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Everything he Touched Turned to Gold: The Myth and Reality of King Midas
Almost everyone has heard the story of King Midas, the legendary king who turned everything he touched to gold. But how much myth and how much reality is there around this character? Was there really a King Midas? If there was, what do we know about him?
ancient-origins - 08/10/2015 - 21:42
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Prince Akinidad of Kush and the One Eyed Kandake in the Meroite-Roman War
Strabo in his Geography (17 1.54) talks about the “one eyed Kandake” who fought the Romans. Between 30 BC and 22 BC the Romans and Meroites were at war. Meroitic-Kush never became part of the Roman empire – although the Romans tried to make it part of the empire.
Clyde Winters - 21/10/2016 - 14:56
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Frankincense: An Ancient Wonder Cure on the Verge of Extinction
Frankincense is famous for being one of the three gifts presented by the Magi to baby Jesus (the other two being gold and myrrh). Several thousand years ago, people knew how to use frankincense to cure several ailments. The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians are also believed to have burned frankincense during their religious ceremonies, and Hatshepsut’s famous reliefs depicting the ‘Expedition to Punt’ show not only frankincense, but also the trees themselves being brought back to Egypt.
dhwty - 16/12/2020 - 18:01
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The World’s First Collectors, Museums And Libraries Of Antiquity
People have collected objects, scripts, fossils, specimens, precious stones, artifacts and memorabilia since the dawn of mankind’s memory, for different reasons. Many possible motives come into play – people collect because of nostalgia for a past world, because they want to display their wealth and sophistication, because it satisfies a compulsive need to organise and create order, because it serves as a solace and a distraction in time of uncertainty, because they want to preserve for posterity and for many other reasons.
Robert Garland - 26/01/2024 - 17:12
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Perchance To Dream: Oneiromancy Ancient History Of Dream Interpretation
Dreams and their ancient interpretations are documented in contemporary written sources such as official inscriptions, literature, even special dream books, called oneirocritics, from Mesopotamia and Egypt's early civilizations. They demonstrate that dreams played an important role in government, religion and daily life. Despite the fact that early civilizations had a variety of ideas about what dreams were, they always seemed to place a high value on them.
MartiniF - 31/12/2021 - 20:30
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Oldest Evidence of Beer in Britain Found By Accident During Road Project
A road construction project in Britain has uncovered the first evidence of the brewing of beer. Workers uncovered some evidence of charred residue and other matter that would indicate brewing, dating back to the Iron Age. This is the earliest evidence for brewing yet found in the British Isles.
Ed Whelan - 04/02/2019 - 18:54
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Prehistoric Britons Cannibalized Dead Relatives and Created Art with their Bones
Paleontologists claim that ancient Britons ate their dead relatives before inscribing markings on their bones in spooky prehistoric rituals. Researchers came to this conclusion after examining human remains that were found in a prehistoric archaeological site in a cave in southern England.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 10/08/2017 - 23:00
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Oldest Examples of ‘Tree of Life’ Designs Discovered in Domuztepe Mound, Turkey
Archaeologists have unearthed vessels portraying “tree of life” motifs during excavation works in the Domuztepe Mound in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş, which is considered to be the biggest settlement in the region since the usage of the term “Near East.”
Theodoros Karasavvas - 17/08/2017 - 22:58
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Artifact-Rich Ancient Roman Village Unearthed By UK Archaeologists
Archaeologists employed to search along the pathway of England’s new high speed 2 (HS2) railway line have unearthed an impressive bounty of artifacts, ruins, and other remnants of past cultures at multiple locations.
Nathan Falde - 11/01/2022 - 21:46
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Mesopotamian ‘Demon of Epilepsy’ Discovered on 2700-Year-Old Tablet
A researcher studying an ancient Assyrian cuneiform tablet has found an image of a demon. The demon was believed to have been the cause of epilepsy. The tablet was used to treat health conditions, and the discovery of this ‘epilepsy demon’ is allowing us to better understand the era when medicine and magic were one.
Ed Whelan - 22/12/2019 - 23:00
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Meteorite Swords Forged from the Fire of the Heavens
From the earliest conscious moments of the human race, we looked up into the distant night sky in wonder and amazement. Our early ancestors glanced at the same skies we see today and pondered the mysteries of the universe. What lay beyond the distant darkness? What magical, fiery balls of light lay in that shivering endlessness? Well, sometimes, the starry skies gave them an answer.
Aleksa Vučković - 29/09/2019 - 19:00
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Anahita and Ishtar: Connections to the Planet Venus
Anahita was a goddess associated with water, fertility, wisdom, warfare, and eventually the planet Venus. During the Achaemenid dynasty in Persia, she became incorporated into the Zoroastrian religion as a Yazata, a type of minor divinity. Her association with warfare and the planet Venus was not very prominent before the Achaemenid Period, leading some to conclude that her cult and persona may have become influenced by the goddess Ishtar.
Caleb Strom - 05/12/2016 - 03:47
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Scientists Create Potentially Deadly Prehistoric “Mammoth Meatball”
Scientists have successfully created a hybrid of elephant, sheep, and mammoth DNA in a laboratory, which they have misleadingly dubbed the “mammoth meatball”. Despite their success, producers of the unusual concoction have hesitated to try it, citing concerns about its safety.
ashley cowie - 29/03/2023 - 22:57
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Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I
Imagine you suddenly awake at night. You feel a sense of panic when you realize that you cannot move. The fear increases when you sense another presence in the room with you. You gasp for breath, but feel the being getting closer and closer. As your chest tightens you struggle to move and try desperately to cry out for help. But there is nothing you can do, the terrifying creature begins to crush you…
Alicia McDermott - 24/06/2016 - 15:51
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First Evidence of Legendary Great Flood in China May Rewrite History
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Ancient Gods In Anatolia: Founders Of The Neolithic Era
Almost 12,000 years ago, in the remote recesses of Anatolia, today's southeast Turkey, something happened that, seemingly overnight, completely changed the course of human evolution.
jim willis - 04/09/2020 - 18:17
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Kombucha: Revered For Millennia, But Is It Really A Life Saving Brew?
There have been hundreds of health food trends over the years – from green tea to coconut oil it can be overwhelming to know which o
Sarah P Young - 23/05/2019 - 22:59
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Ancient Samos and the museum of mysterious artifacts
The island of Samos in Greece is an island about 1.5 km from the shores of Turkey, which has a long history dating back to 4,000 BC. The name ‘Samos’ is thought to have Phoenician origin and according to the ancient Greek geographer Strabo, the name means ‘altitude near the coast’, probably because of the high mountains on the island.
johnblack - 02/02/2014 - 06:16
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Did Ancient Irrigation Technology Travel Silk Road?
Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert climates.
ancient-origins - 06/01/2018 - 01:58
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Debunking the Aryan Race “Myth” and Separating Fact from Fiction
Today, the word "Aryan" has become synonymous with all sorts of negative connotations, including theories of racial superiority and white supremacy. This association has led to a widespread misunderstanding of the term's origins and meaning, and resulting baseless concepts related to a supposed Aryan race have been coopted and misused by racist ideologies.
Kerry Sullivan - 15/04/2023 - 23:00