In June 1925 a sarcophagus was discovered in Dorset’s Sherborne Abbey and widely reported to be that of ‘Ethelbert’, a ninth-century king of Wessex. Decades of speculation followed, before, in 1952, the Royal Commission on… Read More "A Royal Skeleton in the Chapel"
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study provides the earliest evidence to date for the use of the medicinal and psychoactive plant Peganum harmala —also known as rue or harmal—as an incense in ancient times. … Read More "‘Harmal’ Plant Was Used For Smoking And Inhaling In Arabia As Early As 2,700 Years Ago"
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When the mad Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated in 41 AD, his uncle Claudius ran to one of the palace’s apartments and hid behind a curtain. Claudius was soon discovered by the praetorian guards and… Read More "Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome"
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‘Hitler’s Deserters’ by Douglas Carl Peifer review
In 1989, as the Berlin Wall was about to fall, Turkish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy was completing his ‘Memorial for the Unknown Deserter’. Originally designed for Freedom Square in the West German capital Bonn it was… Read More "‘Hitler’s Deserters’ by Douglas Carl Peifer review"
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Yakuza is a mafia-like Japanese criminal organization that appeared during the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603 – 1868). It was formed by two separate groups of outcasts, the tekiya and the… Read More "When And Why Was Yakuza, The Japanese Mafia Founded?"
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Once again Ancient Origins has been blocked by Facebook for posting content deemed not fit for general consumption. This is becoming an almost monthly occurrence, with the site being put on hold for the best… Read More "Facebook Censorship: Penalizing the Innocent and Still Missing the Harmful?"