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"
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"
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"
‘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?"
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?"
The Merovingians: ‘Do-Nothing Kings’?
The Merovingians: ‘Do-Nothing Kings’? JamesHoare Fri, 04/25/2025 – 09:26 Source link Read More "The Merovingians: ‘Do-Nothing Kings’?"
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent research indicates that ancient Homo sapiens may have gained significant advantages from the use of sunscreen, tailored clothing, and cave habitation during the period of magnetic North Pole shifts over… Read More "How Did Homo Sapiens Survive The Magnetic North Pole Shift 41,000 Years Ago? Sunscreen, Clothes, And Caves Helped Them"
A circle of corroded bronze, measuring 12 inches (30cm) across, adorned with golden shapes, was unwittingly discovered in 1999 in Nebra, Germany, now famously coined the Nebra Sky Disc. More than 3,600-years-old, it is widely… Read More "Legendary Nebra Sky Disc Creation Method Has Been Discovered"
In the early 1910s a young woman set out every day to walk the river banks near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Ida Hayward was recording something extraordinary: the arrival in the UK of hundreds… Read More "Wool Aliens of the British Empire"