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Four Water Cisterns Found At The Ancient City Of Metropolis
... and Blasting May Destroy 2100-Year-Old Castle Site and Statue of Mother Goddess in Turkey Located on major trade ...
ashley cowie - 12/01/2021 - 17:56
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A Master of Symbology: How Mithridates Eupator United the Foes of Rome
... sanctuary of Dionysus in Attica , there was a magnificent statue of the god in the guise of Eleuthereus (Redeemer), and ... of Mithridates touting his Heraclean connections is a statue in the Vatican Museum (Fig. 4). The piece depicts a ... defeat in 63 BC the Roman general Pompey paraded the statue around Rome, finally installing it in his theatre in ...
Thanos Matanis - 18/02/2022 - 18:00
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Fair Winds Trade From the Aegean to Egypt’s Amarna
... central city of Amarna, looking east (photo by author), a statue of Akhenaten, with the famous Minoan fresco from the ...
Jonathon Perrin - 27/02/2023 - 22:32
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Pirate Queens of the High Seas: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
... Story was Ignored by Male Historians Immortalised with Statue . The Independent. Available at: ...
Lex Leigh - 18/07/2022 - 22:55
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Mount Popa Monastery and the Mythology of the Thirty-Seven Spirit Guardians
Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. For a large part of its modern history, it was isolated from the rest of the world, ruled by a military junta that wielded absolute power in the face of international condemnation for human rights abuses. However, despite the problems of the present, Burma possesses a colorful past and a rich heritage.
dhwty - 22/11/2014 - 01:05
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The destruction of the ancient biblical kingdom of Sebastia
The ancient town of Sebastia, located in the northern West Bank, holds immense historical significance. The 3,000 year old Holy Land was once home to biblical kings, ruled by Roman conquerors, and a pathway for crusaders. It served as the capital of the biblical Kingdom of Israel under the name of Samaria in the eighth and ninth centuries B.C., and Alexander the Great, King
aprilholloway - 18/06/2013 - 01:53
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Frozen in Time: Casts of Pompeii Reveal Last Moments of Volcano Victims
The plaster casts of 86 agonized victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD near Pompeii will go on exhibit May 26, 2015, in National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.
Mark Miller - 25/05/2015 - 00:48
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The Unusual Life and Death of Julia: A Woman Trapped in the Empirical Intrigues of Ancient Rome
... Was Dimmed by an Egyptian Lover Top Image: Deriv; Roman statue ( CC BY 2.0 ) and the Colosseum ( CC BY 2.0 ) By ...
MartiniF - 30/06/2016 - 22:59
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The Mysteries of the Enaree: The Androgynous Shamans of the Scythians
Throughout history, shamans played a major role in many of the world’s most important civilizations. For the ancient Scythians, this role was taken by the Enaree, male priests and shamans who adopted a specifically androgynous and effeminate aspect, worshiping the goddess Artimpasa.
Aleksa Vučković - 11/12/2023 - 21:55
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Strabo's Geographica: A Grand Tour of the Ancient World
... just how long Strabo spent working on his magnum opus. Statue of Strabo in his hometown (modern-day Amasya, Turkey). ...
Robbie Mitchell - 01/02/2024 - 13:44
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Monte D'Accoddi: A Mesopotamian Ziggurat on Sardinia?
The site of Monte D'Accoddi on Sardinia is one of the most extraordinary mysteries of modern archaeology. It’s a real Babylonian style stepped pyramid that stands on a millenary plain as a reminder of ancient rituals and lost civilizations. Sardinia reveals itself to be a treasure chest forgotten by time that is worth exploration.
Pierluigi Tombetti - 01/11/2019 - 21:51
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When the Falcon Had Flown: Understanding the Process of Stocking Pharaonic Tombs – Part I
Given their overwhelming belief in the Afterlife, did ancient Egyptian royalty organize their tombs in advance of their eventual demise; or were preparations made post mortem? Although we do not possess any single book or set of texts that provide an answer to this fundamental question; there do exist writings, paintings in tombs and inscriptions on temple walls that provide clues about this process.
anand balaji - 25/07/2018 - 15:36
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Was there a Common Writing System used by Pacific Islanders?
In 2016 two tourists found engraved petroglyphs on a Hawaiian Beach. This was an important find because it suggested that the ancient Polynesians had a common writing system which was used from Hawaii to Easter Island.
Clyde Winters - 06/10/2021 - 01:56
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High Fashion of Ancient Rome: Togas and Stolas
The toga is arguably the best-known garment from ancient Rome. Initially, the toga was worn both by male and female Roman citizens. Later on, however, the toga was used exclusively by men (high class female prostitutes and women divorced for adultery being the exception), while the stola was used by women only. There were various types of togas, each reflecting the wearer’s status in the civil hierarchy.
dhwty - 21/01/2021 - 00:48
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Hundreds of Tombs Found in Jordan Suggest Unexplained Cycle of Abandonment and Re-Habitation
Hundreds of ancient tombs lay in the Jebel Qurma desert region of Jordan close to the border with Saudi Arabia. There are simple graves from the Early Bronze Age to more elaborate tower tombs and conical ring cairns from the Hellenistic to Byzantine period. These are the last testaments of people who roamed the desert thousands of years ago, but they have never been systematically analyzed until now. The graves hint at mysterious cyclical occupation in the land of “dead fire.”
Alicia McDermott - 14/07/2017 - 23:00
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Proof Ancient Mesoamericans Drank Sacred Tobacco-Infused Liquids is Found
In a new chemical analysis performed on ceramic vases recovered during excavations at the ancient metropolis of Cotzumalhuapa in southwestern Guatemala, a team of researchers from Yale University and the City University of New York found traces of organic residues that have been positively identified as tobacco.
Nathan Falde - 04/03/2024 - 16:44
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Polish Archaeologists Discover Rare Gift from Father of Cleopatra
... a curtain that was used to cover a holy image, such as a statue of a deity, in the Temple of Hathor near Deir ...
Robin Whitlock - 16/07/2015 - 12:01
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Live the Legend: 8 Mythical Places That Actually Exist
... was asleep and then blinded him using a sharpened log. Statue depicting The Blinding of Polyphemus (Carole Raddato / ...
Robbie Mitchell - 29/11/2022 - 00:52
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What Was in Store for the Citizens of the Besieged City? The Battle of Megiddo—Part II
... of the Battle of Thermopylae Top Image: Thutmosis III statue ( Public Domain ) and Ancient Egyptian military in ...
Cam Rea - 24/02/2017 - 15:59
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Praying For Life – Top 10 Ancient Fertility Goddesses
Throughout the ancient history of the world, polytheism - commonly known as paganism or heathenism - was the defining aspect of all societies and civilizations. Our ancestors had complex and widespread beliefs that were closely related to their lives and the everyday occurrences around them. This was the belief in nature - in the yearly natural cycles, life and death, rain and sun, and above all fertility.
Aleksa Vučković - 28/12/2019 - 13:46