The Monastery of Saint Catherine.
Lying on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the beautiful St. Catherine’s monastery today is still one of the oldest workingContinue Reading
Category: History
Aztec human sacrifice.
Our earliest evidence of human sacrifice can be traced back to the Mesopotamians from around 6,000 BC. This vulgar practiceContinue Reading
Viva la Trousers Revolution!
The inspiration for the following article came about looking at old b&w photographs of Hollywood starlets. Two actresses in particularContinue Reading
War Horse Part 3: The Assyrians
Legend states that the Assyrians were often, if not always, ruled by cruel kings. Their empire grew out of a stateContinue Reading
Amongst the ruins of Isca Augusta you may just find Adrian Goldsworthy.
The Isca Augusta was once a Roman legionary fortress and settlement. Why is it that over the centuries historians, fromContinue Reading
Fishing Byzantine style !!!
Constantinople was a hub of activity with markets and stalls and among these markets was fish produce caught by fishermen.Continue Reading
A very short history of Merchants and Trade in Constantinople.
Constantinople was renowned for its merchants and markets from the 5th to the 10th centuries. The city attracted in largeContinue Reading
History, writing, storytelling, poetry and my conversation with a good friend.
An overwhelming part of our human history is unrecorded. It is quite sketchy for us to know exactly what peopleContinue Reading
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
In 1994, a French team of archaeological divers conducted a salvage inspection in the eastern harbor of Alexandria in theContinue Reading
Vitalogy: An amazing but very amusing medical Encyclopedia
We all have to thank Eddie Vedder for our curiosity in a very interesting home medical encyclopedia first published inContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 