Ancient Sites
Lost cities of wonder – and their stories
An article featuring the top-10 ancient sites from the 1950s, based on a book by the author and journalist Leonard Cottrell. […]
Ancient Sites
Ancient Sites
Atlantis in the Sahara? The amazing Richat structure
An article with 10 reasons why Atlantis might have existed in what is now the Sahara Desert. […]
Ancient Sites
Pillar of the Universe – the origins of the sacred centre
An article about the importance of centre places to many ancient peoples, including the aboriginal tribes of Australia and the Celtic tribes of Europe, […]
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All about Orkney – Britain’s Neolithic heartland
An article about the ancient sites of Orkney, a major prehistoric cultural landscape dating back some 5000 years. […]
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(The shadow of) Atlantis in Ireland?
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 […]
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Someplace else? Alternative locations for Troy
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 […]
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Citadels of Mystery – what were the top ancient sites of the 1970s?
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 […]