More than 2,000 years before the invention of beer pong, the ancient Greeks had a game called kottabos to pass the time at their drinking parties. http://www.livescience.com/49441-greek-drinking-game-kottabos-recreated.html
Is Aztlan the ancient homeland of the great Aztec civilization, or is it just a mythical land described in legends? – See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-myths-legends-americas/lost-city-aztlan-legendary-homeland-aztecs-002550#sthash.ql6vEm5t.dpuf
The ancient, square Chinese tray is one of the fine examples of lacquered artistry at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian Art. Its dark black lacquered center, surrounded with an elegant… Continue Reading
The discovery of an unidentified text in Hungary has led to more than 200 years of attempts to determine who authored it and to decipher its contents. Many scholars have studied the text, known as the Rohonc Codex, in an… Continue Reading
A new study shows that the builders of an ancient Roman fort in northern England aligned it so the sun’s rays shone through the gates at dawn and sunset on the winter and summer solstice. The researchers suggest that that… Continue Reading
A mythical metal said by ancient Greeks to be found in the lost city of Atlantis has been recovered from a ship that sunk 2,600 years ago off the coast of Sicily. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2901795/Does-strange-metal-2-600-year-old-shipwreck-prove-Atlantis-DID-exist-Mythical-red-alloy-said-lost-island-discovered-coast-Sicily.html#ixzz3ORHlUFzL
Ancient musical instruments, some the earliest of their kind ever found, have been discovered by archaeologists in the tombs of Zaoyang city, China. – See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/earliest-ancient-chinese-musical-instruments-unearthed-tomb-complex-002545#sthash.geHuLDcJ.dpuf
Historian in Boston have just cracked open a brass box originally buried in 1795 by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-found-inside-oldest-american-time-capsule-180953820/#ROIKZRCcfcAjabq1.99
LiveScience has reported the discovery of a 3300 year old temple complex possibly dedicated to the worship of Ba-Al, the Canaanite storm God; rival tribe, the Israelites, also worhipped a storm God sometimes referred to as YHVH and typically worshipped… Continue Reading
ancient-origins.net reports that late last year , that the remains of Alexander the Great’s father were found: “Buried beneath a large mound located in the village of Vergina in northern Greece, an archaeological excavation carried out in 1977 by Greek archaeologists… Continue Reading