman rode through the town on horseback completely naked, that Lady Godiva lives in our memories till this day.
dhwty - 08/01/2021 - 20:39
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The Forgotten Story of Spanish Conquerors in North America
Official history says that the Spanish colonizers in America were focused on the territory from Mexico to the end of South America. For centuries, there was the question of why the Spaniards didn't decide to try to conquer further north. Artifacts from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries bring a new light to this topic.
Natalia Klimczak - 21/02/2016 - 14:51
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Bob Brier and the Hunt for the New York Obelisk
Bob Brier is arguably the world's most famous Egyptologist. Professor at Long Island University in New York, where he has tenure, he teaches both philosophy and Egyptology. A popular host on Learning Channel's Great Egyptians series, he was the first person since ancient times to mummify a human in the ancient Egyptian style. National Geographic's television special, Mr Mummy, caused its creator to be instantly dubbed ''Mr Mummy'', a nickname which stuck.
Sharon Hague - 15/05/2018 - 19:01
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Warrior Women: Despite what Gamers Might Believe, the Ancient World was Full of Female Fighters
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Ancient Animal Envoys From Caves And Cosmos
“The animal envoys of the Unseen Power no longer serve, as in primeval times, to teach and guide mankind. Bears, lions, elephants, ibexes and gazelles are in cages in our zoos. Man is no longer the newcomer in a world of unexplored plains and forests, and our immediate neighbors are not the wild beasts but other human beings, contending for goods and space on a planet that is whirling without end around the fireball of a star.
jim willis - 07/06/2021 - 20:28
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Paleolithic Bone Tools Discovered in Chinese Cave Are Some of the Oldest in the World
A research team studying 17 bone tools recovered from the Paleolithic site of Ma'anshan Cave, Guizhou Province, southern China have named the artifacts as the oldest formal bone tools in China to date. They also have dated some of the oldest barbed points known outside Africa.
Alicia McDermott - 04/03/2016 - 03:43
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How Did Humans Learn to Walk? New Evolutionary Study Offers an Earful
New York University
Humans and our closest relatives, living apes, display a remarkable diversity of types of locomotion—from walking upright on two legs to climbing in trees and walking using all four limbs.
ancient origins - 30/01/2024 - 23:51
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Aristocratic Athenian Hero Pericles Versus Demagogue Villain Cleon
... commissioned by Pericles in the background with Athena, by Leo von Klenze (1846) ( Public Domain ) By: Martini Fisher ...
MartiniF - 08/03/2024 - 21:41
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Massive Penguins the Size of Gorillas Once Waddled Around New Zealand
Scientists have discovered what appears to be the world’s biggest penguin species known to have swum Earth’s oceans or waddled across its surface, and it was the size of a gorilla! This newly revealed species — dubbed Kumimanu fordycei by its discoverers — lived in the Paleocene Epoch approximately 57 million years ago in what is now New Zealand.
Nathan Falde - 17/02/2023 - 22:00
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New Stone Age Rock Art Discovered at Romanelli Cave
Expert researchers with an interest in ancient European rock art have just completed an exhaustive study of Romanelli Cave, an impressively decorated rock art site located on the southeastern tip of Italy overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Despite Upper Paleolithic rock art first being found there in 1905, a complete survey of the cave’s rock art collection had never before been attempted.
Nathan Falde - 13/10/2021 - 01:50
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Ancient Lovers: Five Touching and Sometimes Tragic Love Stories Before Romeo and Juliet
Do you believe in true love? Are you a romantic in constant search of the one thing that so many novels, poems, and films have been dedicated to, or are you one of those people who doesn’t have much faith in love, if any at all, and who mocks the bold “explorers” searching for their one true love?
Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/12/2017 - 18:58
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Found! The Deepest Link Between Siberians and the First Americans
Using human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics, and isotope analysis, a team of researchers assessed the population history of the Lake Baikal region, finding the deepest connection to date between the Upper Paleolithic Siberians and the first Americans. The current study, published in the journal Cell, also demonstrates human mobility, and hence connectivity, across Eurasia during the Early Bronze Age.
ancient-origins - 21/05/2020 - 05:53
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Archaeologists Identify First Prehistoric Figurative Cave Art in Balkans - It’s Symbolic!
There was an explosion of symbolism in human culture during the Paleolithic period. Around the world, examples of cave art, some of it rather strange, began cropping up over 35,000 years ago. But some locations have been more willing to share their prehistoric artwork than others.
ancient-origins - 11/04/2019 - 18:55
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Lascaux Cave and the Stunning Primordial Art of a Long Lost World
Glimpsing into the mind of the Paleolithic man is by no means an easy task. The veil of time is a continuous mystery, a fog that envelops the early history of humans and covers it with a shadow of secrets, riddles, and enigmatic archaeological discoveries. But what we can piece together is far from primitive.
Aleksa Vučković - 04/01/2020 - 23:19
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No Average Artists: Who Was Deemed Good Enough to Create Sculptures of Alexander the Great?
If Alexander the Great was alive now, he would probably be the most often photographed leader in the world. However, in his time, photography didn't exist. During the 4th century BC, a remarkable ruler like Alexander wanted to be commemorated with amazing sculptures that presented him as perfect being, more like a god than a man. To achieve this task, he needed the best artists.
Natalia Klimczak - 24/03/2017 - 00:51
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The Lady of Arlanpe: First Paleolithic Venus of the Iberian Peninsula?
Excavations carried out between 2006 and 2011 in the Arlanpe cave located in the Biscay province of Spain have provided many details about the hominids who inhabited the area 17,000 years ago. Now, in addition to previous discoveries, a comprehensive analysis of a large block of stone recovered from the cave has led to the finding of what may the first anthropomorphic Paleolithic Venus of the Iberian Peninsula.
ancient-origins - 21/10/2015 - 02:37