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Skellig Michael – The Remote Island Monastery
Skellig Michael is an archaeological site and monastic settlement located on a twin pinnacle crag, off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland. The island is the result of red sandstone and compressed...
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The Real Dracula?
“Dracula”, published in 1897 by the Irish Author Bram Stoker, introduced audiences to the infamous Count and his dark world of sired vampiric minions. Stokers’ work would go onto influence a cultural...
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Did Corn Fuel Cahokia’s Rise?
Today, much of the corn (Zea mays) grown in North America is used to produce corn ethanol – a blend that is added to fuels, primarily gasoline. But approximately 1,000 years ago, in what is now...
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Matthew Hopkins – The Real Witch-Hunter
Matthew Hopkins was an infamous witch-hunter during the 17th century, who published “The Discovery of Witches” in 1647, and whose witch-hunting methods were applied during the notorious Salem Witch...
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Port Royal – The Sodom of the New World
Port Royal, originally named Cagway was an English harbour town and base of operations for buccaneers and privateers (pirates) until the great earthquake of 1692. The region around Port Royal was first...
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The Secret Hellfire Club and the Hellfire Caves
The Hellfire Club was an exclusive membership-based organisation for high-society rakes, that was first founded in London in 1718, by Philip, Duke of Wharton, and several of society’s elites. Wharton...
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Legio IX Hispana – The Lost Roman Legion
One of the most debated mysteries from the Roman period involves the disappearance of the Legio IX Hispana, a legion of the Imperial Roman Army that supposedly vanished sometime after AD 120. Legio IX...
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Teōtīhuacān – Birthplace of the Gods
Teōtīhuacān, named by the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs, and loosely translated as “birthplace of the gods” is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in the Teotihuacan Valley of the Free and Sovereign State...
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Vallum Aulium – Hadrian’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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Vallum Antonini – The Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall (Vallum Antonini) was a defensive wall built by the Romans in present-day Scotland, that ran for 39 miles between the Firth of Forth, and the Firth of Clyde (west of Edinburgh along...
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The Roman Conquest of Wales
The conquest of Wales began in either AD 47 or 48, following the landing of Roman forces in Britannia sent by Emperor Claudius in AD 43. Prior to Roman expansion, Britannia enjoyed relatively peaceful...
View ArticleThe Iron Age Tribes of Britain
The British Iron Age is a conventional name to describe the independent Iron Age cultures that inhabited the mainland and smaller islands of present-day Britain. The Iron Age lasted from the earliest...
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Exploring the Stonehenge Landscape
The Stonehenge Landscape is an estate managed by the National Trust in Wiltshire, England, covering 2100 acres within UNESCO’s Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Sites designation. The Stonehenge...
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The Siege of Masada
The Siege of Masada was one of the final chapters during the First Jewish-Roman War, where Sicarrii rebels and their families were besieged in the mountain palace/fortress of Masada, overlooking the...
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The Roman Penises Carved into Hadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall is one of the most recognised landmarks from the legacy of Roman Britain, scaling the width of the province of Britannia over a length of 73 miles (116km) from Mais at the Solway Firth,...
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How Chariot Racing Teams Saved Constantinople From the Huns
Chariot Racing “ludi circenses” was one of the foremost sports of the Roman and Byzantine Empire, where competing teams would race either in four-horse chariots (quadrigae), or two-horse chariots...
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Exploring the Avebury Stone Circle Landscape
The landscape of the Avebury Stone Circle is a World Heritage Site, located in the county of Wiltshire, England. The area was designated part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites by UNESCO...
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Dolbadarn Castle – Stronghold of the Welsh Princes
Dolbadarn Castle is a 13th century fortification, built at the foot of the Snowdonia mountains near the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales. The castle was constructed by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also...
View ArticleThe Sunken Town of Pavlopetri
Pavlopetri, also called Paulopetri, is a submerged ancient town, located between the islet of Pavlopetri and the Pounta coast of Laconia, on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Evidence of...
View ArticleInteractive Map of Earth’s Asteroid and Meteor Impact Craters
Impact craters are caused when the planet is struck by solid objects travelling at high velocity, producing shock waves and the compression of material to form a circular crater. In impacts with large...
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