History of the Hennin

From Smithsonian dot com : Nothing says “princess” like a pointy, cone-shaped hat. From kids’ costumes to medieval paintings, the cone hat—m...

SEARCH FOR THE RELICS OF MARTYR QUEEN KETEVAN

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Wishing all of my readers and VERY Merry Christmas, from my family to yours :)

More on St Ketevan

Further on from my post " Mystery of Saint Ketevan " in June 2011, comes this article from Past Horizons - Search for relics of m...

STATUES DISCOVERED AT ANCIENT HERMONTHIS IN EGYPT

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Celebrating Nadia Mehr

From the Malaysia Sun  -  First Pakistani girl gets doctorate in medieval history in Indian Kashmir : Nadia Mehr has scripted history by bec...

NEANDERTHAL FOSSIL INDICATES INCEST WAS COMMON

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Stone Babies

From  Authint Mail : An elderly Colombian woman has been found to have a 40-year-old fetus inside her abdomen.   Such a medical event is an ...

The Tattooed Priestess’ of Hathor

From Ancient Origins : She was known as the mother of god and the daughter of god, the eye of god, the creatrix of the rays of the sun, the ...

Statuette of Ankhesamon

From Hurriyet Daily News : Image by Winifred Brunton Egypt said Sunday it has recovered a statue of pharaoh Tutankhamun's sister looted ...

Tale of Trotula

Time has not been kind to the woman known as Trotula Plataerius, Trotula di Ruggiero or Trotula of Salerno. Was she the author of the famous...

Have We Found the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island?

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Serbian Archaeologist Finds 4,000-Year-Old Chariot

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Iran: Baluchi Sunni Woman Elected Mayor

From al-monitor : Samiyeh Balochzehi, 26, was elected mayor of Kalat in Sistan-Baluchistan, an unprecedented event in one of Iran's most...

Female Sacrafice at the Shimao Ruins

From Raw Story : Archaeologists in China have unearthed the skulls of more than 80 young women who may have been sacrificed more than 4,000 ...

At 400,000 Years, Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New Mysteries

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Researchers in Hawaii find lost Japanese WWII mega-sub

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Cannibal Neanderthal gang in northern Spain ate 12 of their neighbours raw, scientists say

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