It could be the year for discovering notorious monarchs. Just weeks after remains found under a car park were confirmed as Richard III, archaeologists now believe they may just have stumbled on Alfred the Great. During excavations in a churchyard in Winchester, named in ancient documents as his burial place, archaeologists have found an unmarked...Read More
During excavations at massive Gobekli Tepe in eastern Turkey, carved megaliths and pillars arranged in circles have been found. Each ring contains two large T-shaped pillars, some soaring to 16 feet, surrounded by somewhat smaller stones. Several are intricately carved with a variety of animals, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet...Read More
Boudicca was married to Prasutagus, ruler of the Iceni people of East Anglia. When the Romans conquered southern England in AD 43, they allowed the king to continue to rule. However, when Prasutagus died the Romans decided to rule the Iceni directly and confiscated the property of the leading tribesmen. They are also said to...Read More
Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth and other powerful royal women played pivotal roles in history. Now they have some New World company among the ancient Maya. A royal tomb recently discovered in Guatemala appears to be that of Lady K’abel, ‘Holy Snake Lady’, and articles found in the burial name her as a ‘kaloomte’, or ‘supreme warrior’....Read More
Using the latest remote-sensing technology (LIDAR), Dr. Damien Evans, director of the University of Sydney’s archaeological research center in Cambodia, and his team have found the ruins of an ancient city hidden for more than 1,000 years in the dense jungles of Cambodia. Known as Mahendraparvata, it pre-dates Angkor Wat by 350 years. The Australian...Read More
A 3000-year-old trial record that was translated into English and published as early as 1865, documents the aftermath of the Harem Conspiracy. It tells of Queen Tiye, one of Pharoah Ramesses III’s wives, who enlisted the aid of various members of the pharaoh’s household to assassinate him while he spent the evening in the royal...Read More
The remains of a woman buried about 4,400 years ago have been found in England. Her necklace, adorned with five small, tubular sheet gold beads and beads made of lignite; fragments of amber buttons; and her bracelet of lignite beads suggest that she may have been from an elite family. The gold probably came from...Read More
The minaret of Aleppo’s 11th century Great Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been destroyed by fighting between government troops and the Free Syrian Army. Both sides of the civil war claim that the other is responsible. Other parts of the mosque have been badly damaged, and artifacts such as a box said to...Read More
Archaeological research suggests that extensive terrace farming and dam construction in the region north of the city began around the first century, 2,000 years ago, not during the Iron Age as had been previously hypothesized. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the city’s strategic significance as a military prize for the...Read More
Anthony and Cleopatra had Arsinöe assassinated on the steps of the temple of Diana in Ephesus to eliminate a potential threat to their throne. Archaeologists believe they have found her remains in a tomb in Ephesus, Turkey. Travel with Far Horizons to Turkey!Read More
