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Rainbow over Sophievsky Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine (panaramka / Adobe Stock) — 03 Aug 2022

Triumph, Rebellion And The Ancient History Of Ukraine

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Ukraine has always been a complicated place, with one foot in the West and the other in the East, resulting in a unique tension as a constantly contested borderland, a battleground, pitting the tribes of Europe against the expansionist dynasties of...
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Rainbow over Sophievsky Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine (panaramka / Adobe Stock) — 03 Aug 2022

Triumph, Rebellion And The Ancient History Of Ukraine

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Ukraine has always been a complicated place, with one foot in the West and the other in the East, resulting in a unique tension as a constantly contested borderland, a battleground, pitting the tribes of Europe against the expansionist dynasties of...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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Night view of Topkapi Palace from across the Bosphorus (Lefteris Papaulakis / Adobe Stock) — 29 Jul 2022

Topkapi Palace, Showcasing Ottoman Splendor And Opulence

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

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Centuries before Versailles, Buckingham Palace and the Kremlin Palace, on the shore where the Western world meets the East, cupped by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus Strait and the Golden Horn, there rose a palace of such splendor, called...
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Night view of Topkapi Palace from across the Bosphorus (Lefteris Papaulakis / Adobe Stock) — 29 Jul 2022

Topkapi Palace, Showcasing Ottoman Splendor And Opulence

By micki pistorius

History & Tradition

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Centuries before Versailles, Buckingham Palace and the Kremlin Palace, on the shore where the Western world meets the East, cupped by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus Strait and the Golden Horn, there rose a palace of such splendor, called...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lindanise with Roskilde-bishop Peder Jacobsen pointing at Dannebrog while informing king Valdemar II of Denmark, by Christian August Lorentzen (1219) Statens Museum for Kunst (CC0) — 25 Jul 2022

Medieval Colonialism: The Danish Duchy Of Estonia

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Within the pantheon of great empires, the Kingdom of Denmark has received very little attention, yet this small European civilization was one the most enterprising of its day following its unification after the Viking period. As the Danes reached...
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Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lindanise with Roskilde-bishop Peder Jacobsen pointing at Dannebrog while informing king Valdemar II of Denmark, by Christian August Lorentzen (1219) Statens Museum for Kunst (CC0) — 25 Jul 2022

Medieval Colonialism: The Danish Duchy Of Estonia

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Within the pantheon of great empires, the Kingdom of Denmark has received very little attention, yet this small European civilization was one the most enterprising of its day following its unification after the Viking period. As the Danes reached...
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Sacrifice of a lamb on a Pitsa Panel, Corinth, 540–530 BC (Public Domain) — 22 Jul 2022

The Furry Ones Slain And Sacrificed To Bloodthirsty Deities

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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It is beyond many people to even consider the killing of an animal, the sacrifice of the innocent in the name of a deity, but this was not the case in ancient times, and even in some parts of the modern world, where the killing of what are today...
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Sacrifice of a lamb on a Pitsa Panel, Corinth, 540–530 BC (Public Domain) — 22 Jul 2022

The Furry Ones Slain And Sacrificed To Bloodthirsty Deities

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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It is beyond many people to even consider the killing of an animal, the sacrifice of the innocent in the name of a deity, but this was not the case in ancient times, and even in some parts of the modern world, where the killing of what are today...
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Sudeley Castle as visible from the Cotswold Way (Ethan Doyle White / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 20 Jul 2022

Sudeley Castle’s ‘Footprints’ Of The Tudors

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Awarded the accolade as “one of England’s most picturesque castles”, the manor of Sudeley Castle lies just to the east of the picturesque River Isbourne, a few miles from Cheltenham, on the edge of the Cotswold Plateau. Besides being renowned...
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Sudeley Castle as visible from the Cotswold Way (Ethan Doyle White / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 20 Jul 2022

Sudeley Castle’s ‘Footprints’ Of The Tudors

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Awarded the accolade as “one of England’s most picturesque castles”, the manor of Sudeley Castle lies just to the east of the picturesque River Isbourne, a few miles from Cheltenham, on the edge of the Cotswold Plateau. Besides being renowned...
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Horseman and griffin, Phrygia, 600–550 BC. (Sailko / CC BY-SA 3.0) — 18 Jul 2022

Anatolia’s Mighty Phrygia, The Kingdom Of Myth And Midas

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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In the western-central arid heartland of ancient Anatolia, the river Sangarios snaked through the ancient Iron Age Kingdom of Phrygia, once a rival to Assyria in the south-east and Urartu in the north-east for domination of the region. The name...
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Horseman and griffin, Phrygia, 600–550 BC. (Sailko / CC BY-SA 3.0) — 18 Jul 2022

Anatolia’s Mighty Phrygia, The Kingdom Of Myth And Midas

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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In the western-central arid heartland of ancient Anatolia, the river Sangarios snaked through the ancient Iron Age Kingdom of Phrygia, once a rival to Assyria in the south-east and Urartu in the north-east for domination of the region. The name...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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Anatolia’s Gōbekli Tepe And New Mexico’s Pueblo Bonito – Similar Necropolis Sites? — 13 Jul 2022

Anatolia’s Gōbekli Tepe And New Mexico’s Pueblo Bonito – Similar Necropolis Sites?

By ralph ellis

Archaeology & Science

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How would one describe Gōbekli Tepe, and all the other Tepe sites in the Şanlıurfa Province, south-eastern Anatolia? One might opine that these ancient sites contain a cluster of circular enclosures, with many rectangular buildings behind them....
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Anatolia’s Gōbekli Tepe And New Mexico’s Pueblo Bonito – Similar Necropolis Sites? — 13 Jul 2022

Anatolia’s Gōbekli Tepe And New Mexico’s Pueblo Bonito – Similar Necropolis Sites?

By ralph ellis

Archaeology & Science

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How would one describe Gōbekli Tepe, and all the other Tepe sites in the Şanlıurfa Province, south-eastern Anatolia? One might opine that these ancient sites contain a cluster of circular enclosures, with many rectangular buildings behind them....
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