Cannibalistic Coping Mechanism? The Bronze Age “Othering” of Fallen Foes
A gruesome discovery in the United Kingdom has thrown a shadow over Bronze Age England....
Ancient Civilizations
Llhuros: The Lost Civilization that Can Never Be Found
We know a great deal about the lost civilization of Llhuros. You may not have...
The Ahhiyawa and Wilusa: Did the Hittites Know of the Trojan War?
Homer’s Iliad is one of the oldest stories which has survived. Coming out of the...
The Mycenaean Collapse: A Massacre in the Palaces?
Bronze Age Greece is seen as a golden age. This is Homer’s Greece, the Greece...
The Oxus Civilization, the Kingdom that Vanished
The high Bronze Age saw the first emergence of complex cultures. Successive innovations in agriculture...
Ancient Aliens: Loads of Time, Zero Evidence
The idea of being visited by aliens is an appealing one, and it is not...
Chernobog and Belobog, the Slavic Gods who Don’t Exist?
There are many forgotten gods in the world. Though the great pantheons of history endure...
A Cut Above: Agoge, the Ancient Spartan Entry Test
Of all the city states of ancient Greece it is Sparta who stands out as...
Tell Qaramel and the Neolithic Cult of Severed Heads
Some would argue that human history begins in detail with the Iron Age. Although records...
The Radioactive Guardian of the Egyptian Afterlife
The pyramids were old for most of Egyptian history. Of the three great kingdoms that...
Unpicking the Old Testament: The Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Bible is a massively misunderstood text. Many will insist on the literal truth behind...
Ragnarok: What Can We Learn from the Doom of the Gods?
In the 13th century in Iceland a poet and a scholar named Snorri Sturluson wrote...