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The Early Temples and Monuments of the Alban People in Ancient Azerbaijan
According to the information gleaned from numerous historical sources, the territories of ancient Azerbaijan, known as Caucasian Albania (not to be confused with the modern-day Albania in Europe) covered a wide area and was populated by many prehistoric tribes.
FuadAZE - 22/01/2015 - 04:43
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Colossal standing Pharaoh Amenhotep III returned to splendor in Luxor, Egypt after toppled by ancient earthquake
An ancient Pharaoh is back on his feet after 3,000 years at Egypt’s famous temple city of Luxor. On Sunday archaeologists unveiled the restored, 12.9-meter (43ft) standing statue of Amenhotep III at the northern gate of the king’s funerary temple.
lizleafloor - 15/12/2014 - 21:49
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Understanding the Swinging Seismographic Gavazan Column at Tatev Monastery
The Gavazan Column, called the Gavazan Siun, is a unique monument located in the compound of the Tatev Monastery in Armenia. During the Middle Ages, the monastery was a great center of learning in Armenia, and its monks made various contributions in the fields of science, religion, and philosophy.
dhwty - 03/07/2020 - 14:00
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The Thousand-Year History of the Spectacular Cliff Face Monastery of Sumela
The Sumela Monastery is one of the oldest and most historic monasteries in the Christian world. There are no exact records about when it was built or by who, but it is estimated that its history dates back some one thousand years and that the locals who constructed it did so to escape enemy attacks. Located high up on the steep cliffs above the surrounding forest in Trabzon, Turkey, this incredible feat of architecture has changed hands many times over the course of its existence, until it was finally abandoned in 1923.
Bryan Hill - 20/07/2018 - 18:08
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Stairway to Heaven: The Story of Jacob's Ladder
... a vow, Jacob continued his journey. Ivan Turbinca – The Man who Belonged in Neither Heaven nor Hell Ascension to the ...
dhwty - 10/06/2020 - 03:16
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The Viking Serpent: Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway Their Serpent Worship and Sacred Pentagram Geometry
"The Viking Serpent" or "The Norwegian Pentagram" as it was called before being translated reveals a hitherto unknown and occult side to the Viking- and early Middle Age in Norway. From approx. 935 CE heathen Viking Norway was introduced to a form of Christianity peculiar to a certain branch of the Gnostic Celtic Church of the British Isles, where the serpent had a 'leading role' and which, according to historians and archaeologists, has a pronounced Syrian and Egyptian character.
ancient-origins - 08/07/2017 - 00:21
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Enchanting Women of the Odyssey: From Seductive Sirens to Wicked Witches
... not sway him from missing his wife Penelope. Odysseus, a man, does not desire the life of a god; he much prefers the ...
Julia Huse - 01/07/2018 - 23:02
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Workers Who Ripped Shortcut Through China’s Great Wall Detained
... is protected at the provincial level. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old woman recently used an excavator to dig ...
ashley cowie - 13/09/2023 - 14:55
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Revolt Of The Angle, Saxon and Jute Mercenaries In Britannia
... and writing. Tony Sullivan is the author of King Arthur: Man or Myth?; The Battles of King Arthur ; and The Roman King ...
Tony Sullivan - 05/06/2023 - 17:27
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Ancient Crocodiles Walked On Two Legs Like Dinosaurs
The discovery of large, well-preserved footprints belonging to an ancestor of modern-day crocodiles from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation of South Korea is reported this week in Scientific Reports.
ancient-origins - 12/06/2020 - 18:43
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5,000-Year-Old DNA from Skeletons Found in Serbia is Solving Genetic Mysteries
... the head of IAEPAN, who led the excavations. This man was likely a descendant of the steppe tribe nomads that ...
Sahir - 28/02/2022 - 22:00
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The Carolina Bays and the Destruction of North America
... of all American megafauna. The extinction of Clovis Man. The extinction of other megafauna across the northern ...
ralph ellis - 06/11/2015 - 00:41
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Skeletons in Love: What is Behind the Loving Embrace in the Andronovo Burials?
... ‘consecration for a religious ceremony’ and suggests a man donates his body as a sacrifice to all the gods through ... conceiving. Klein proposes the relatives of the deceased man may have reinterpreted this ritual by sacrificing his ...
aprilholloway - 20/04/2018 - 01:52
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The ‘Dynastic Race’ and the Biblical ‘Japheth’ – Part I: After the Deluge
... Crete is cognate with Manu/Menes [representing the First Man] and this may be due to their racial relation to the ... a fusion of the original Badarian with the “New Race”. Man depicted on Uruk vase, Pergamon Museum ( CC BY 3.0 ) ...
Alexander Jacob - 15/01/2021 - 00:52
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Ingeniously Engineered ‘Watercourts’ Fueled Florida’s Calusa Kingdom
A research project has finally solved an archaeological mystery in America. Experts believe that they now know how a Native American people, the Calusa who lived in Florida, were able to develop and expand despite not practicing agriculture.
Ed Whelan - 01/04/2020 - 22:56
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Vikings Brutally Slain in 750 AD May Have Been on a Peaceful Mission
... stab wounds, decapitation signs and the arm bone of one man and another man’s leg bone were cut by a blade. Their fancy weapons may ...
Mark Miller - 28/07/2016 - 14:46
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Battles on Ice Skates in the 1500s: The Dutch Against The Spanish!
When you think of Spain, you don’t normally think of ice skates. Yet, that’s exactly what the King of Spain wanted back in 1572. And it wasn’t just a single pair; the king specifically requested 7,000 pairs of ice skates to be handcrafted at his request. You may be wondering why ice skates were suddenly so important to the king of such a sunny country, but he actually had an incredibly important reason.
Lex Leigh - 11/06/2022 - 14:46
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2,400-Year-Old Tomb in Iraq Holds 6 Skeletons and Bronze Goods – But It Was NOT Wealthy
A tomb in northern Iraq held a pile of skeletons of at least six people, including those who lived 2,400 years ago. Apart from the human remains, valuable objects where discovered in the tomb as well, including a typical Achaemenid bronze bracelet decorated with two snake heads facing each other.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/01/2017 - 21:51
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Did the Pleasure-Seeking Epicurus Really Prescribe Hedonistic Happiness?
Epicureanism is a philosophical system based on the teachings of Epicurus which is, in today’s world, often equated with hedonism. Whilst this may be true to some extent, it is an over-simplification of this school of thought, as the teachings of Epicurus on pleasure is but a small fraction of his whole philosophy. Seek pleasure, yes, but do it modestly.
dhwty - 12/06/2018 - 13:57
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The Grand Funeral of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Intricate Buddhist Funerary Rites
For Thai Buddhists, funerals are extremely important moments, as they represent rebirth and the passage from one existence to another. The elaborate funeral rites recently held in honor of Thailand’s deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej follow many of the traditional practices – albeit on a grander scale.
Alicia McDermott - 27/10/2017 - 23:04