Skip to main content

Home
Pages
- About Us
- FAQ
- Contact us
Portfolio

+353 (0) 876087916
[email protected]
Go to Ancient Origins

About
FREE Content
Magazine
Articles
Ebooks
Webinars
Discounts
Login
Become a Member
- Member Packages
- Register Now

Search form

Search this site

Search for

Blogs

Home
Blogs

Men of the Asmat tribe are floating in a canoe on the river. Amanamkay. Village, Asmat province, Indonesia (gudkovandrey/ Adobe Stock) — 12 Oct 2022

Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River Rituals

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

0

Winding its way like a serpentine from its origin source in the Victor Emanuel Mountain Range in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Sepik River receives many tributaries along its way until it finally flows directly into the Bismark...
Read More

Men of the Asmat tribe are floating in a canoe on the river. Amanamkay. Village, Asmat province, Indonesia (gudkovandrey/ Adobe Stock) — 12 Oct 2022

Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River Rituals

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

0

Winding its way like a serpentine from its origin source in the Victor Emanuel Mountain Range in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Sepik River receives many tributaries along its way until it finally flows directly into the Bismark...
Read More

Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle. (Steve Jurvetson / CC BY-SA 2.0) — 10 Oct 2022

Oceania’s Papua New Guinea: Forged In Volcanic Fire

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

0

The Australasian realm in the Pacific Ocean includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups - including Papua New Guinea – all scattered along the Ring of Fire, bracketing the rim of the Pacific Ocean. For...
Read More

Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle. (Steve Jurvetson / CC BY-SA 2.0) — 10 Oct 2022

Oceania’s Papua New Guinea: Forged In Volcanic Fire

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

0

The Australasian realm in the Pacific Ocean includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups - including Papua New Guinea – all scattered along the Ring of Fire, bracketing the rim of the Pacific Ocean. For...
Read More

The sun sets on the ruins of Persepolis burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC (Pav-Pro Photography / Adobe Stock) — 07 Oct 2022

The Aftermath Of The Achaemenid Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Between 550 and 520 BC Cyrus the Great had unified the Medes and the Persians and founded an empire that stretched from the Indus River to North Africa and from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf. Professor Richard Frye, of Iranian Studies, Harvard...
Read More

The sun sets on the ruins of Persepolis burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC (Pav-Pro Photography / Adobe Stock) — 07 Oct 2022

The Aftermath Of The Achaemenid Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Between 550 and 520 BC Cyrus the Great had unified the Medes and the Persians and founded an empire that stretched from the Indus River to North Africa and from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf. Professor Richard Frye, of Iranian Studies, Harvard...
Read More

Reliefs based on the Pinelli engraving (1928). It depicts a scene from the everyday life and the campaign of Alexander the Great. Reliefs by the sculptor Pr. Tzanoulinos (bronze). Hellenic War Museum (Athens, Greece). (CC by 2.0 / Tilemahos Efthimiadis) — 05 Oct 2022

Archaeological Track of Alexander The Great’s Footprint in Persia

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Archaeology in modern Iran tracks Alexander the Great’s footprint in ancient Persia as his army crossed the Euphrates, crisscrossed the plateaus, marched along the Royal Road, across the Zagros Mountains, fought three battles at Granicus (334...
Read More

Reliefs based on the Pinelli engraving (1928). It depicts a scene from the everyday life and the campaign of Alexander the Great. Reliefs by the sculptor Pr. Tzanoulinos (bronze). Hellenic War Museum (Athens, Greece). (CC by 2.0 / Tilemahos Efthimiadis) — 05 Oct 2022

Archaeological Track of Alexander The Great’s Footprint in Persia

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Archaeology in modern Iran tracks Alexander the Great’s footprint in ancient Persia as his army crossed the Euphrates, crisscrossed the plateaus, marched along the Royal Road, across the Zagros Mountains, fought three battles at Granicus (334...
Read More

Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Here Alexander fights the Persians at the Battle of Issus. (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 03 Oct 2022

Alexander Of Macedon And His Nemesis Persian Darius III

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Ironically, Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, written around 370 BC, a narrative describing the education of the ideal ruler centred on Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, was a great inspiration to Alexander of Macedon who 40 years later,...
Read More

Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Here Alexander fights the Persians at the Battle of Issus. (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 03 Oct 2022

Alexander Of Macedon And His Nemesis Persian Darius III

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

Ironically, Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, written around 370 BC, a narrative describing the education of the ideal ruler centred on Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, was a great inspiration to Alexander of Macedon who 40 years later,...
Read More

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes — 30 Sep 2022

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

Mythology & Mystery

0

For nearly 2,000 years, right up until Captain James Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific in 1775, geographers debated the existence of Terra Australis, a mythical landmass to the south-east said to be the fifth and final continent of the world....
Read More

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes — 30 Sep 2022

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

Mythology & Mystery

0

For nearly 2,000 years, right up until Captain James Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific in 1775, geographers debated the existence of Terra Australis, a mythical landmass to the south-east said to be the fifth and final continent of the world....
Read More

Diana Huntress and her Nymphs (1637) by Peter Paul Rubens (Public Domain) — 28 Sep 2022

Goddesses Of The Hunt, The Moon, Child Birth And The Underworld

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

"Man the Hunter," an early 20th-century human origins story, saw hunting as the primary driver of human evolution, emphasizing mankind’s forefathers' bipedalism, large brains, sharp tools, and insatiable desire for violence. According to this...
Read More

Diana Huntress and her Nymphs (1637) by Peter Paul Rubens (Public Domain) — 28 Sep 2022

Goddesses Of The Hunt, The Moon, Child Birth And The Underworld

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

"Man the Hunter," an early 20th-century human origins story, saw hunting as the primary driver of human evolution, emphasizing mankind’s forefathers' bipedalism, large brains, sharp tools, and insatiable desire for violence. According to this...
Read More

Gōbekli Tepe (Haluk / Adobe Stock) — 26 Sep 2022

Gōbekli Tepe: The Symbolism Of The Serpent And The Fox

By dbcarroll526

Archaeology & Science

0

Archaeological excavation and research at Gōbekli Tepe; that incredible ancient megalithic sacred site from an era of at least 12,000 years ago located in modern day Turkey; called by many the world’s first temple and the cradle of the gods; is...
Read More

Gōbekli Tepe (Haluk / Adobe Stock) — 26 Sep 2022

Gōbekli Tepe: The Symbolism Of The Serpent And The Fox

By dbcarroll526

Archaeology & Science

0

Archaeological excavation and research at Gōbekli Tepe; that incredible ancient megalithic sacred site from an era of at least 12,000 years ago located in modern day Turkey; called by many the world’s first temple and the cradle of the gods; is...
Read More

Attirampakkam stone tools (Ophelia S/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 23 Sep 2022

Blades of Destiny: The Ancient Tools And Weapons That Crafted History

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

0

It is widely accepted that Homo sapiens were the first species to develop effective tools, but humans were not the first primate to make or use stone tools. That achievement belongs to an unidentified species that hunted and fished along the shores...
Read More

Attirampakkam stone tools (Ophelia S/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 23 Sep 2022

Blades of Destiny: The Ancient Tools And Weapons That Crafted History

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

0

It is widely accepted that Homo sapiens were the first species to develop effective tools, but humans were not the first primate to make or use stone tools. That achievement belongs to an unidentified species that hunted and fished along the shores...
Read More

Phallic megalith covered with glyphs and author in the Pohnpaid meadow (Image © 1992 Carole Nervig) — 21 Sep 2022

Glyphs Upon A Stone Altar: The Petroglyphs Of Mu

By Carole Nervig

Archaeology & Science

0

Awareness of Nan Madol as a world class archaeological site has grown exponentially over the last decade, especially since achieving World Heritage Site status in 1996. Constructed upon an offshore reef of Pohnpei Island, Federated States of...
Read More

Phallic megalith covered with glyphs and author in the Pohnpaid meadow (Image © 1992 Carole Nervig) — 21 Sep 2022

Glyphs Upon A Stone Altar: The Petroglyphs Of Mu

By Carole Nervig

Archaeology & Science

0

Awareness of Nan Madol as a world class archaeological site has grown exponentially over the last decade, especially since achieving World Heritage Site status in 1996. Constructed upon an offshore reef of Pohnpei Island, Federated States of...
Read More

Pages

« first
‹ previous
…
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
…
next ›
last »

Ancient Origins Quotations

About Us in Short

The Ancient Origins Member Page brings you exclusive, quality content from well-known authors and experts not available anywhere else on the internet, free downloadable ebooks, live webinars, Talk to an Expert chat room, expedition updates, member discounts, and no distracting ads. Your involvement in the Members’ Site ensures continued production of exciting, fascinating, and intelligent content on our shared ancient origins.

Contact Us

+353 (08) 76087916
[email protected]

1 Riverwood, Timolin, Kildare R14CK30, Ireland

Payment Methods
Secure Payments with Ancient Origins Members
© 2015-2023 Stella Novus. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Services - Privacy Policy