Maya Kings Inscribed Their Names on Massive Structures
Maya stelae are monuments created by the ancient Mesoamerican culture of the Maya. They are made up of tall, sculpted stone shafts and are sometimes…
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Gruesome Blood Eagle Torture Ritual in “Vikings” TV Show Might Not Have Been a Myth
According to tradition, Vikings performed a magnificent and cruel torture rite that entailed spreading a person’s ribs from their spine to represent eagle’s wings and…
Techniques Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I Used To Keep Their Letters Secret Revealed
It has discovered how Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I kept their correspondence secret. Understanding the mechanisms employed for confidentiality in some circumstances, such…
Scientists have Learned “What it Means to be Human” After Ten Years of Studying Ancient Genomes
Just over a decade ago, a clump of 4,000-year-old hair wrapped around a whalebone comb led to the first-ever reconstruction of an ancient human genome.…
More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth Was Born
In today’s mainstream culture, the vampire may take numerous forms, from Alucard, Dracula’s dashing progeny in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,” to…
Oldest Depiction of a Ghost Discovered – With Exorcism Instructions Included
A ghost has been discovered on a 3.500-year-old tablet at the British Museum, along with instructions on how to keep the ghosts of the dead…
Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword from the Crusades off Coast of Israel
A 900-year-old sword, along with a range of other objects from the same period, was discovered by a scuba diver off the shore of Carmel,…
120,000-Year-Old Tools for Leather and Fur among Oldest Evidence of Humans making Clothes
A series of 120,000-year-old bone tools discovered in North Africa maybe some of the world’s oldest concrete evidence of cloth-making, marking a turning point in…
I asked Historians what Find made them go ‘wait, Wut?’ Here’s a Taste of the Hundreds of Replies
When historians go to an archive or do research, we never know what we’ll find. We can get a general idea of what’s in a…
A visit to a historical place/building (Fakr Ad-Din Mosque, Somalia)
The Fakr Ad-Din Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي), also known as Masjid Fakhr Ad-Din, was erected in the thirteenth century by the first Sultan…
A visit to a historical place/building (Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes, Morocco)
In 1605, Sa’dian ruler Abu Faris al-Wathiq (reg. 1603-1609) commissioned the Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes or Zaouia of Sidi Bel-Abbès (Arabic: زاوية سيدي بلعباس)…
A visit to a historical place/building (Tinmal Mosque, Morocco)
In 1153/547 AH, Almohad prince ‘Abd al-Mu’min (reg. 1130-1163) built the Tinmal Mosque or Great Mosque of Tinmal (also written Tinmel or Tin Mal). Tinmal,…
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