THE ORONTIUS FINAEUS MAP OF 1531

The Orontius Finaeus map was found in 1960 by Charles Hapgood and it too, apparently shows the continent of Antarctica along with the accura...

Anglo-Saxon Burhs

Alfred the Great effectively saved Anglo-Saxon England from being overwhelmed by the Danes.. Yet Alfred was wise enough to realise that his ...

THE PERSIAN INVASION FLEETS

Battle of Marathon by Brian Palmer. The Battle of Marathon 490 BC during the Persian Greek Wars. King Darious I of Persia sent his son i...

THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine This map depicts the vast area conquered by the ...

AFTER AKHENATON

Akhenaton’s rule had not been the idyll that was conjured up in art. Reality lay in the hunger, suffering, and death beyond the borders of ...

THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine This map portrays ancient Greece, with its indep...

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Smith Collection, University of Southern Maine Seen here are the regions traversed by Jason and...