The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a World Heritage Site, which has also been dubbed Britain’s Ancient Capital in a recent BBC TV series. It is described as a major prehistoric cultural landscape in the […]
There are theories about the legendary Atlantis being located in all sorts of locations around the world, some underwater, some above the waves. Here we take a look at the idea that Plato’s Atlantis may […]
The county of Wiltshire in southern England hosts the two tallest prehistoric mounds in Europe. Both the Marlborough Mound (once dubbed Merlin’s Mount or burial place) and Silbury Hill are man-made earth mounds. They date […]
Andrew Collins’ new book is called The Cygnus Key: The Denisovan Legacy, Göbekli Tepe, and the Birth of Egypt. Book synopsis… “New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, religion, and technology derive […]
The ancient city of Troy is widely accepted to have been located in north-west Turkey, at a place called Hisarlik. This is where the legendary Trojan War between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the Trojans and […]
What is the Jurassic Coast? The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site that spans from East Devon to Dorset, in southern England. Along its 95 miles of coastline, you can travel through 185 million […]
The Isle of Thanet is said to have had more Bronze Age burial mounds than anywhere else in Britain. It is also the traditional location for three significant arrivals in Britain, including Julius Caesar and […]
Citadels of Mystery is the rather intriguing title of a book by husband and wife team L. Sprague and Catherine C. de Camp. Published back in 1972, it featured their twelve most famous legends, myths […]
The Ordnance Survey maps of West Wales show a dashed line running from south to north, sometimes on the course of modern roads, sometimes over hills and moorland, sometimes raised on a causeway, sometimes disappearing […]
King Arthur is known to us today as a legendary British leader who led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. It was apparently a time of […]
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