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Robin Whitlock

Robin Whitlock is a British freelance journalist with numerous interests, particularly archaeology and the history of the ancient world, an interest that developed in childhood. He has numerous published magazine articles to his credit on a variety of subjects, including Government and Public Sector Journal, Heritage Railway, Britain at War, Kindred Spirit, The Ecologist, The Countryman, and History Today, and writes regularly for a number of websites. Robin is a graduate of Bath Spa University with a BA (Hons) in Psychology and English.

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The long fire pit in the center of the longhouse

10 July, 2015 - 21:21 Robin Whitlock

Viking Longhouse Discovery Rewrites the History of Icelandic Capital City

Archaeologists conducting an excavation in the center of Reykjavik, Iceland were actually looking for a farm cottage from 1799. Instead, they discovered something much older, a Viking longhouse 20...

Scan of the Dinner Invitation

9 July, 2015 - 20:01 Robin Whitlock

Rediscovered Papyri Fragments Provide Charming Insight into Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

The papyrus fragments rediscovered at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Library include a reminder for an invitation to dinner and a letter to a young man’s mother. The invitation calls guests...

A Hopewell culture burial mound from the Mound City Group in Ohio.

5 July, 2015 - 04:12 Robin Whitlock

Elaborate Native American burial of a bobcat in a funeral mound reserved for humans

About 2,000 years ago, the Hopewell people of western Illinois buried a bobcat on the outer edge of a burial mound that was usually reserved for humans. In a touching gestures, the creature was...

Giant mortars in Israel used in ancient funerary rites

26 June, 2015 - 00:01 Robin Whitlock

Giant mortars may have been used in ancient funerary rites

A number of giant mortars, dating back 11,000 years, have been found in Rakefet Cave, on Mount Carmel, Israel, and may have been used in ancient funerary rituals according to archaeologists. The...

Oldest human footprints yet discovered in North America found in British Columbia

25 June, 2015 - 14:42 Robin Whitlock

Oldest human footprints yet discovered in North America found in British Columbia

Fossilized footprints discovered on Calvert Island, off the coast of British Columbia in Canada, could be more than 13,000 years old, making them the oldest footprints every discovered in North...

Hindu devotee practicing jñāna yoga, one of the methods believed to help attain mukthi

23 June, 2015 - 14:21 Robin Whitlock

Archaeologists discover tomb of ancient man in India who had achieved mukthi

A group of Indian archaeologists have discovered the ancient remains of an individual whose tomb contained a marking indicating he may have achieved the state of ‘mukthi’, a belief observed by a...

The Plague at Ashdod by Nicolas Poussin

19 June, 2015 - 03:44 Robin Whitlock

Professor reveals evidence that Athenian epidemic of 430 BC was first recorded Ebola outbreak

In 430 BC, an outbreak of plague in the Ancient Greek city of Athens that killed its victims in seven to nine days may have been Ebola, some scientists studying the subject believe. The first...

The Yale world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer). It is the most detailed "Dragon Tail" map by Martellus. It is the only one with a coordinate grid.

15 June, 2015 - 21:40 Robin Whitlock

Hidden secrets revealed in 1491 world map that may have guided Columbus

A map of the world produced in 1491 by Henricus Martellus has been subjected to multispectral imaging, which has revealed hidden details on the map not previously visible, including numerous Latin...

Old well at Monopolata village of Kefalonia island in Greece.

12 June, 2015 - 15:15 Robin Whitlock

Hundreds of babies found in mass grave in ancient Athenian well were not victims of infanticide

A team of researchers using the latest technologies have come to startling new conclusions about the discovery of 450 dead babies and 150 dogs in an ancient Greek well. The discovery of the baby’s...

The three statues unearthed by archaeologists in Peru.

11 June, 2015 - 21:50 Robin Whitlock

3,800-Year-Old Statues from Advanced Caral Civilization found in Peru

Researchers in Peru have discovered three statues and two faces believed to be from the ancient Caral civilization located on the coast north of the capital, Lima. According to a report on the...

Battle between the Scythians and the Slavs

10 June, 2015 - 15:00 Robin Whitlock

Elite Iron Age Scythian warrior discovered with bronze arrowhead embedded in his spine

The discovery of the body of an Iron Age Scythian warrior in central Kazakhstan shows that the warrior had survived a battle despite being wounded by a bronze headed arrow. The warrior was discovered...

The 2500-year-old vase with Amazon woman depiction.

10 June, 2015 - 03:10 Robin Whitlock

Amazon Warrior Woman on Horseback Discovered on 2,500-Year-Old Vase

The 2,500 year old figure of an ancient Amazon woman has been discovered on a small vase preserved in an American museum. The figure was found painted on to a white pyxis , a cylindrical box often...

Denmark during the Bronze Age. Image by: State Danish Archives. 2013.

7 June, 2015 - 00:46 Robin Whitlock

Five Huge Bronze Age axes discovered in a field in Jutland, Denmark

Five Bronze Age axes, twice the size of those normally discovered, have been discovered in a field near Boest, near Nørre Snede in Jutland, Denmark. The axes have been dated to 1600 BC, which means...

Noblewoman buried with her husband’s heart - France

5 June, 2015 - 21:14 Robin Whitlock

Fully clothed body of 17th Century noblewoman buried with the heart of her husband unearthed in France

The well-preserved and fully clothed body of a French noblewoman, thought to be Louise de Quengo, has been discovered among 800 other graves in the city of Rennes in Brittany, North West France. The...

‘The Elevation of the Great Elector into Olympus’. Ceiling painting (detail: Mercury), City Palace, Potsdam

5 June, 2015 - 02:37 Robin Whitlock

Two thousand year old Mercury figurine found in Yorkshire

A metal detector enthusiast has discovered a 2000-year old figurine depicting the Roman god Mercury in a field near Selby, Yorkshire, UK. It is the 1,000 th officially recorded archaeological find of...

Bahrain Fort

3 June, 2015 - 14:38 Robin Whitlock

Ancient Persian Cuneiform Contract and Artifacts Discovered in Bahrain Fort

A private contract written in Akkadian script on a clay tablet has been discovered among other artifacts in a fort in Bahrain. The discovery, reported in Trade Arabia , was found among a number of...

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