Partial Decipherment of Arslan Kaya Monument Gives Its Goddess a Name
In the west of Turkey, in the highlands of ancient Phrygia stands a enigmatic tower...
Bronze Age
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 Dreros Stones, and an Ancient Language Lost to the Nazis
Unpicking our ancient past is a nigh-impossible challenge. Piecing together who we are and where...
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 Greek Ruins in Croatia Date back to the Trojan War
Archaeologists in the village of Stobreč in Croatia have unearthed an ancient Greek settlement. What...
3,000 Year Old Sword of a Pharoah Discovered in Egypt
An excavation team led by Dr. Ahmed Saeed El-Kharadly have uncovered an ancient sword in...
A Cut Above: Agoge, the Ancient Spartan Entry Test
Of all the city states of ancient Greece it is Sparta who stands out as...
Unpicking the Old Testament: The Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Bible is a massively misunderstood text. Many will insist on the literal truth behind...
The Kóryos, and the Bronze Age Need for Murderers
The Bronze Age was a time of immense upheaval for Indo Europeans. As these people...