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Has Indonesia’s Legendary Lost Island of Gold Been Discovered?
Over the last 5 years, fishermen have recovered ancient treasures worth tens of millions of dollars from the Musi River, around Palembang, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The big question being asked by one archaeologist is whether or not these treasures are remnants of the long-lost Srivijaya Empire, a legendary kingdom known as the Island of Gold?
ashley cowie - 24/10/2021 - 22:40
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Scientists Unscramble Secrets to World of Ancient Ostrich Eggs
... which determined that one egg (988) was laid in Amara West Sudan, which had a higher strontium isotope ratio, i.e. ...
ashley cowie - 09/04/2020 - 01:53
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Mixture and Migration Brought Food Production to Sub-Saharan Africa
... Nilotic languages today, such as the Dinka from South Sudan, compared to previously published genomes from the ...
ancient-origins - 15/06/2020 - 18:59
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How is the Fallen Kingdom of Aksum Connected to the Queen of Sheba and the Ark of Covenant?
... in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, but also in northern Sudan, southern Egypt, and even the Arabian Peninsula. This ...
dhwty - 02/01/2016 - 21:48
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Baboon Skull Could Lead to the Long Lost Land of Punt
... Bard believes that Punt is either in Eritrea or eastern Sudan. She also told Science Magazine that this isn’t the ...
Alicia McDermott - 17/12/2020 - 00:55
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Frankincense may infuse users with mild euphoria
... for thousands of years in Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Sudan and Oman, but now over-harvesting, livestock grazing ...
Mark Miller - 27/08/2018 - 17:31
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Civilization's Midnight: The Late Bronze Age Collapse
To the layman who is educated in the Euro-Centric tradition, history stops at the Greeks. We are all familiar with the militaristic ferocity of the Spartans and the open atmosphere of discourse in Athens. Yet, we know little about what happened before that. For all we know, civilization was in its pre-embryonic stage, and humans lived in tribal societies where might is right and the objective was to survive. This cannot be further from the truth.
Liu Jiaxin - 04/12/2022 - 00:59
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Louisiana Mound Builders Carefully Selected Sites to Ensure Longevity
A study of ancient mound builders who lived hundreds of years ago on the Mississippi River Delta near present-day New Orleans offers new insights into how Native peoples selected the landforms that supported their villages and earthen mounds - and why these sites were later abandoned.
ancient-origins - 22/05/2018 - 22:59
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Will We Ever Discover the Elusive Land of Punt?
... only in Africa, particularly around coastal regions in Sudan. For centuries, the Land of Punt had been delegated to ...
aprilholloway - 28/06/2018 - 11:15
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Japan’s Okunoin Cemetery, Est. 816 AD: Graveyard for 200,000 Monks
... with Strange Burials Excavated at Medieval Monastery in Sudan The graves at Okunoin cemetery lie on either side of a ...
Mark Brophy - 04/10/2022 - 23:00
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Sijilmasa: The Golden Oasis and Africa's El Dorado
... of travel. The city’s wealth was undoubted: gold from Sudan was minted here, and the volume of trade with the ...
Aleksa Vučković - 12/06/2023 - 14:55
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Was the Magi’s Mission History or Myth?
In just twelve short verses the Gospel of Matthew records the visit of the mysterious Magi to pay homage to the baby Jesus. The allure of mystical wizards from exotic lands captured the imagination of early Christians. Matthew’s short narrative was expanded and elaborated to the Christmas tale we hear today.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker - 19/12/2019 - 01:58
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A Brief Overview of the Mamluks, the Elite Slave-Soldiers of the Islamic World
It is a sad fact that our ancient history was filled with slavery and injustice of all kinds. Great empires and powerful rulers often relied on their slave forces both for building of cities and for waging of wars. The ancient Romans and Greeks were known for their abundance of slaves who were used for anything one could need. But what happens when those very same slaves gain a degree of power and influence? The mamluks were a special caste of slave soldiers who rose to prominence in the Islamic world.
Aleksa Vučković - 01/01/2022 - 22:00
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The Egyptian God Heryshaf – Mysterious Lord of Heracleopolis
We all know that the wonders of the ancient Egyptian pantheon are many and so amazing – and the deities that lurk within that pantheon are almost impossible to count and mention.
Aleksa Vučković - 27/10/2019 - 22:12
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Resurrecting Ancestry: Genetic Revelations Beyond Israelites
... of people from the Christian Makurian Kingdom in Sudan! It is like watching all the deleted scenes from a ...
Dr. Eran Elhaik - 16/04/2024 - 01:07
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Nilometers: Ancient Egypt’s Ingenious Invention Used Until Modern Times
... reign of Farouk I, the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan . Reconstructed conical structure over the nilometer on ...
dhwty - 21/03/2020 - 18:15
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The Bagrationi Dynasty – A Millennium of Christian Power
The Bagrationi (sometimes Hellenized as Bagratid) dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Georgia for over a millennium. This dynasty was founded during the Middle Ages and ruled the country until the early part of the 19th century, when its last king was overthrown by the Russians.
dhwty - 20/10/2019 - 23:04
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Solomon and Sheba: Were a Famous Pharaoh and Queen the Real Protagonists in this Love Story?
... of Joseph, came from the south and what is today Northern Sudan. That places a question mark over the lovely story told ...
Calumy - 26/08/2021 - 01:31
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Does a Mysterious Manuscript Describe a Forgotten Malian Mausoleum in Brazil?
... and Contractions: World-Historical Change and the Western Sudan World-System (1200/1000BC-1200/1250A.D.) Journal of ...
Clyde Winters - 26/07/2017 - 14:00
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Incredible Megaliths of India: Star Maps and Headless Goddesses – Part I
... who has studied the folk magic of for example Egypt, or Sudan, this is very familiar territory. This seems entirely ...
Chris Morgan - 13/06/2016 - 03:45