From afar it almost looks like a Hobbit house, but this ancient rock located nearby Chester, England, is the designated spot of the ancient Romans of Britain as the sanctuary of the…
HISTORY
200 AD, not too far from today Lublin, in Poland, there was a camp, or perhaps a village, where many Germanic populations, most likely Vandals, decided to stop by, perhaps for a…
Today’s consideration of prostitution has a negative connotation, often seen as a shameful profession and something to completely avoid, deplorable practice both for the prostitute and the client. In the past though,…
The daughters of Sparta were used to tan for long hours under the clear sky of Greece. They would train legs and arms, fight against each other and were used to exercise…
The Ministry of Egyptian Antiquities announced on Sunday the 20th of September the discovery of 14 sarcophagi perfectly preserved in the Saqqara Necropolis, dating 2,500 years ago stating that this was “only…
In the early 12th century, the war for the Holy Land was burning more than ever. The first crusade had led to the formation of the Christian States in the Middle East,…
According to the collective imaginary, the role of the woman in the Celtic society was not always highlighted; on the contrary, when we think about the Celts, what takes shape in our…
For the ancient Egyptians death was not the end of the journey but a break along the way for an intricate, demanding, sometimes dangerous trip to the afterlife. One of the important…
It seems that a subtle line has linked devastating epidemics and folk uprisings throughout the centuries. In Syracuse, Italy, in 1837, cholera lighted up the fuse of a revolt for the alleged…
The birth of Poppea (in Latin Poppaea Sabina), has been set between 30 and 32 AD, daughter of Titus Ollius (praetor during the ruling of Tiberius) and Poppaea Sabina the Elder. Of…