Doggerland – Europe’s Lost Land
Doggerland is a submerged land mass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
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Illegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long
Looting of artefacts has always been a sign of military might or economic power. Over millennia, conquering generals would take away with them trophies to
New research unveils true origin of ancient turquoise
New research overturns more than a century of thought about the source of turquoise used by ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica, the vast region that extends
The Roman Empire Strikes Back
The accepted date for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire was approximately 476 CE, when the last true Roman Emperor Romulus was overthrown by
10 Ukrainian Castles
Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe that was once a key centre of East Slavic culture within the federation of 'Kievan Rus' -
10 ancient pyramids around the world
A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid
Research reveals origins of the altarpieces
It was previously believed that altarpieces from the late Middle Ages were made in Germany. New research shows that several of them were made in
10 Underground cave cities & settlements
Cave dwellings can be found across most of the world and served as sites for religious practice, protection or just habitation.
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe was a medieval kingdom of 150 tributaries that existed from 1220-1450 CE in modern day Zimbabwe.
The Kingdom of Aksum – Africa’s lost Empire
The Aksumite Empire was an ancient kingdom that existed in Ethiopia from 100 CE to 940 CE. Centred on the city of Axum in Ethiopia,
New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia
A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer groups in Kazakhstan who left little direct trace in the ancestry
Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction
The Flaminian Obelisk was carved at the height of Egypt’s New Kingdom, during the reign of Seti I (1290 to 1279 BCE), the father of Ramesses the Great. “Carved”
Look Up London wins arts and culture blog of the year at UK Blog Awards 2018
Look Up London, London history blog and walking tour company wins national award celebrating excellence in content creation. In the UK Blog Awards 2018 Look
POW graffiti discovered on the walls of Sissinghurst Castle
Long lost graffiti carved into the walls by French prisoners of war over 250 years ago has been discovered at a National Trust property in
HeritageDaily on iOS & Android
HeritageDaily, the online magazine and publisher has launched a dedicated app for iTunes and Google Play. HeritageDaily first published in 2011, since then, the publication
Evidence for persistent forest reliance by indigenous peoples in historical Sri Lanka
Working closely with Wanniyalaeto (Vedda) elders in Sri Lanka during the repatriation of skeletal remains, a team of researchers have demonstrated that while some Indigenous
What the oldest peace treaty in the world teaches us
According to archaeologists, the world's oldest peace treaty disproves the widespread notion that in antiquity, peace was not brought about by negotiations, but always by
Analysing the famous ‘mosaico de los amores’, one of the largest and best preserved Roman mosaic floors of the Iberian peninsula
An interdisciplinary research team is currently analysing the famous mosaic ‘mosaico de los amores’. This is one of the largest and best preserved Roman mosaic
New Digital Research Tool For Classical Scholars
The Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (DCLP), a new digital tool for researching ancient literature, is now available.
400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking
Research from the Eisei Bunko Research Center of Kumamoto University reveals that Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th century lord of Kyusyu, Japan, ordered his people to produce not only wine
13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast
Human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published by Duncan McLaren and colleagues from the Hakai
Linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old
The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and surrounding countries,