HISTORY

Was Humanity More Advanced in Prehistoric Times Than We Think?

When we think of our most distant ancestors, and prehistory in general, we often think of primitivity, of crude archaic…

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From Pagan Roots to Protestant Reforms: A Religious History of Germany

As of today, Christianity is the most dominant religion in Germany, with a high rate of atheism in the East.…

1 year ago

Archive Tells of Cracking Ancient Greek Language

By Michael Miller/University of Cincinatti A retired Classics professor from Texas donated a collection of papers to the University of Cincinnati…

1 year ago

Sibiu Manuscript: A Forgotten Document on 16th Century Space Flight (video)

    This video explores the extraordinary Sibiu Manuscript, discovered in Romania in 1961. Written by 16th century Austrian military…

1 year ago

Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis

In 1866 James Hole, a writer from Leeds, called for ‘a little wholesome despotism’ in tackling the problems of housing…

1 year ago

Homo habilis: The Very First Species of Human (Video)

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is…

1 year ago

US President or American Caesar?

The prospect of a second Donald Trump victory in November’s US election has widely been seen – at least by…

2 years ago

Stone Age People Drove Dwarf Hippos and Elephants to Extinction on Cyprus

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw et al./The Conversation Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You’re…

2 years ago

‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review

In June 1947 Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington when nine bright objects began…

2 years ago

The Roman Catholic War on Wigs

A rather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San…

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