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1. Qal’at Al-Bahrain: Enter the Fort and Immerse Yourself in the Fascinating History of the Persian Gulf

   Bahrain is a small island nation which is in the heart of the Persian Gulf (also known as the Arab Gulf) and has a rich culture and varied history. One of the most important and historic locations in Bahrain is the Qal'at al-Bahrain, an extensive archaeological site which contains traces of various cultures. It bears the remnants of the many empires which occupied the fort and its environs.

   Ed Whelan - 22/12/2018 - 13:57

2. Heaven on Earth: The Ancient Roots of The Backyard Garden

   You don’t have to be an avid gardener or know all the Latin names of plants to appreciate the opportunity for reflection that a stroll in the garden can afford us. The explosion of colors, shapes, and textures in the garden, the tenacity and ingenuity of the plants, so determined to claim their right to life and beauty, can suspend for us the troubling aspects of everyday life.

   ancient-origins - 27/01/2019 - 13:58

3. Halls of Ancient Wisdom: 7 Remarkable Ancient Libraries

   ... it a melting pot of knowledge from ancient Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon, and beyond. Not just a storehouse of ancient ...

   Robbie Mitchell - 16/07/2023 - 14:58

4. How Jonah Was Swallowed By The Celestial Sea Serpent Cetus

   The Old Testament saga of Jonah and his dreadful, three day and night confinement within the “belly of a whale” and disgorgement onto the shore remains one of the Bible’s most enthralling mysteries.

   John McHugh - 19/11/2021 - 22:25

5. Scholar deciphers oldest known alphabet primer, in ancient Egyptian

   ... (2015) says writing arose independently in Egypt, Sumer, China and Mexico, to name some examples, but the ...

   Mark Miller - 28/10/2015 - 23:53

6. Humans Have Been Making New Year’s Resolutions for Over 4,000 Years

   New Year’s resolutions are a popular practice. Countless people begin to consider them every year as December 31st rolls around. Although big plans and ambitious goals can be difficult to follow through with, the idea of making (and breaking) New Year’s resolutions has been a social phenomenon for the past 4,000 years. You can trace this practice back to the Babylonians.

   Joanna Gillan - 31/12/2022 - 21:52

7. Psychics are Their Only Enemies & My Personal UFO Sightings

   Why should the universe be limited to humans? With billions of galaxies out there, the idea that we are the only ones in creation seems to me self-centered idiocy! It makes no sense, especially when you consider that for the past six thousand years – all of written history – we wonderful human beings have not be able to stop conquering, torturing and killing each other for a New-York-minute.

   susan - 25/04/2013 - 16:27

8. Beer Before Wine: Research Shows that Spain was a Beer Country First

   A Colorado State University professor says he wants to write a book on caelia—an ancient Spanish beer that was replaced by wine after the Roman Empire invaded Iberia. He also may collaborate with a brewery or the university’s prominent fermentation program to produce a batch of the old brew, which he calls “beer juice.”

   But if you’re curious and you’re visiting Spain, some Spanish breweries have already resurrected the beverage, the origins of which date back at least 5,000 years.

   Mark Miller - 23/01/2016 - 21:00

9. Hopes, Fears, Progress…and Maybe DNA? Unravelling the Real Meaning of Jacob’s Ladder

   Jacob’s Ladder is the common term (particularly in the West) used to describe a bridge that connects Heaven and Earth. More broadly speaking, the ladder represents an ancient symbol of unknown origins that appears in cultures from Scandinavia to China and dates at least as far back as the civilizations of Mesopotamia. Today, some would argue the ladder symbol reflects ancient knowledge of DNA as well.

   Kerry Sullivan - 08/03/2017 - 18:50

10. The Stellar Tableau Behind The “Woman-Child-Dragon” Apocalyptic Vision Of Revelation

    Comprehending the meaning behind the mysterious imagery in the Book of Revelation remains one of the most challenging facets of New Testament scholarship, and one scene in particular continues to confound theologians: the “Woman-Child-Dragon” vignette of Revelation 12:1-6:  There a “great sign was seen in heaven,” consisting of a pregnant woman crying out in labor, who is “clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on he

    John McHugh - 10/06/2022 - 20:33

11. Weihenstephan: The Oldest Brewery in the World?

    Humans have been making beer for thousands of years, but the oldest brewery still in existence wasn’t built until the 11th century. The Weihenstephan Brewery was founded in Freising, Germany in 1040 AD and is considered the world’s oldest brewery. So how was this brewery developed, and how has it changed over the last thousand years?

    Lex Leigh - 30/12/2022 - 21:57

12. Roman Wine Barrels Reveal Details Of Intricate Roman Trade and Craft

    Archaeologists digging on the banks of the Vesle River near Reims in northern France in 2008 unearthed something unusual. They found three large and remarkably well-preserved ancient Roman wooden wine barrels. They were certain the barrels were constructed at some time in the far-distant past but it  was initially impossible to place the wine barrels in time with exact precision. However, it was eventually determined that they had been assembled sometime between the first and fourth centuries AD and were of Roman origin.

    Nathan Falde - 21/01/2021 - 19:43

13. The Benin Bronzes: A Tragic Story of Slavery and Imperialism Cast in Brass

    The Benin Bronzes is the name given to a group of artifacts produced by the Benin Empire, which occupied the area which is today Nigeria. The Benin Bronzes consist of several thousand commemorative plaques and sculptures that are made of brass of variable composition (despite being called ‘bronzes’).

    dhwty - 01/05/2021 - 01:27

14. Fifteen Years After Looting, Thousands of Artifacts are still Missing from Iraq’s National Museum

    Craig Barker /The Conversation

    On April 10 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the advance of US forces on Baghdad. The museum was effectively ransacked for the next 36 hours until employees returned.

    ancient-origins - 12/04/2018 - 01:59

15. Edward Colston Statue Sunk in Bristol Harbor

    A historic but very controversial statue has been toppled in Bristol, England. Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors pulled down a statue of a figure who was prominent in the development of the Atlantic slave trade. This action has divided opinion in the city and country.

    Ed Whelan - 08/06/2020 - 17:28

16. How a Two Headed Bird of Prey Ruled Ancient Mesopotamia and Hatti

    Several infamous empires of the early modern period and current modern periods bore curious insignia. The Byzantine, Austrian, and Russian Empires all adopted the symbol of a mythical creature, a double-headed eagle, to show off their imperial control of such vast lands. But the reality is that the double-headed eagle’s origins are far from modern: They trace to one of the most ancient of societies, that of Mesopotamia.

    Carly Silver - 24/01/2019 - 13:59

17. Mirrors of Orion: Star Knowledge of the Ancient World – An Introduction

    Egypt is the image of the heavens, and the whole Cosmos dwells here, in this its sanctuary— but the gods will desert the earth and return to heaven abandoning this land that was once the home of spirituality.

    garydavid - 26/05/2014 - 23:34

18. Nearly Lost from The Pages of History, Mari Is The Oldest Known Planned City in the World

    The 7,000-year-old ancient city of Mari (known today as Tell Hariri) is one of the oldest known cities in the world, located on the west bank of the Euphrates River in what was once northern Mesopotamia (now eastern Syria). Thousands of years of erosion nearly wiped Mari from the pages of history, but it was rediscovered by a local Bedouin in the 1930s and since then has emerged from the sands following extensive excavations.

    ancient-origins - 01/01/2017 - 14:36

19. Skeptics Washed Away As Lost Civilization Is Finally Identified By Puerto Rican Figures

    A collection of highly-controversial stone figures discovered in Puerto Rico are believed by some to have been created by members of the lost Ten Tribes of Israel and by others as hoaxes, but these long forgotten mysterious artifacts have now been ‘validated’ as being 16th century, finally proving scores of skeptics have all been wrong, and that these are not

    ashley cowie - 16/07/2019 - 18:35

20. Scientific Shamans Make E-coli Brew “Magic Mushroom” Hallucinogen

    Scientists have successfully modified E. coli to create the powerful psychoactive chemical found in magic mushrooms that were consumed by most prehistoric tribes.

    ashley cowie - 04/10/2019 - 00:41

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