It seems nobody knows for certain why the King’s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard are called ‘Beefeaters’. Over the years various...

One of our favourite sources of entertainment and ideas for this Blog are derived from the BBC’s ‘Bargain Hunt’ television series. As...

Asked to imagine or indeed to portray a pirate, most people undoubtedly will have a certain look in mind. Who’s now thinking of Johnny...

On August 17th, 2022 the Trimontium Trust (@TrimontiumTrust) reminded Twitter users that Queen Cleopatra of Egypt committed suicide on...

Did you know the city of Coventry has an official Lady Godiva? To be honest we didn’t until recently when we discovered that Pru Porretta...

Average height One of the misconceptions about history is that people were shorter ‘back then’. Would it surprise you to know that the...

While teaching primary school children about the Romans, and specifically hygiene, we have encountered the belief that they cleaned their...

Urine has been used throughout history for many different uses. As a freely available product - everyone produces at least some each day...

In our post ‘Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in the Americas’ we attempted to disprove a ‘theory’ that the ancient Romans had contact with...

In the big scheme of things today’s post is a very minor ‘gripe’. It does, however, reflect on the historical accuracy of television...

The mosaic floor pictured ( right ) is housed in a gallery dedicated to ancient Roman frescoes and mosaics on the second floor of the...

A recent search of the internet for information on Roman artillery machines returned, amongst other results, a website with a page...

Farinata (‘made of flour’), a classic Italian street food, apparently enjoys two provenance myths according to BBC History Magazine [1]...

It is widely held, and oft repeated, that ancient Britons , and most especially the Picts, painted or tattooed their bodies with Woad. We...

Somehow we got talking about ghosts a couple of days ago. We were both reminded of working at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and how it...

Fact or Fiction? Despite some believing he was a real person, the murderous ‘Barber of Fleet Street’, Sweeney Todd, is in fact an...

‘Welsh & English longbowman used a single-piece longbow to deliver arrows that could penetrate contemporary plate armour and mail. The...

On November 18th, 1910, three hundred female protesters marched to the Houses of Parliament as part of their campaign to secure voting...

Hosted by the actor Danny Trejo , the US television series ' Man at Arms: Art of War ', brought together martial arts experts and master...

There is a persistent myth about the function of a sword's fuller that it 'releases the vacuum' when the blade is thrust into a person....