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Archaeologist Discovers Swiss Roman Battle Site and 2,000-Year-Old Dagger
Sometimes experts can get it wrong. And that is what seems to have happened in the case of a Swiss Roman battle site from 2000 years ago. The new site was found between the towns of Tiefencastel and the Cunter thanks to the persistence of an amateur archaeologist.
Sahir - 03/11/2021 - 21:58
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New Date for Chedworth Roman Villa Mosaic Changes English History
... at the site has identified that individual as a man named Censorinus. It is his descendants who likely ...
Nathan Falde - 10/12/2020 - 21:51
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Modern Humans Interbred With At Least Five Archaic Human Groups
Genetic analysis has revealed that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with at least five different archaic human groups as they moved out of Africa and across Eurasia.
ancient-origins - 18/07/2019 - 01:50
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Grauballe Man: Ritual Sacrifice? Justice Dealt? Or a 2,300-Year-Old Murder Mystery?
... and marshes, perhaps the most interesting is the Grauballe Man. Of the many ancient remains found preserved in bogs and marshes, perhaps the most interesting is the Grauballe Man. Discovered in a peat bog in Jutland, Denmark in 1952, experts believe that the man had had his throat slit sometime in the 3rd century BC ...
Kerry Sullivan - 03/01/2024 - 13:55
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What Killed Grauballe Man? Explaining the Puzzle of the Iron Age Bog Body
Grauballe Man is the name given to a bog body that was discovered ... mysteriously vanished during the last century. Grauballe Man is the name given to a bog body that was discovered in ... vanished during the last century. When Grauballe Man was scientifically examined, however, it was found that ...
dhwty - 05/04/2019 - 01:52
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Examining the Impressive Ancient Roman Walls of Lugo
... and oaths – Lugos. After the Romans conquered Galicia, a man known as Paulus Fabius Maximus created the city called ... of c. 60,000 Galicians was destroyed by the Romans. The man who led the army – Decimus Junius Brutus – returned ...
Natalia Klimczak - 19/04/2016 - 03:49
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Peking Man and China’s Paleontological Nationalism
... be felt in China today. That find became known as Peking man. Uncovering Fossils of Peking Man Of course, there were no dragon bones in the cave, only ... fragments, suggesting that at one time in the distant past man had called the cave home. Next, in 1923, Zdansky ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 20/05/2022 - 19:00
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Amman, One of the Finest Roman Theatres in the World
The Kingdom of Jordan has many historical sites. Many different civilizations have flourished in the area since ancient times. One of the most important and largest heritage sites is the Roman Theatre, Amman, which is one of the best examples of such a structure anywhere in the Middle East.
Ed Whelan - 17/12/2019 - 02:01
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Top 10 Mysterious Ancient Manuscripts and Inscriptions Yet to be Deciphered
While exploring the enigmatic depths of ancient history, scholars often stumble upon cryptic relics, among which lie manuscripts that continue to defy the most skilled scholars and linguists. The origins of early writing are still an enduring mystery in the scholarly world, but they do not give up on one day understanding their secrets.
Aleksa Vučković - 16/12/2023 - 13:54
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Barbarians versus Romans: Violence and Urban Life in Late Antiquity
The image of the savage, violent barbarian is well-entrenched in Western culture and has been a part of our literary, popular culture and even our language for centuries. Most people would not question the association between “barbarian” peoples and violence, but why do we assume that the “uncivilized” or the “savages” are inherently violent? Where did this assumption come from? For the answers, we have to look back well over a thousand years ago to the Roman Empire.
Meagan Dickerson - 24/07/2021 - 18:54
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Bronze Horse Head of Waldgirmes Emphasizes that Germanic Tribes and Romans Sometimes Played Nice
Last week a rare Roman bronze horse’s head made international headlines because it gained a German farmer a pretty penny. Now the sculpture fragment is back in the limelight because archaeologists say it provides evidence that relations between Germanic tribes and Romans were not always as tense as some historians suggest. Actually, it seems life was mostly comfortable almost 2,000 years ago when the two cultures lived alongside one another at Waldgirmes.
Alicia McDermott - 30/08/2018 - 14:04
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Man Mound, Wisconsin: The Last Anthropomorphic Mound in North America
Man Mound (known also as the ‘Greenfield Man Mound’) is the name of a prehistoric earthwork located ... its name suggests, this earthwork has a humanoid shape. Man Mound (known also as the ‘Greenfield Man Mound’) is ...
dhwty - 23/05/2017 - 14:01
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Why Did Early Human Societies Practice Violent Human Sacrifice?
... at least some members of a society? The Fearsome Wicker Man: An Eerie Way Druids Committed Human Sacrifice The ... in Iron Age Britain Discovery of Ancient Tomb Suggests Man was Sacrificed to join a Noblewoman in Death Social ...
ancient-origins - 06/04/2016 - 21:37
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The Stories Behind Seven Mind Boggling Bog Bodies
... I was found. This time, it belonged to a middle-aged man who had been strangled with a hazel branch, and was then ... in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Puzzling Grauballe Man The face of the bog body known as Grauballe man. ( Public Domain ) Grauballe Man is the name given to a ...
ancient-origins - 07/05/2019 - 22:57
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A Guide to Exploring Love, Sex, and Homosexuality in Ancient Rome
... were unwritten, but the basic idea was that a good Roman man should fornicate as much as he wanted, as long as he ... didn’t do anything too embarrassing. A free-born Roman man always took an active role during sex. For women, mos ... were obsessed with the concept of masculinity. It was a man's job to procreate; therefore, men were penetrators. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 28/07/2022 - 14:59
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A 700-Year-Old Murder Mystery: Who Bludgeoned the Bocksten Man to Death and Why?
Around 700 years ago, a young man, who has come to be known as ‘Bocksten Man’, was struck three times on the head, then tossed into ... rising to the surface. Around 700 years ago, a young man, who has come to be known as ‘Bocksten Man’, was ...
dhwty - 07/03/2017 - 13:59
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Aeons of Battle: The 5 Longest Wars in History
... celebrated American author, viewed war as “ a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” This certainly ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 28/04/2022 - 22:41
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Roman Seals Showing Hundreds of Gods Unearthed in Turkey
Previous teams of archaeologists excavating in the former Roman city archive of Doliche, Turkey, discovered hoards of clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents. Now, another 2,000 of these Roman seals have been unearthed, each one depicting a different deity and configuration of religious symbolism.
ashley cowie - 23/11/2023 - 13:24
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Roman Cavalry, the Backbone of Rome’s Great Expansion
In ancient times, no army was truly powerful without a cavalry. The equivalent of modern tanks and special forces, cavalrymen were the terror of the ancient battlefields. A force to be reckoned with, they had the power to shift the course of battle, while the sight of their charging horses frequently prompted brave soldiers to retreat in fear. Arguably, the most powerful and organized cavalry in ancient times was that of the Romans.
Aleksa Vučković - 05/04/2024 - 17:48
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The Ancient Indian City of Mandu: A Fort and Pleasure Palace
The city of Mandu is located in the present day Dhar district situated in the Malwa region of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Perched atop a 20 square km plateau, the ruined city is not only endowed with beautiful natural scenery, but also occupies a strategically important location in the landscape. Mandu was a key fort at least 1,500 years ago and is also the home of the famous Jahaz Mahal.
dhwty - 05/08/2015 - 03:44