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Akhenaten: The Heretic Pharaoh

Perhaps the most intriguing of ancient Egypt's rulers, Akhenaten is in many ways also the most mysterious. Loved by those that followed him, and his wife Nefertiti, he was hated by the Amun priesthood, who before and during his childhood held the reigns of power in Egypt. He not only changed his name from Amenhotep to Akhenaten, but also moved the capital from Thebes to his new city of Akhetaten, as well as changing the belief system from poly to monotheism. Learn more about him in this book.

ancient-origins - 14/03/2020 - 15:56

The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization

Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a comfortable upper-class lifestyle until he met an odd little man named Socrates, who showed him a new world of ideas and ideals. Socrates taught Plato that a man must use reason to attain wisdom, and that the life of a lover of wisdom, a philosopher, was the pinnacle of achievement. Plato dedicated himself to living that ideal and went on to create a school, his famed Academy, to teach others the path to enlightenment through contemplation.

ancient-origins - 22/02/2020 - 16:59

Spindle and Bow

Bevis Longstreth's novel tells a story of love, adventure and the transcendent power of art at the ...

ancient-origins - 05/09/2019 - 04:54

Egyptian Magic

... of magic on ancient Egyptian civilization, from birth, to love and marriage, to the rituals of death and the afterlife! ...

ancient-origins - 16/02/2019 - 01:36

The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici

A strategist to match Machiavelli; a warrior who stood toe to toe with the Borgias; a wife whose three marriages would end in bloodshed and heartbreak; and a mother determined to maintain her family’s honor, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici was a true Renaissance celebrity, beloved and vilified in equal measure. In this dazzling biography, Elizabeth Lev illuminates her extraordinary life and accomplishments.

ancient-origins - 22/03/2019 - 21:12

Freud the Sleuth, Investigates Who Killed Moses?

Sigmund Freud’s article ‘Moses an Egyptian’ caused an outcry as he was taking the radical view that Moses was not a Jew and ascribing an Egyptian ancestry to the prophet, amid a time when Nazi’s were pursuing Jews, including Freud himself. In his controversial investigation, Freud opened the question: “Who Killed Moses?” that authors Rand and Rose Flem-Ath seek to answer in their book.

rand - 09/04/2019 - 00:46

Gods of Carthage and The Punic Power House of Baal Hammon and Tanit

... of Aeneas and Dido ends in tragedy, as the queen falls in love with Aeneas, but he has to carry on his journey to the ...

dhwty - 13/06/2019 - 19:01

Gli stregoni dell'alchimia

In this book - which the author has set up as a sort of "Manual for experiments" - you will find what a lover of "strictly observed" alchemical studies would ever want to find in a text in which the magical word Alchemy appears!

ancient-origins - 16/05/2020 - 22:12

Archeologia dell'introvabile. Insoliti itinerari tra i misteri dlla storia

Legends, local traditions, "ancient chronicles", various "it is said that..." have often directed explorers, researchers or even simple enthusiasts towards the mysteries that history still hides. In this book the author reviews some unresolved enigmas of archaeology, characterized by the almost unavailability of the place, the site to which they refer.

ancient-origins - 20/07/2019 - 04:55

Monumental Reminder of Scottish Witch Persecutions

... Mino Manekshaw, and Bobby Clelland stated: “We’d love to see the creation of a memorial at Torryburn, ...

ashley cowie - 21/09/2019 - 14:00

18,000-Year-Old Puppy Found with Whiskers, Hair, and Velvety Nose

... define if the 18,000 year old puppy was a wolf or a dog. Love Dalén, professor of Evolutionary Genetics, said that ...

ancient-origins - 26/11/2019 - 22:30

Legacies of Otherworldly Celtic Faerie Kings

... the ‘ Fairy Queen’, but she is powerless without the love of her Fairy King. Together this fairy monarchy not only ...

ashley cowie - 02/06/2020 - 01:24

The Mystical Arslan Tash Amulets: Protection From Night Demons

The culture of Phoenician civilization was one of the most inspiring and influential in the ancient world. Through maritime trade and over many centuries, the Phoenician writing script, their language, and their culture spread to many corners of Europe and the Near East.

Aleksa Vučković - 22/08/2020 - 18:40

Traditions of Twelfth Night: Dismantling the Christmas Tree

Counting from December 25, using the Julian calendar, Twelfth Night – January 6 – takes place on the last night of the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’, marking the coming of the Epiphany, celebrating the revelation (theophany) of God manifesting as Jesus Christ. Supersti

Roberto Volterri - 06/01/2021 - 21:47

Ancient Necropolis Found Hidden in 17th Century Croatian Palace Garden

An ancient necropolis dating to the 4th and 5th centuries AD has been discovered at a 17th-century palace on the idyllic Croatian island of Hvar. This Hvar necropolis is being called “the most important ever” in the island’s thousands of years of inhabitation.

ashley cowie - 20/06/2021 - 18:41

Ritual Tools Used to Honor Goddess Hathor Found in Ancient Egyptian Temple Mound

... rituals in honor of the goddess Hathor, the governess of love, most often represented as having the head or ears of a ...

ashley cowie - 19/09/2021 - 22:40

The Odyssey

The epic tale of Odysseus’s journey home – one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature

If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.

ancient-origins - 23/01/2021 - 02:58

Soul-Destroying Job of a Sin-Eater Was to Consume the Sins of the Deceased

The Middle Ages had its fair share of terrible jobs, from cesspit cleaners to rat catchers and even royal bottom-wipers, but few were as soul-destroying as the job of a sin-eater, who carried the weight of people’s unconfessed sins to earn their daily bread.

Joanna Gillan - 10/07/2022 - 22:51

The tragedy of Queen Ankhesenamun, sister and wife of Tutankhamun

Everyone has heard of the famous boy king, Tutankhamun, but the name of his beloved sister and wife Ankhesenamun is rarely uttered. The tragic life of Ankhesenamun was well documented in the ancient reliefs and paintings of the reign of her parents, the pharaoh Akhenaten and his great royal wife Nefertiti, until the death of Tutankhamun when the young queen seems to have disappeared from the historical records.

aprilholloway - 13/04/2014 - 13:46