Dispelling the myths about ancient Roman 'vomitoria'.

One of the more enduring popular “ myths ” is the idea that the great pyramids at Giza in northern Egypt were constructed (c. 2575 - c. 2465 BC) by a vast army of maltreated slaves. How this falsehood has flourished for centuries and even transformed popular perceptions of a historical event can be laid firmly at the feet of Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484 - c. 420 BC). Although considered to be the “ father of history ” , Herodotus was responsible for passing on a number

The Anglo-Saxons are said to have replaced wholesale the Romano-British inhabitants of these isles. But archaeology and scientific research are challenging the popularly accepted historical account. Continuity and change seem to be hand in hand.

One of two bodies found in Pompeii in 2020 was assumed to be a "slave", but is this true?

Dispelling the myth that extra-terrestrials ("aliens") built the world's pyramids rather than a combination of human ingenuity and convergent thinking.

Colin Freedbear's brief guide to some of the best preserved bits at the Kourion Archaeological Site in Cyprus.

In an effort to continually improve our knowledge we came across “History…The Interesting Bits!”, a blog by Sharon Bennett Connolly. In October 2019, the blog posted a piece by guest writer James Wright, a buildings archaeologist with Triskele Heritage, who busted several myths surrounding the construction of castles.

Look up whilst you are visiting castles and you will often see voids in the overhead masonry. Find out how these "murder holes" aided the defence of a castle.

Located in sunny southern Italy, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was perfectly positioned between lush vineyards and fertile plains to one side and the bountiful waters of the Bay of Naples to the other.  “Last Supper in Pompeii”, a major exhibition in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, told the city's amazing story.

The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest known physical evidence for the introduction of domesticated chickens to the continent of Africa.