Year: 2025
Pope Leo XIV’s Coat of Arms: Emblems of Faith and Unity
Pope Leo XIV’s coat of arms and motto were revealed by the Vatican this May 2025, as is customary in heraldry for Popes to signal their main interests. According to Leo, all…
Pregnant Warriors: The Power of Viking Women
Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some…
Ancient Wrecks off Costa Rica Revealed to Be Danish Slave Ships, Not Pirate Vessels
Two shipwrecks maintain their presence in Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park beneath its turquoise waters as coral reefs dance with tropical fish that have graced the ocean floor for more than three…
Europe’s Oldest Bone Spear Tip Unearthed
Imagine a Neanderthal hunter, crouched in the dim light of a prehistoric dawn, meticulously shaping a bone into a deadly spear tip. This scene, vivid with the weight of survival, comes to…
Sealed Byzantine Amphora Discovered in Shipwreck off the Coast of Turkey
In a major archaeological discovery, a team of researchers from Dokuz Eylül University has uncovered a sealed Byzantine amphora estimated to be around 1,100 years old, located in a shipwreck off the…
Ancient DNA Unveils the Cosmopolitan Heart of the Phoenician-Punic Civilization
Imagine a bustling port in ancient Carthage, circa 600 BCE, where Phoenician sailors unload fragrant cedarwood from Lebanon, North African potters shape intricate ostrich-egg urns, and Sicilian merchants barter for shimmering Aegean…