It’s just small parcel of land, lying quietly adjacent to the village of The Loup, in south County Derry, only a few miles from Lough Neagh. Thousands pass it every week but don’t realise it’s there, let alone call in to visit. The site has been used for thousands of years, and today a modest […]
The Book of Science & Antiquities by Thomas Keneally In the Australian Outback, remains are found which are those of a 42,000 year old Aboriginal man. The find becomes a cause celebré as historians, archaeologists and human rights campaigners hold Learned Man up as a statement of how the indigenous people of Australia have been […]
Those ole Vikings were a mad bunch, sailing around the world causing mayhem wherever they went. They landed on the north American continent before Columbus was ever heard of. They pushed deep into Russia down the Volga. They founded colonies in Scotland, England and Ireland and Wales. They were the progenitors of the Normans. Of […]
Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III of Macedon and, in Iranian and Zoroastrian history, as Alexander the Accursed, was one of the greatest generals of all time. He was born in Pella, in Macedonia, in 356 BCE, succeeding his father, Philip II, to the throne of Macedon at the age of 20. Most […]
The Crusades were a sustained campaign over many years, by (pseudo-) Christian Europe, in which attempts were made to regain control of the Holy Lands for the benefit of the Church of Rome. These armed endeavours met with mixed results, but ultimately failed. The conflicts did, however, sow the seeds of both distrust and resentment […]
Soldiers from western nations rushing to the Middle East to fight Muslims. Death, destruction and suffering on a vast scale, especially for those who live there regardless of whether or not they’re combatants or civilians. New military technologies employed to further imperial ambitions. Greed and supremacist beliefs driving the carnage. This is what took place […]
This is a really interesting revelation. Apparently, investigations are still continuing into why there is a city under this lake, one that is apparently fairly ancient. If there is one thing we can take from this story, it’s that there is still so much we don’t know or understand about our planet and its people, […]
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In this clip from the funniest movie ever made, we see Brian and his mother trying to listen to Jesus as he preaches during the Sermon On The Mount. Unfortunately, there was no amplification in those days and mistakes can be made in what the audience hear. “Blessed are the…
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Cúchulainn is known as the Hound of Ulster. He is regarded as the greatest of the ancient heroes of Ireland. He broke women’s hearts and he broke his enemies heads. He roamed the land and, in a Perseus kinda way, got into many adventures and scrapes. He travelled to Scotland…
Although anthropologists have been researching humanoid species for decades now, there is still so much more to be learned. New types of humanesque creatures are being discovered as this work progresses. For example, did you know that just last week scientists found that there is a type of bi-pedal humanoid creature still living in England […]
Ireland and Scotland have a long and shared history. They have similar bloodlines due to the presence of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata on the west coast of modern day Scotland. They share a language with different dialects of Gaelic existing in both nations today. The surnames and first names to be found in […]
Islam is a religion that is much in the news of late. It is a faith that dates back to the early 7th century and is based upon the teachings of the prophet, Muhammad, who lived from circa 570 – 8th June 632. The Prophet was from the Arabian peninsula, having been born in Mecca. […]
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