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The Relationship Between the First Bronze Alloy Used by Humans and the Deformity of Some Gods Like Hephaestus and Vulcan
Toward the end of the 4th millennium B.C., a revolutionary technology emerged in the Near East: metallurgy, which gave its ...
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A whole Roman village of houses with mosaic floors, fountains with marble ponds, and luxury ceramics discovered in southeastern Sicily
For over 20 years, archaeologists from the University of Göttingen have been researching how people lived and traded in ...
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The oldest reigning dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, descended from a shaman queen
If we were to ask what is the world’s oldest active monarchy, most readers would probably say the British without giving it ...
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Unknown Submerged Monumental Structures along with Shipwrecks and a Roman Altar, Found in the Grado Lagoon in Italy
Seven archaeological sites in the waters of the Grado lagoon (in the Italian province of Gorizia, bordering Slovenia), including shipwreck remains, a Roman-era funerary altar, and submerged monumental ...
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The World Red Swastika Society, the ancient Chinese organization created in imitation of the Red Cross
No one should be alarmed by the title of this article because it has nothing to do with Nazism. We are going to talk about the Shìjiè Hóngwànzìhuì, an expression that is usually translated as the ...
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The Origin of the Inca Girl Sacrificed on the Quehuar Volcano, and that She Fed on Seaweed, Revealed by Analysis
Mummy of another Inca girl sacrificed in a volcano, Llullaillaco in Argentina. Credit: grooverpedro / Wikimedia Commons / Flickr The discovery of an Inca mummy on the Quehuar Volcano, located in the ...
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Shabaka Stone, the most notable preserved document of Egyptian thought, recounting the myth of creation
The Shabaka Stone narrates the creation of the world by Ptah, the supreme god. Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum / Wikimedia Commons The Shabaka Stone is a granite slab from the 25th Egyptian ...
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Sardanapalus, the Depraved Assyrian King Who Inspired Writers, Musicians, and Painters—Did He Really Exist?
There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus, an archetype of corruption, debauchery, ...
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A sealed Iron Age sarcophagus found by archaeologists in Italy, and inside is a perfectly preserved skeleton
The Iron Age stone sarcophagus, already opened and with the skeleton perfectly preserved inside. Credit: Andrea Babbi / Cnr Ispc / LEIZA Located on Mount Bisenzo, near Lake Bolsena in Italy, this site ...
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Search for the Skull and Extraction of the Complete Skeleton of the Heaviest Animal to Have Ever Existed on Earth Begins in Peru
The vast Ica desert in Peru, a remote and difficult-to-access region, captured the scientific world’s attention in 2023 thanks to a colossal discovery: the first remains of Perucetus colossus, an ...
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A Huge Complex of Roman Baths with Mosaics Discovered in the Ancient City of Halaesa Archonidea in Sicily
View of the bath complex and other structures discovered in ancient Halaesa in Sicily. Credit: Regione Siciliana / Università degli Studi di Palermo In the ancient city of Halaesa Archonidea (now ...
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How Björn, the son of Ragnar, attacked Seville and other places in the Iberian Peninsula in his expedition to the Mediterranean
In the popular TV series Vikings, it’s Ivar the Boneless who perhaps steals the spotlight with his peculiar personality, reminiscent of the classic – and stereotypical – image of Caligula or Nero.