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1. Was Bolivia-Peru the Sunset Land of the Sumerians?

   In an article on the Fuente Magna Bowl, April Holloway highlighted the evidence of  Sumerian writing in South America. The Fuente Magna Bowl and Pokotia monument indicate that Sumerians may have formerly lived in South America.

   Clyde Winters - 24/09/2016 - 21:52

2. Sudeley Castle’s ‘Footprints’ Of The Tudors

   ... Museum, she researched and excavated at sites in Egypt, Syria, and Israel. She works at the Military Intelligence ...

   Rebecca Batley - 20/07/2022 - 18:59

3. Venta Icenorum: Excavating Romans In Boudicca’s Lands

   ... Museum, she researched and excavated at sites in Egypt, Syria, and Israel. She works at the Military Intelligence ...

   Rebecca Batley - 04/01/2023 - 23:09

4. The Enigma of the Origins of the Borneo Elephants

   ... for warfare. Hannibal used elephants from Africa and Syria to cross the Alps in 218 BC. The Roman elephants ...

   Willem Daffue - 15/10/2018 - 16:19

5. Revisiting Vindolanda, The Roman Outpost Of Hadrian’s Wall

   ... Museum, she researched and excavated at sites in Egypt, Syria, and Israel. She works at the Military Intelligence ...

   Rebecca Batley - 17/12/2022 - 01:19

6. 4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Uncovered in Iraqi Desert

   ... to help protect endangered heritage sites in Iraq and Syria from falling victim to the ongoing depredations of the ...

   Nathan Falde - 20/02/2023 - 14:00

7. Political Landscape of the Nativity of Jesus

   ... filled, he took the bulk of his forces and headed back to Syria to fight the Parthians.  He beat them at the Battle of ...

   Cam Rea - 28/12/2018 - 15:33

8. Humans Were Mummified into Honey Candy in Arabian Medical Practice

   While ancient history boasts a host of grisly medical recipes, one of the most intriguing and elaborate was the mellified man, a human being mummified into honey candy, which was then used to mend broken and wounded limbs.

   The practice is mentioned in Chinese medical sources, in particular in the definitive 16th-century medical encyclopedia, Bencau Gangmu by Li-Shih-chen. The remedy was not a Chinese one, however. According to Li-Shih-chen it was an ancient Arabic practice.

   Sahir - 14/08/2022 - 22:59

9. The White Lady of Kinsale: A Haunting Irish Tale of True Love Ending in Sorrow

   The White Lady of Kinsale is a famous Irish ghost story. The tragic tale takes place in Charles Fort, where people have seen the phantom of a young bride wandering the site where she and her beloved met their fate.

   dhwty - 10/03/2019 - 01:56

10. Pembroke Castle Revealing A Secret Of Henry VII’s Birthplace

    ... Museum, she researched and excavated at sites in Egypt, Syria, and Israel. She works at the Military Intelligence ...

    Rebecca Batley - 22/06/2022 - 22:30

11. Humans and Neanderthals Met and Mated 50,000 Years Ago in Negev Desert

    ... , an area which includes modern-day Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and large parts of Turkey. The team ...

    Nathan Falde - 16/06/2021 - 14:54

12. Ancient monuments of the Nabataeans were built according to celestial events

    ... 2,000 sites in total in the areas that today are Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Archaeologists are still trying to ...

    aprilholloway - 07/03/2014 - 10:56

13. The Mythical Dilmun and The Island of the Dead

    In Sumerian mythology, the mythical Dilmun was known as the bright and pure land, a paradise where sickness and death did not exist. The land of Dilmun was filled with divinely ordained and abundant water sources, brought forth from the subterranean realm by Utu/Shamash—the sun god—at the behest of Enki. These waters transformed a formerly dry land into a literal garden of the gods, where the mother goddess Ninhursag tended sacred plants.

    Jason Jarrell - 11/10/2016 - 21:57

14. Theodora: From humble beginnings to powerful empress who changed history

    It is often said that ‘behind every great man is an even greater woman’. Justinian I was one of the most powerful emperors of the Byzantine Empire. During his reign, he sought to revive the empire’s past glory, and was rather successful, as much of the lands once under Western Roman rule, including Italy and North Africa, came under Byzantine control.

    dhwty - 26/11/2014 - 11:44

15. Khopesh—The Egyptian Sword that Forged an Empire

    ... developed in Mesopotamia, the khopesh was introduced to Syria and the Canaanite city-states. It arrived in Egypt from ...

    Caleb Strom - 26/12/2018 - 13:59

16. Was The First International Age For A Privileged Few?

    The Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean, which included such civilizations as Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, has been viewed as the “first international age,” and it has been assumed there were extensive networks of travel, trade and relations flowing between these ancient civilizations. But just how true was this for the average person?

    Sahir - 01/07/2021 - 22:55

17. Mosaic Depicts 1,500-Year-Old Roman Party Scene

    Archaeologists have found the remains of 1500-year-old architectural structures, baths, and a mosaic during the seventh stage of excavations in the ancient city of Germanicia in Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaraş.

    Sahir - 19/02/2022 - 22:00

18. Global Guides Animate the Past in Penn Museum’s New Galleries

    ... who will join the already successful guides from Iraq and Syria , and while Penn Museum is currently dubbed ...

    ashley cowie - 13/11/2019 - 22:57

19. Major find as eight sunken ships discovered in the Aegean

    A team of underwater archaeologists from Dokuz Eylül University’s Institute of Marine Science and Technology (IMST) have discovered eight new shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea, near Antalya in Turkey, according to a report in Hurriyet Daily News.  The ships are believed to belong to the Ottoman era

    aprilholloway - 28/07/2014 - 02:46

20. The Blue Lotus: A Narcotic Lily That Mesmerized Ancient Egypt

    A water lily from the genus Nymphaea, this plant became known as the ‘Blue Lotus’, or the ‘Egyptian Lotus’. This aquatic plant is not just a thing of beauty, it has a secret too, and the ancient Egyptians were very aware of it. A symbol of life and immortality, the blue lotus was believed to provide a spiritual connection into the afterlife and offer communication with the divine, as was mentioned even in the famous ‘Egyptian Book of the Dead’.

    Sahir - 15/02/2023 - 13:57

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