In Ancient Kemet  hair was an embodiment of their identity and many of their crowns drew inspiration from ancient African hairstyles. Hairstyles carried religious and …

The Virgin Queen lionised her “dearest father” in public, despite a childhood in which she was made illegitimate and neglected by Henry VIII. Yet, writes Tracy Borman, examine what Elizabeth did – as opposed to what she said – and it’s evident that her sympathies lay with her mother, Anne Boleyn…

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Anubis is one of the most well-known gods in the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. He is typically depicted as a man with the head of a jackal, or as a full jackal. He was often seen accompanying the dece…

The re-assembly of the Abu Simbel temple is a masterpiece of the twentieth century: pictures

А𝚛cһɑеᴏlᴏցіѕtѕ һɑνе սոcᴏνе𝚛еԁ mуѕtе𝚛іᴏսѕ 𝚛еmɑіոѕ ɑt tһе Fɑlу𝚛ᴏո Dеltɑ ոеc𝚛ᴏрᴏlіѕ іո Аtһеոѕ. Аt lеɑѕt 80 ѕkеlеtᴏոѕ ᴡе𝚛е 𝚏ᴏսոԁ 𝚋ս𝚛іеԁ іո ɑ mɑѕѕ ց𝚛ɑνе іո ɑո ɑոсіеոt Ԍ𝚛ееk cеmеtе𝚛у, ᴡіtһ tһеі𝚛 ᴡ𝚛іѕtѕ сlɑmреԁ 𝚋у і𝚛ᴏո ѕһɑсklеѕ. Ехре𝚛tѕ 𝚋еlіеνе tһеу ᴡе𝚛е νісtіmѕ ᴏ𝚏 ɑ mɑѕѕ ехеcսtіᴏո, 𝚋սt tһе іԁеոtіtіеѕ ᴏ𝚏 tһеѕе іոԁіνіԁսɑlѕ, һᴏᴡ tһеу сɑmе tᴏ 𝚋е tһе𝚛е, ɑոԁ ᴡһу tһеу ᴡе𝚛е 𝚋ս𝚛іеԁ ᴡіtһ ɑ mеɑѕս𝚛е ᴏ𝚏 𝚛еѕреct, 𝚛еmɑіո ɑ mуѕtе𝚛у.

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M𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛п sci𝚎пc𝚎 t𝚘 𝚞пl𝚘ck th𝚎 s𝚎c𝚛𝚎ts 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘𝚞𝚙l𝚎s h𝚘l𝚍iп𝚐 𝚎𝚊ch 𝚘th𝚎𝚛 iп l𝚘viп𝚐 𝚎м𝚋𝚛𝚊c𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 3,500 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s . th𝚎s𝚎 c𝚘м𝚙𝚎lliп𝚐 iм𝚊𝚐𝚎s sh𝚘w 𝚊пci𝚎пt…

The Dresden Codex, one of the oldest books ever written in the Americas, contains the secrets of the Mayan calendar and their unique counting system.

Under Detroit Lake, which had record low water levels in October 2015 – the abandoned town of Old Detroit has reemerged. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy

Visit Villa Romana del Casale and you’ll see a Roman ruin full of incredible mosaics that’s also one of the best ancient sites in Sicily.

The “Illyrian” or “Greco-Illyrian” type helmet is a style of bronze helmet, which in its later variations covered the entire head and neck, and was open-faced in all of its forms. Helmets of this type have been discovered in many sites in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia (near the coast), F.Y.R.O.M., and S

In a thrilling discovery that has captured the imagination of archaeologists and history enthusiasts alike, a magnificent marble statue of the revered goddess

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Roman theaters were not just venues for entertainment; they played a pivotal role in the cultural and social dynamics of ancient society.

The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town were its beach parties, the wine and the women. In Baiae, “unmarried women are common property, old men behave like young boys, and lots of young boys act like young girls,” wrote the ancient Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro. Others described it as a “den of licentiousness and vice” and a “vortex of luxury”. Baiae’s hedonism was as notorious as that of Las Vegas today.

Newport Arch in Lincoln is the only Roman arch in Britain still in use for daily transportation.

You can now step back in time to the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 1543–1292) and see King Tutankhamun and the pharaoh’s sacred possessions. Scroll down to see a taste of Cranbrook’s new exhibit which is now open through September 3, 2017.

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