- August 2, 2025
Mental Health and the 17th-Century Ship’s Doctor
In September 1649 ship’s surgeon John Conny was deeply relieved and praised God that ‘all our men [are] in reasonable good health’. This emotive entry
Reduce and Seduce at the Teenage Beauty Farm
When it opened in the Malibu mountains in 1962, the ‘Teen-Age Beauty Farm’ – a combination spa, charm school, weight-loss clinic, and summer camp –
Tezcatlipoca: Enigmatic Aztec God Who Looked Inside People’s Hearts And Observed Their Deeds On Earth
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – No doubt, Tezcatlipoca (‘Lord of the Smoking Mirror’) was one of the most powerful deities of pre-Columbian Mexico. In the
Cursed Magical Dainsleif Sword Of King Hogni And Legendary Battle That Continues Until The Coming Of Ragnarok
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A sword similar to Tyrfing is Dainsleif. It was made by Dain, one of the dwarves mentioned in the Voluspá,
Underwater Secrets Of Lake Lednica And The Unique Wooden Face
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Last year, during underwater research in Lake Lednica (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Polish archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University discovered a
Large-Scale DNA Study Traces 37,000 Years of Disease History
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A research team led by Professor Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge has made
Mystery Of The Lost Golden Chain Of Huayna Capac: Will The Ancient Inca Treasure Ever Be Found?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many stories of incredible ancient treasures that were deliberately hidden when the Spaniards conquered the Incas. One of
What Were The Most Important Medieval Marketplace Rules?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Visiting a Medieval marketplace could be a pleasant experience. However, honesty was crucial because practices such as fraud and theft
The Battle for Britain’s First Book of the Month Club
In October 1929 thousands of members of Britain’s Book Society received a new hardback through the post. Whiteoaks, by an unfamiliar Canadian writer, Mazo de
Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius
By the time Plato departed the court of Dionysius the Younger in 361 BC, his relations with the Syracusan autocrat had turned frosty. Plato had
