Independent Women of Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii, and a chronicle of Roman life frozen in time. Excavations have unearthed a wealth of information on the life of...
Aphrodite, Ancient Grecce’s Embodiment of Beauty
Aphrodite was worshiped in Ancient Greece as the goddess of beauty, love, sexuality, pleasure and the protector of sailors.
She was always portrayed as a...
The Ninth Roman Legion: Myths, Truths and Propaganda
First, let’s take the legend of the disappearance in Caledonia. It is highly unlikely that such a crack unit of the Roman Army as...
The Real Cleopatra
Cleopatra knew what she wanted, and how to get it. Her legendary status as one of the most notorious leaders in ancient history is...
Knossos and the Minoan Civilization
The Palace of King Minos was the Focal Point of Commerce and Culture
Influenced by Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Minoan culture represented a...
Nero – The Useless, Neglectful and Cruel Emperor of Rome
His horrible reputation is well deserved for as ruler Nero was incompetent, careless, rancorous, violent and sadistic. As a human being, he was very...
Ulysses’ Decade Long Journey from Troy to Ithaca
Today, an intrepid yachtsman can trace Ulysses’ almost mythical journey around the western Mediterranean. Odysseus, Ulysses’ Homeric name, derived from ‘The Wolf’, implying he...
Who Were the Watchers?
Over the past century a variety of theories have evolved to suggest that extraterrestrial beings helped shape our civilization.
There are many incidents of...
Antikythera: The First Ancient Computer
What was the Antikythera? Was it really the first ancient computer? Who built it and for what purpose?
In 1900, a Greek diver by...
Vercingetorix, the Last French Resistance to the Roman Empire
He was a Celtic warrior who united Gaul (roughly modern day France) against the might of the Roman Empire but was finally defeated...