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Jul 12, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Vomitorium

Dispelling the myths about ancient Roman 'vomitoria'.

Tastes Of History

Mar 22, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Who built the pyramids?

One of the more enduring popular ‘myths’ is the idea that the great pyramids at Giza in northern Egypt were constructed (c. 2575 - c....

Tastes Of History

Jan 13, 2022

Being Anglo-Saxon

The BBC’s series ‘Digging for Britain’ has returned to screens this month. Hosted by Prof Alice Roberts (pictured), the programme...

Tastes Of History

Apr 12, 2021

Pompeii, Bodies and Assumptions

Last year, on Saturday November 21st, 2020, the Italian culture ministry announced to the world’s media that archaeologists had...

Tastes Of History

Jul 15, 2020

Aliens & Pyramids

Introduction A few days ago, CNN Africa tweeted 'The fringe theories long attached to UNESCO sites' [1] introducing readers to some of...

Tastes Of History

Jun 20, 2020

Travels with my Freed Bear: Kourion

When schools in the UK take their half-term break in February, we have been lucky, for the last few years, to visit Cyprus. Although a...

Tastes Of History

Jun 20, 2020

Dispelling Some Myths: Spiral Staircases

In an effort to continually improve our knowledge we came across 'History…The Interesting Bits!', a blog by Sharon Bennett Connolly. In...

Tastes Of History

Jun 20, 2020

Dispelling Some Myths: Mediæval Murder Holes

Look up whilst you are visiting castles and you will often see voids in the overhead masonry associated with the defence of the...

Tastes Of History

Jun 19, 2020

Last Supper in Pompeii

Located in sunny southern Italy, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was perfectly positioned between lush vineyards and fertile plains to...

Tastes Of History

Jun 17, 2020

Why did the chicken cross the Red Sea?

The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest...