Roman Spintriae
Spintriae are small brass or bronze tokens from the Roman period, depicting graphic scenes of sexual acts or symbols that range from I-XVI.
Study sheds light on Roman financial crisis
A study on the composition of Roman denarii has revealed a new understanding of a financial crisis in the Roman world, first mentioned by Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero during the 1st century BC.
Why did the Vikings abandon Greenland?
A study led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published recently in Science Advances, upends the previously accepted theory on why the Vikings abandoned Greenland.
Researchers have rebuilt a Pompeian house in virtual reality
Researchers have rebuilt a house from the Roman city of Pompeii using virtual reality, to better understand the motivations behinds Roman design and contemporary architecture.
The Immortal Armour of China’s Jade Burial Suits
The Jade burial suits are hand-crafted jade suits from the Han Dynasty of China, used for the ceremonial burials of China’s elite and members of the ruling class.
Putin’s war on the history of Ukraine
On February 24th 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, when in reality, a full-scale invasion of Ukrainian sovereignty by Russian forces was unleashed, creating a humanitarian crisis that has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians and brought major population centres into the line of fire by indiscriminate Russian attacks.
The new life of Siacci fort and its community
At the end of the 19th century, the newly established Kingdom of Italy looked to secure its borders, with a focus on its maritime defences through the construction of a system of fortified structures.
Moses Roper – the escaped slave who was the lost opportunity of British Abolition
In his heyday in the 1800s, Moses Roper was a well-known public figure. Roper, the first fugitive slave to lecture in Britain and Ireland, spoke to large crowds and his written account of his experience of slavery sold more than 40,000 copies.
The fall of the Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian people who established an Empire stretching across most of Anatolia, parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, centred on the capital of Hattusa near modern Boğazkale, Turkey.
Evidence of Viking raids in economic and political development of contemporary Russia
Vikings were not a uniform phenomenon in ancient Scandinavia. They were part of a complex system of a plunder economy that existed in Europe until the early Middle Ages.
Germania – Hitler’s Megacity
Germania was Hitler’s renewal of Berlin, planned to be a megacity at the centre of his Thousand Year Reich, which started construction prior to the outbreak of WWII in 1938 until it was abandoned in 1943.
The Pirate Code
Despite the common stereotype depicting pirates as swashbuckling marauders and bloodthirsty predators of the high seas, pirates applied a construed form of democratic constitutional rule to minimise conflict and create piratical law and order amongst a ship’s crew.
The first known case of chemical warfare
Chemical warfare has been one of the most brutal, effective, and inhumane forms of warfare in history.
New article explores why Henry VIII’s tomb is austere rather than lavish
Dr Emma Levitt was intrigued by the simplicity of the black marble marker to Henry VIII that lies within St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The mystery of the missing Amber Room
The Amber Room, often referred to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, was one of Russia’s most priceless works of art until it was looted by Nazi Germany and lost after the conclusion of WW II.
