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7 July, 2015 - 14:33 aprilholloway

Wat Tilok Aram: The 500-Year-Old Underwater Temple of Thailand

Submerged beneath an artificial lake in Northern Thailand is a 500-year-old temple known as Wat Tilok Aram. A stone inscription records that King Tilokkarad commanded Chao San Hua, the King of Muang...

The spectacular architecture of Angkor Wat, Cambodia

7 July, 2015 - 03:58 SACHIN KUMAR TIWARY

Tracing Indo-Cambodian relations through Magnificent Stupa Architecture - Part 2

Over the centuries, there was a great influence of art, culture, literature, and architecture from India to Cambodia. But after a certain time, when Cambodia and India become the cultural, religious...

7 July, 2015 - 01:06 SACHIN KUMAR TIWARY

Tracing Indo-Cambodian relations through Magnificent Stupa Architecture

Southeast Asia was under Indian influence from around the 3 rd century BC until the 15th century AD, when Hindu - Buddhist influence was absorbed by local politics. India had established trade,...

The Cave of the Horseman at Beit She'arim

6 July, 2015 - 22:02 Mark Miller

Ancient Jewish necropolis in Israel given worldwide recognition

A UNESCO committee has named an ancient Jewish necropolis outside Haifa, Israel, a World Heritage site, which will afford it special protection. The Necropolis of Beit She'arim is in an ancient town...

Chronicles from the Future - Paul Dienach

6 July, 2015 - 21:14 Achilleas Syrigos

Chronicles from the future: Sleepless

Note: Use the arrows at the bottom to navigate between the pages of the book. August 23rd Yesterday and today were two very quiet days. I spent the day writing or talking with Stefan in the mornings...

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Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III, as imaginatively recreated by the French painter Adrien Guignet

6 July, 2015 - 03:37 dhwty

The Battle of Pelusium: Psychological warfare leads Persians to victory

The Battle of Pelusium is an historically important battle that took place in the 6th century BC, in which the Egyptians were decisively defeated by the Persians, and the Persians became the new...

6 July, 2015 - 01:08 Mark Miller

Ruins of luxurious imperial Roman villa to share its majesty once again

The ruins of an imperial Roman luxury villa that had heated floors, lavishly decorated rooms and a dramatic marble staircase leading down to a beach, is ready to share its majesty with the world once...

The front of the shipwreck believed to be from a failed 1281 Mongolian invasion on the sea floor off a Japanese island

5 July, 2015 - 22:20 Mark Miller

Second shipwreck from Mongolian invasion of Japan found on seabed

A second ship and many artifacts from the Mongolian fleet that tried to conquer Japan in 1281 have been found on the sea floor, researchers said. Mongolian invasions in 1274 and 1281 AD ended in...

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...

4 July, 2015 - 17:49 ancient-origins

Ancient mummy unearthed from lost medieval civilization near Arctic, claim scientists

By Anna Liesowska / The Siberian Times New find at Zeleny Yar necropolis, which shows links to Persia, are to be examined within weeks. The expected but as yet unopened human remains are wrapped in...

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia

4 July, 2015 - 03:53 pkoutoupis

The Enigmatic and Elusive Virgil

Born on October 15th, 70 BC, Publius Virgilius Maro or Virgil, would be regarded as one of Rome’s greatest poets. His works, preserved in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, have helped define and...

Tulum, the coastal paradise city of the Maya

3 July, 2015 - 22:41 Bryan Hill

Tulum: Maya City of the Dawning Sun, a Caribbean Paradise

Eighty miles south of Cancun in Mexico, stands the ruins of an ancient Mayan city called Tulum. Built atop a 12-meter (40-foot) cliff rising abruptly from the Caribbean waters, this place is...

3 July, 2015 - 14:34 Bryan Hill

The Palace of Diocletian: Roman Retirement Home and Palace Fortress of Croatia

Considered to be one of the most imposing Roman ruins, Diocletian’s Palace is the main attraction of the city of Split, Croatia. Spanning more than 30,000 square meters, this extraordinary complex of...

Chronicles from the Future - Paul Dienach in Bandages

3 July, 2015 - 00:13 Achilleas Syrigos

Chronicles from the future: The Northam-Jaeger Relationship & Confessions

Note: Use the arrows at the bottom to navigate between the pages of the book. August 20 th This morning they removed my bandages. When a gentleman came to see me, not for the first time, whom I now...