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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 ancient city of Axum/Aksum, the nation grew from the proto-Aksumite Iron Age period around 400...
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History of Mead
Mead or “honey-wine” is a fermented honey drink with water that has been produced for thousands of years throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. Mead – “fermented honey drink” – derives from the Old...
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Archaeologists discover giant Ice Age mammoth bone structure
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a giant Ice Age structure built from the remains of at least 60 mammoths at the Kostenki-Borshevo archaeological complex. The Kostenki-Borshevo site...
View ArticleThe Roman Empire – Interactive Map
The Roman Empire in 117 AD, at its greatest extent at the time of Trajan’s death. The Roman Empire was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilisation, characterised by a government...
View ArticleTeotihuacán – Interactive Map
Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located 40km from modern-day Mexico City. Construction began around 100 BC, with continuous habitation lasting into the 7th and 8th centuries AD. The...
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April 22nd 1778 – The day America raided England
On April 22nd, 1778, a lone USS Naval ship carried out a daring raid during the American Revolutionary War on the town of Whitehaven in England. It was a clear night and the frost had begun to settle...
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Railway workers discover 14th century cave with medieval shrine or hermitage
A team of rail workers delivering landslip repair works near Guildford have uncovered a small cave believed to be from the 14th century. The sandstone cave is made up of several sections ranging from...
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Carthage – Capital of the Carthaginian Empire
Carthage was the capital of the Carthaginian Empire, located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis in Tunisia. The city was founded as a colony by the Phoenicians, an ancient Semitic-speaking...
View ArticleHadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall (Vallum Aulium) was a defensive fortification in Roman Britannia that ran 73 miles (116km) from Mais at the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea to the banks of the River Tyne at Segedunum at...
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Cahokia – North America’s First City
Cahokia was the largest urban settlement to develop from the Mississippian culture, a mound-building pre-Columbian civilisation that developed in the Midwestern, Eastern, and South-eastern United...
View ArticleThe ancient volcano that’s 81 miles from London
Britain is known for being geologically stable and tectonically quiet, the last volcanic eruption was around 60 million years ago when Britain was moving away from the tectonic boundaries and hotspots....
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Merv the Great – The city of Several Cities
Merv, also known by many names such as Alexandria, Antiochia in Margiana and Marv-i-Shahijan or “Merv the Great” was an ancient city located in present Turkmenistan. Several cities have existed during...
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King Henry VIII’s Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace was one of Henry VIII’s largest building projects during his reign, built as a celebration of Henry’s power and grandeur, it was meant to rival that of the French King Francis I’s...
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The Real Assassin’s Creed
The word “Assassin” is a term that has been used to describe a fedayeen group within the Nizari Ismailis State that formed when followers of Nizarism split within Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam. The...
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The Archaeology of Space
Rather than looking down, the future of archaeology may one day look up to the stars. The coined term of “space archaeologist” has been applied to archaeologists who use detailed satellite imagery to...
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The Kingdom of Qatna
Qatna, also called Katna is an archaeological site located near the village of al-Mishrifeh in the Homs Governorate of Syria. Qatna was inhabited by various Bronze age cultures, most notably the...
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Aquae Sulis – Roman Bath
Aquae Sulis, meaning “the waters of Sulis” was a Roman town in the province of Britannia, located in the modern-day city of Bath in England. The site was first occupied by the Iron Age Dobunni, who...
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Londinium – Roman London
Londinium is the name given to the Roman city, now occupied by the City of London that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district of London. Unlike many Roman settlements...
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Meroë – The Capital of the Kingdom of Kush
Meroë, also called Medewi is an archaeological region and the ancient capital city of the Nubian Kingdom of Kush, located on the east-bank of the River Nile in Sudan. The Kingdom of Kush was...
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Sigiriya – The Lion Rock
Sigiriya is an archaeological site and ancient city, located in the Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The earliest evidence of occupation at the site dates from the Mesolithic...
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