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1. Underground Tunnel Found Beneath Egyptian Temple May Lead to Cleopatra

   The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have announced the incredible discovery of a rock-cut tunnel deep below ground in the area of the Taposiris Magna Temple, west of Alexandria in Egypt. The massive tunnel, which has been described as a ‘geometric miracle’ stretches over 1,300 meters (4,265 feet).

   Joanna Gillan - 05/11/2022 - 17:56

2. Reviving the Music of their Foremothers: A Traditional Tuareg Instrument for Women Makes a Comeback

   ... Tagmart plateau, where Ms. Alamine lives. Ms. Sellal’s love for the desert brought her back there about 30 years ...

   Mark Miller - 25/01/2016 - 21:52

3. The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology (Study)

   ... With Nature The Magnificent Temple of Hathor, Goddess of Love: Best Preserved Temple in all of Egypt Furthermore, Dr ...

   ancient-origins - 10/04/2024 - 14:45

4. Help Find the Missing Corner of the Hopi Tablet To Prove Their Creation Story: Seeking Answers in the Chapel of the Tablet, Africa

   ... the village and the fields. There were many avenues of love, training, and understanding for each child. All doors ...

   Thomas O. Mills - 09/09/2017 - 18:52

5. Born for the Seas and Honor: Examining the Modest Life of the Spanish Navy Officer, Casto Mendez Nunez

   The history of Spain is full of great stories about the brave sailors and won sea battles. One of the important players in these tales comes in the form of Casto Mendez Nunez.

   Casto Mendez Nunez was born in 1824 in Vigo, Galicia. He grew up in a small city near the Atlantic Ocean. His childhood took place during the decade in which Spain lost many of its colonies as the navy was not able to defend them.

   Natalia Klimczak - 01/02/2016 - 03:36

6. Hidden Medieval Portrait Discovered in a Famous Spanish Cathedral

   Imagine finding a selfie carved in stone in the high darkness of a medieval church! While working in one of the most famous churches in Europe, a British art historian discovered exactly that. She found a hidden medieval portrait of a stonemason in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia, Spain. This medieval portrait is allowing researchers to better understand the people who built the great Spanish cathedral, some 900 years ago. And this selfie was carved in granite!

   Ed Whelan - 06/11/2020 - 01:35

7. Archaeologists in China claim to have found two million-year-old stone toys

   ... to the public.) “You can almost feel the maker’s love and passion, which was deeply embedded in this piece,” ...

   aprilholloway - 26/03/2015 - 14:35

8. 1,000-year-old Middle Eastern recipe book claims to have the ultimate hangover cure

   Written nearly a thousand years ago, the Kitab al-tabikh (book of cookery) written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It includes more than 600 recipes for culinary and medicinal dishes, including a well-known ancient Middle Eastern hangover cure, ingredients for enhancing sexual performance, and dishes for curing a range of health problems.

   aprilholloway - 04/09/2014 - 03:31

9. Commodus: The Outrageous Emperor Who Fought as a Gladiator

   ... in an affair. This rumor was further fueled by Commodus’ love for engaging in gladiator battles as an adult, which led ...

   mrreese - 27/11/2021 - 00:28

10. 14th Century Painting Depicts Limb Transplant That Occurred 1,500 Years Ago

    Researchers say they have found the earliest representation of transplant surgery in a painting that depicts a scene from somewhere around the 5^th century AD, at least 1,400 years before modern medical practitioners first theorized transplantation.

    Mark Miller - 24/06/2016 - 00:39

11. The Rocks, Stained Red with Blood: A Son of Hercules Slew Giants at Salcombe, Devon?

    The myth of Brutus of Troy is well over a thousand years old, yet it continues to fascinate and current scholarship seeks to find new truths hidden in its mossy folds. John Clark’s excellent paper ‘Trojans at Totnes and Giants on the Hoe: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historical Fiction and Geographical Reality’ was published in Transaction of the Devonshire Association (148, 89-130, June 2016).

    Anthony Adolph - 13/09/2017 - 18:59

12. City of Gladiators Earthquake Shattered Fountain Flows After 2,000 Years

    An ancient fountain that was destroyed in a 23 BC earthquake has been restored in Turkey's “City of Gladiators.' Now, the two millennia old water font is streaming drinkable water again, just as it did some 2,000-years ago.

    ashley cowie - 31/12/2022 - 22:01

13. Ruthless Perception of Vikings Returns as Evidence of the Use of Slaves During the Viking Age Comes into Focus Yet Again

    Over the last few years the perception of Vikings has been ever sliding on the scale from less to more brutish. Things are getting closer to the “ruthless” end of the scale yet again, as researchers are once more examining evidence that slavery was an essential element to life during the Viking age.

    Alicia McDermott - 31/12/2015 - 00:03

14. Ancient People Consumed Highly Toxic Blowfish as an Aphrodisiac

    ... lengths to which civilizations will go in their pursuit of love and passion. Top image: Pufferfish – also known as the ...

    Joanna Gillan - 27/08/2023 - 22:23

15. Rare Thor’s Hammer Amulet Found in Iceland Casts New Light on Viking Life

    In archaeology, anything from the past can be of great importance, including artifacts that may seem rather small and unremarkable at first glance. For example, archaeologists have just announced the discovery of a small Viking era item in Iceland that is a first of its kind – it  has real historical significance.  During some routine work, the archaeologists uncovered a stone amulet that represents the hammer of the Norse God Thor.

    Ed Whelan - 19/10/2018 - 19:01

16. Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

    Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and Sheela na gig?

    nrushton - 22/05/2019 - 21:29

17. Dyeus Pater—The Original All-Father of the Gods

    The ancestors of the Indo-European peoples looked up into the sky and saw a father, a cosmic patriarch with authority over the realm of daylight. Many Indo-European pantheons contain gods associated with sky that have pre-eminence among the other gods. The Greeks had Zeus. The Romans had Jupiter. In Hinduism, Dyaus originally had a similar role to Zeus. Scholars have used these deities to attempt to reconstruct the original sky god of proto-Indo-European religion, Dyeus.

    Caleb Strom - 02/01/2019 - 23:02

18. Lost Medieval Chapel Sheds Light on Royal Burials at Westminster Abbey

    New evidence, helping to form a 15th century reconstruction of part of Westminster Abbey, demonstrates how a section of the building was once the focus for the royal family’s devotion to the cult of a disemboweled saint and likely contained gruesome images of his martyrdom.

    ancient origins - 01/12/2022 - 13:29

19. Fast Money: The Egyptian Economy, Monetary System, and Horrendous Taxes

    The ancient Egyptians created a sophisticated economic system thousands of years ago. Although they may seem far removed from modern life, their inventions in the monetary realm provided the basis for many economic practices still in use today. If you think your taxes are bad, take a look at what your obligations would have been in the past!

    Natalia Klimczak - 16/12/2016 - 00:58

20. China’s Mysterious Egg-Laying Mountain That Spews Out Stone Eggs

    ... where they currently remain while still retaining their love for the water. Their traditions, folklore , and other ...

    Lex Leigh - 19/03/2022 - 17:59

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