In the British Isles they are well served with mysterious stone icons . The most famous is the Stone of Destiny , which is kept in Edinburgh Castle and placed under the British throne during the coronation of kings. But there are others. One of them, equally curious, is located in the heart of Lon
Earlier we talked about the oldest preserved intact book in Europe. That punctuation, intact , is important because without it the oldest book in Europe turns out to be the Derveni Papyrus . The Derveni Papyrus was found in 1962 in the town of the same name, about 10 kilometers from Thessaloniki in
For obvious reasons, deciphering the ancient writings It has been one of the objectives of historians and scholars of the cultures that created them:knowing how to read ancient texts, one would learn more and better about everything related to religion, customs, history and daily life. But some of t
At the end of the 19th century, an archaeological team found a mysterious Arab ring in the excavation of the commercial center of Birka, considered the first Swedish city, an urban center located on the island of Björko, in Lake Mälaren, 45 minutes by boat from Stockholm. But what really confirms
The wood it is flimsy and perishable. There are hardly any objects of this material left from other eras from the Middle Ages backwards, let alone in Prehistory So when one is found, Archeology is in luck. And if on top of that it is a piece like this idol, even more so. It was found in 1894 in a p
It is a widespread belief that it was the Swiss who invented the utility knife. Nothing could be further from the truth. The proof is a Roman piece that is exhibited in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (United Kingdom), and that can also be seen online on its official website, which is also the m
Lawrence of Arabia he was not only a hero of the British Empire; he, too, was one of those historical figures complex enough to fascinate the art world, and if not, ask David Lean and Peter OToole. But what many people do not know is that Thomas Edward Lawrence, before becoming a champion of the fre
It is quite common that when we talk about old maps Actually they are not so much. Most of the time, the debate revolves around the first representations of America, but we forget that this was already in the middle of the Renaissance and that before there was an Ancient and a Medieval Age in whic
In historical films there is usually no lack of costumbrista scenes in which great ritual ceremonies or parties are seen in the house of a wealthy character, with exotic dancers and musicians interpreting alleged melodies of the time . The truth is that these are pieces made by the composer of the s
The Giants of Mont’e Prama they are sculptures of between two and two and a half meters created by the Nuragic civilization that inhabited the island of Sardinia between the 18th and 2nd centuries BC Researchers have not yet agreed on whether these Nuragics originated from the island itself or, on
In the late 20th century, the government of Turkey approved one of the most important hydraulic projects in the world. Specifically, the construction of 22 dams between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, with the intention of converting the desert south of the country into a new irrigation area. This
About 20 km southwest of Soria we find the site archaeological site of the Roman villa La Dehesa . On the one hand one of the most spectacular in Spain, although on the other, a mystery still unsolved, since not enough evidence has been found to confirm what its true use was. Despite the fact that t
Today in Walking through history we travel to the small town of Figeac, located in the medieval French department of Lot, to discover a curious museum that will transport us to ancient Egypt and all those places where written history was born. To better understand the origin of this museum, we trave
On this day, 78 years ago, the largest prehistoric treasure of the Iberian Peninsula was found in the province of Pontevedra, curiously it is less known than one of its brothers found in the province of Alicante a few years later. In short, we repeatedly find the news that the treasure of Villena is
Walking through history sometimes leads us to meet with very unique spaces. Here we like to describe and show places that have been protagonists of our history, with a special predilection for Ancient and Medieval History, those of you who accompany us I suppose you can attest to this. The place tha
We moved to the north of Germany, specifically to the town of Laboe a few kilometers from Kiel, one of the cradles of the German army. To live the experience of feeling for a few minutes, what the German soldiers of the 2nd World War experienced for long months, in the claustrophobic interior of a G
Without a doubt, Roman amphitheaters are one of the largest showcases the power of Roman culture. Few images, like that of the Colosseum in Rome, are capable of reflecting this power by themselves:gladiators, beasts, the best war artifacts, and even ships had a place in the greatest spectacle that c
We moved to the south of Cantabria. There, on a hill that dominates the upper course of the Ebro river, we find the archaeological remains of the ancient Roman city of Juliobriga. Today they have become one of the must-see places for history lovers of Roman Hispania, since apart from knowing their a
We are about to travel to French Brittany, specifically to the small peninsula of Rhuys. There we will be able to know one of the outrages that the Germans undertook during their occupation of France in the 2nd World War. After seeing the place, it is easy to imagine what the German technicians thou
Within Spanish historiography there is a permanent debate, which divides historians into two antagonistic groups. On the one hand, those who defend the supposed Hispanic reconquest on the Muslims and, on the other hand, those who support the thesis that there was no reconquest. For the latter, a Mus
At the end of December, another season of archaeological work concluded in the Qumayrah Valley, in the north of Oman. Archaeologists there identified another tower in a Bronze Age settlement, unearthed evidence of copper smelting, and discovered a 4,000-year-old game board. The excavations are join
In the Middle Ages, being afflicted with an incurable infectious disease meant solitary confinement forever. Leprosy, syphilis or tuberculosis thus automatically condemned to oblivion. The discovery of 400 skeletons on the site of the former cemetery of a medieval leprosarium in Freiburg im Breisgau
The Place des Vosges , in the Marais Parisien, former Place Royale is the most mythical and the oldest in Paris. It was a high place of festivals and tournaments until the death of Henri II in 1559. After this tragic accident, it was necessary to wait for the reign of Henri IV who made it again a ma
The famous Ötzi the Iceman, discovered in 1991 by German tourists in Ötzal, in the Alps between Austria and Italy, is a natural mummy of a man who lived for back to 5,300 years ago. According to available records, Ötzis frozen mummy bears the oldest known tattoo records, with 61 identified on his bo