The Battle Of The River Thatis
The Kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporus was founded in 438 BC when Spartocus, a Hellenized Thracian, had established himself as a tyrant in the Greek colony of Panticapaeum (modern Kerch in Crimea).
View ArticleEdinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins
London Times, July 20, 1836: That, early in July, 1836, some boys were searching for rabbits’ burrows in the rocky formation, near Edinburgh, known as Arthur’s Seat. In the side of a cliff, they came...
View ArticleTemple of the Autonomus Machine
A news item over at Archaeology reports that a little wireless robot called Tlaloc II-TCwill soon "investigate the far reaches of a tunnel found beneath the Temple of the Plumed Serpent at...
View ArticleDNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization
DNA analysis is unearthing the origins of the Minoans, who some 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization in present-day Crete. The findings suggest they arose from an...
View ArticleThe Spartan ‘Agoge’
The Spartan or Laconian ‘agoge’ (socio-military education and training) had been formed at the end of the Archaic period (7th cent - 479 BC). The Spartan/Lacedaemonian tradition claims that this system...
View ArticleHow Chinese workers transported stones to build Forbidden City
Workers likely slid massive stones, such as this 300-ton marble carving in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, along artificial ice paths.
View ArticleHow Matera Went From Ancient Civilization to Slum to a Hidden Gem
Once the “shame of Italy,” the ancient warren of natural caves in Matera may be Europe’s most dramatic story of rebirth February 2014 By Tony Perrottet Smithsonian Magazine
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