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Herodium, King Herod’s Palace, Is Set to Reveal New Marvels
Previously restricted sections of the lavish living quarters of one of history’s most infamous oppressors are about to be revealed to the public for the first time. On Sunday, Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority will be reopening Herodium, King Herod’s opulent fortress/palace complex, to tourists and other interested visitors.
Nathan Falde - 11/12/2020 - 21:11
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Deep Time Experiment: Living Isolated In A French Cave For 40 Days
... for Human Adaptation in 2013. Clot says he was inspired to sponsor this project by observing the impact of ...
Nathan Falde - 17/03/2021 - 22:00
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Obscure Objects Found at Antikythera Shipwreck
The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced a series of finds that were rescued from one of the world’s most famous shipwreck sites. Bones and a range of obscure objects were recovered from the seabed near the Antikythera shipwreck. These are helping to provide marine archaeologists with a window into the Mediterranean during the Classical era.
Ed Whelan - 23/10/2019 - 23:02
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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
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A Human Touch: Is this 1500-year-old Hand Print a Pict, a Viking or Another?
Scottish media is reporting a remarkable find of hand and knee prints that may have belonged to an individual from an enigmatic civilization. It is believed that the prints are those of a Pictish smith and were discovered in the remains of his workshop. The find was uncovered in the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands off the Northern coast of Scotland. This discovery is being hailed as unique and allowing us to have a better understanding of a key archaeological site.
Ed Whelan - 28/07/2018 - 13:51
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Pseudo-History or Famed Fiction? Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia
Geoffrey of Monmouth has gone down in history for his classic epic, the Historia Regum Britanniae, known in English as The History of the Kings of Britain. This masterpiece of medieval literature is well-known for being the origin of the story of King Arthur most of us are familiar with today. But, what do we know about the author himself? Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth, and why did he write this controversial history?
Meagan Dickerson - 20/04/2021 - 02:00
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Ancient Greek ‘Graduate Yearbook’ Discovered in Scottish Vault
An unknown ancient Greek marble inscription stored in a museum vault since the 1880s has been rediscovered in Scotland. New research now shows that the tablet includes a list of young men who took the Ephebic Oath. It is in effect an ancient version of a school graduate yearbook.
ashley cowie - 03/06/2022 - 18:28
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3,900-Year-Old Lost Inscriptions Surface at the Ancient Egyptian Amethyst Mines
Archaeologists working in the timeworn deserts of Egypt have uncovered more than ‘100 ancient inscriptions' at Wadi el-Hudi, where ancient miners once collected amethysts which were believed to be imbued with supernatural powers.
ashley cowie - 27/03/2019 - 12:56
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Mummified Remains Of A Former Slave Discovered At Pompeii
The mummified remains of a prominent man who was remembered for having commissioned artistic performances that were performed in Greek have been retrieved from a tomb in Pompeii. The burial is remarkable in several ways, not least for how well it helped preserve the man’s remains, which include hair and part of an ear.
Gary Manners - 18/08/2021 - 14:58
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Buried Power Of The Seven Dolls At Maya Dzibilchaltún
What makes Dzibilchaltún so perplexing, are the seven crudely made clay figurines found buried below the altar in what has become known as the Temple of the Seven Dolls. At its peak Dzibilchaltún, which means “where there is writing on flat stones,” was one of the oldest settlements of the north-western Maya lowlands of Yucátan in Mexico. It was a large and complex community, engaged in the exploitation of nearby seaside resources, especially salt, and long-distance coastal and inland trade.
george fery - 03/09/2021 - 20:25
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How Old Are The Thousands Of Bones Discovered Beneath Vatican? 500 Years? 50, Possibly 5?
In Rome, in the summer of 1983, a 15-year-old girl vanished on her way home from a music lesson and in the ongoing search for her body thousands of bones have been unearthed by investigators in two ossuary chambers beneath the Vatican.
ashley cowie - 22/07/2019 - 22:39
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Big Cats For The Fat Cats Of Ancient Rome
... unchained lions in a combat between adult maned lions. As sponsor of the games at the Circus Maximus in 55 BC, Roman ...
Caroline Freeman-Cuerden - 08/05/2023 - 19:07
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Swiss Archaeologists Find Bronze Age City in Lucerne Lake
Archaeologists fishing for artifacts beneath the muddy floor of Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland discovered something enthralling. Approximately 13 feet (four meters) below the opaque surface of Lake Lucerne, they found the remains of a long-lost sunken village, which had apparently been there for millennia.
Nathan Falde - 28/04/2021 - 22:36
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Minoan Cemetery Reveals Two Early Burials Overflowing with Grave Goods
The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced a major discovery at a cemetery in north-east Crete. It has revealed the unearthing of two graves, with a treasure trove of grave goods that is up to 5000 years old. This is back to the period when the important Minoan civilization was developing. The discovery is exciting experts and it is expected that the graves and the burial goods will help to provide us with more insights into the origin and development of the Minoan culture.
Ed Whelan - 06/09/2018 - 13:58
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Rendlesham Royal Palace Linked to Famous Sutton Hoo Burial Site
... King Anna, the previous king of the East Angles, was his sponsor.” The Strange Death and Afterlife of King Edmund ...
ancient-origins - 04/02/2021 - 21:57
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Citizen Scientists Find Over 1,000 Burial Mounds in Dutch Countryside
A throng of more than 6,000 amateur researchers from the heritage organization Erfgoed Gezoeken have spent the last several years examining imagery of the hills, dunes, valleys and forests of the central Netherlands, in search of archaeological and historical anomalies.
Nathan Falde - 26/01/2023 - 21:57
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Who were the Colorful, Powerful, Influential, Educated Women of Ancient Islam?
... were still allowed to receive educations, teach others and sponsor educational institutions. One such woman was Fatima ...
MartiniF - 31/08/2018 - 14:35
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The White Lotus Secret Society and the Demise of Mongol Rule in China
The White Lotus Society / Sect (written in Chinese as 白莲教, and Romanized as ‘Bai Lian Jiao’) was a millenarian movement that existed in imperial China. As a religious movement, the teachings of the White Lotus Society were based mainly on Buddhist tradition, though some elements of Taoism and other indigenous Chinese practices were also incorporated into it. In addition, the White Lotus Society developed into a political movement, and took part in some notable rebellions in Chinese history.
dhwty - 15/08/2019 - 01:49
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Gory Fresco of Gladiator Fight Found in Sleazy Pompeii Tavern
... and, if like in the fresco a gladiator was wounded, the sponsor or the crowd gave the thumbs up or down, for mercy or ...
ashley cowie - 12/10/2019 - 13:58
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The Age of Discovery: A New World Dawns
The Age of Discovery (also known as the Age of Exploration) refers to an exciting era in European history when a number of extensive overseas voyages took place. This period lasted roughly from the beginning of the 15th century until the middle of the 17th century and is most famously associated with Portugal and Spain, though many other regions were just as curious and set out on their own journeys of discovery around the world.
dhwty - 27/01/2020 - 23:02