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1. Why Did Ancient People Travel Thousands of Kilometers for Incense?

   In ancient times, people would travel thousands of kilometers across land and sea, along a network of trading routes, to acquire the precious commodities of myrrh and frankincense.

   dhwty - 11/04/2017 - 02:06

2. Crimes and Confessions of the Effigy Mound Superintendents

   In the center of the United States, nestled within the dense red oak and black willow tree forests of northeastern Iowa, slumbers the Effigy Mounds National Monument. This area is designated by the government as a National Park containing over two-hundred prehistoric burial effigy mounds. Many of these mysterious mounds were made to mimic animal forms like lizards, snakes, birds, bears, and other mammals.

   Mark A. Carpenter - 14/01/2021 - 13:59

3. What Became of the Coneheads?

   Throughout history, many cultures have artificially deformed the skulls of babies in order to achieve a flattened or elongated shape which was often associated with the ruling, or elite classes. Examples of artificial cranial deformation have been uncovered in Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Russia and the Americas in ancient times, as well as Oceanic and African tribes in modern times.

   Karen Mutton - 05/09/2019 - 18:39

4. Magic, Scandal and Promiscuity, All in a Day’s Work for a Maltese Inquisitor

   The Inquisition is normally associated with the ardent renegades of the Renaissance who preferred to die defending science and humanism than go along with the religious dogma that persecuted free-thinking. Much literature, television and theatre has been dedicated to the hundreds of years that saw healers, scientists and philosophers vilified and prosecuted for having beliefs contrary to the doctrine of the Catholic Church.

   Laura Tabone - 19/09/2021 - 14:44

5. 16 New Archaeological Sites Identified in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

   The archaeology team at the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan) in Tocantins, Central Brazil has identified and catalogued 16 archaeological sites in the Jalapão region, east of Tocantins. The area is made up of panels with pre-colonial rock art made by human groups probably two thousand years ago.

   ancient-origins - 19/03/2024 - 13:52

6. The Origins of the Top 5 Most Ancient Martial Arts that are Still Practiced Today

   Movies, television shows, and cartoons are populated with dazzling martial artists ranging from the Kung-Fu antics of Hong Kong Phooey the crime fighting dog, to the mesmerizing Jeet Kune Do of Bruce Lee; not to mention the secret arts of ninjutsu, applied by those deadly black-clad ninjas.

   ashley cowie - 25/11/2018 - 18:34

7. Reviving Ancient Healing Arts: Cambodia's Groundbreaking Approach to Healthcare (Video)

   Traditional healers, with their deep knowledge of nature's bounty, have long played a pivotal role in providing healthcare in Cambodia. They use an array of natural ingredients, including dried plants, roots, and tree bark, to create effective remedies for various ailments.

   Joanna Gillan - 03/08/2023 - 16:54

8. Hyperborea: Mythical Land That Fascinated Writers of the Ancient World

   Hyperborea is a location in Greek mythology. The inhabitants of this mythical land are known as Hyperboreans, whom the ancient Greeks believed enjoyed extremely long lives.

   dhwty - 01/07/2020 - 01:14

9. Hidden Prehistoric Landscapes in South West Wales

   Was an ancient chieftain devoured by toads? Delve into the ancient landscape and learn about a portal dolmen at Trellyffaint which is littered with ritual monuments—their use and date yet unknown!

   ancient-origins - 13/07/2017 - 14:48

10. Ancient DNA is Restoring the Origin Story of the Swahili People of the East African Coast

    Chapurukha Kusimba/The Conversation

    The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries like Uganda and Rwanda, far from the Indian Ocean shore where the culture developed nearly two millennia ago.

    ancient origins - 30/03/2023 - 18:59

11. A Serendipitous Skull Discovery in Ethiopia: Is This the Oldest Known Modern Man?

    The El Niño weather phenomenon of 1996-97 wrecked havoc on many parts of the world; however, it also enabled one team of scientists to make an incredible discovery. When the skies cleared and the floodwaters dried, a group of paleontologists in Ethiopia’s Afar region unearthed three human skulls as well as numerous other human bone fragments. After years of reconstruction and analysis, the remains were dated to approximately 160,000 years.

    ancient-origins - 15/04/2017 - 23:12

12. Bow Wow, Wow! The 45 million-year-old History of Dogs, And Us!

    Anyone who has a dog, or has experienced losing one, knows the depth and uniqueness of ‘that special bond’, but why and when in the history of our planet, did this love affair between humans and dogs begin? Discover the history of dogs and human interaction.

    ashley cowie - 11/05/2019 - 22:45

13. Scanning Mummies - What Has Modern Technology Revealed About the Family of Tutankhamun?

    Many researchers have studied the mummies of the New Kingdom period. A man from KV55, the Younger Lady, Hatshepsut, and others have all been scrutinized. However, most of the early tests didn't bring expected answers. For that reason, a team of researchers created a project which allowed them to find information hidden amongst the bandages and amulets of ancient Egyptian mummies.

    ancient-origins - 30/10/2016 - 13:44

14. In Search of our Ancient Ancestors

    In this publication, renowned genealogist, Anthony Adolph, tackles the difficult by tracing the origins of modern man through science and mythology, from as early the Big Bang. It is quite the ambitious undertaking, but I must admit that Adolph succeeded in accomplishing his goal. The research is partitioned into five separate sections, each of which focuses on a specific theme.

    pkoutoupis - 31/05/2016 - 18:35

15. Tarxien Temples: This Megalithic Complex is the Height of Temple Building in Prehistoric Malta

    A group of enormous megalithic structures stand tall in Tarxien, on the southeastern part of the main island of Malta. Called the Tarxien Temples, the huge structures remain as a testament to the architectural, artistic, and technological abilities of the ancient islanders who constructed them.

    dhwty - 29/09/2017 - 14:00

16. The Planet Venus as a Symbol of Death and Resurrection in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Do our myths come from the stars or do we project our myths onto the stars? The story of Mithras truly does come from astronomical discoveries in the ancient world. It was noticed that every 2,160 years the night sky changes with the constellations seemingly moving backward one notch (the precession of the equinoxes). Mithras thus became the god who altered the night sky in this manner.

    Daniel Gauss - 10/01/2021 - 13:57

17. Cacaxtla: Where the Rain Dies on Earth and Murals Tell Tales of Forgotten Lives

    Warriors in jaguar skins stand over their defeated opponents dressed as quetzal birds, priests invoke the sacred avian and feline powers, and a merchant sets off on a journey with a pack full of wares – these are some of the scenes which became vibrant murals of the Cacaxtla archaeological site.

    dhwty - 18/07/2018 - 02:00

18. What Neolithic Rock Art Can Tell Us About the Way Our Ancestors Lived 6,000 Years Ago

    The British and Irish countryside is often celebrated for its wealth of unique places of heritage, significance and interest. But not many people know that this heritage includes thousands of ancient panels of neolithic art, which are usually found out in the open for anyone to see.

    ancient-origins - 22/12/2017 - 01:58

19. Psychopomp: Crossing Over Passage in Ancient Ghostlore

    Modern science has, for the last two centuries, replaced most of the spirits, entities, demons and ghosts of the ancient world with logical explanations demonstrated through scientific experimentation, but there is no arguing that people in the ancient world mostly believed the human soul existed somewhere else after death, in an afterlife, and that the quality of the soul’s next life depended greatly on how their bodily remains were disposed of after death, evident in preservation methods such as mummification.

    ashley cowie - 14/09/2020 - 19:07

20. Did the Portuguese Have Secret Knowledge about Brazil Before the Treaty of Tordesillas?

    ... Álvares Cabral. The Legend of How Mansa Abu Bakr II of Mali Gave up the Throne to Explore the Atlantic Ocean Did ...

    Clyde Winters - 27/10/2016 - 14:51

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