Gino Caspari, an archaeologist funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), has possibly made the most important history-based discovery in his career – by identifying…
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, possibly founded in early 4th century AD, has been traditionally related to the two holiest sites in…
St. Nicholas, more popularly known as one of the major inspirations for Santa Claus, was probably a 4th-century Christian saint of Greek origin, who was…
A Mycenaean tomb in Boeotia, given the moniker of Prosilio tomb 2, has been heralded as one of the largest of its kind by archaeologists…
Previously in Realm of History, we had covered a variety of world’s oldest stuff, ranging from bizarre masks to prosthetic limbs. Well this time around,…
A sporting rivalry between two cities turned tragic when a simple incident at a gladiatorial clash turned into a full fledged riot. We are talking…
The Yanghai Tombs in the Turpan Basin (Xinjiang Autonomous Region) of northwest China account for extremes of factors. Located in the Gobi desert region of…
Historians were aware of ancient Egyptian funerary gardens, but only by virtue of literary and pictorial evidences. However this time around, researchers from the Spanish…
A blue monster, a winged horse and an almost nude deity – while these may seem tropes from a surreal fantasy film, the trio does…
Back in March, we talked about how archaeologists have possibly identified the ruins of the famous ancient Greek military harbor at Salamis that played its…
