DNA evidence proves that Greeks are indeed descendants of the Mycenaeans, who ruled mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC. The […]
William Dalrymple is the closest thing we have to a pop-historian of India. Primarily because he is an established storyteller, a prerequisite for most historians but […]
Could the mythological figure of Dionysus, in ancient Greece, represent the non-dual ground of reality, instead of the god of chaos portraid by Nietzsche? in Ancient […]
After construction workers unearthed 26,000 year old footprints, archaeologists discovered that the site was a unique settlement from the Ice Age. When a one-billion-euro housing development […]
New research theorizes that hunters used pikes planted in the ground—with their sharp tips pointing upward—to impale approaching wildlife using the creature’s own weight and momentum […]
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient astronomical observatory during excavations at the Tell El Fara’in archaeological site in Egypt’s Kafr El Sheikh governorate. Tell […]
New research has shed light on how prehistoric humans survived the cold after migrating from Africa to various parts of Europe and Asia starting at least […]