Some Interesting Videos

We do a lot of YouTube monitoring and come across different videos that seem to contain great content. We are not always fortunate to receive that excellent content, as you will soon see. Here are some of the ones we have watched over recent weeks, some are good, others not so good: #1. 4000-Year-Old Cities

Female Gladiators

When studying both history and archaeology, there are always a few surprises. One of these surprises is the existence of female gladiators. It seems that there were such competitors in ancient times, but how popular they were is not known. The Roman Empire is famous for its arenas like the Colosseum where gladiators fought each

Cleopatra Update

Just a few short weeks ago, we posted an article on the search for Cleopatra’s tomb. It is titled Has Cleopatra’s Tomb Been Found? and mentions the ongoing work of Ms. Martinez, who is searching for this tomb. We also posted a few links to articles and videos, which provide greater detail of her work

How Were They Buried- 2

In Part 1- How Were They Buried– we chastised the archaeologists for their theory of why the Roman soldiers were buried in a well. After writing that article, we went and did some more research on the topic.  It seems that our chastizement was correct and that the archaeologists were speaking through their hats. There

How Were They Buried

Writing about archaeology can get stale at times. The reason that it does is that archaeology is such a slow-moving research field that one is left with saying the same things about every discovery Archaeologists around the world all have the same problem, foot in mouth disease, and it is usually exposed when they categorize