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This is the conclusion of the third part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) looking at the role of the general in commanding pre-gunpowder armies in
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Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Stephanie
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This is the continuation of the third part of our four(ish) part (I, II, IIIa) series looking at the role of the general in commanding pre-gunpowder
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Perhaps the most infamous curse from Ancient Egypt is that of King Tutankhamun (King Tut). He ruled from around 1333 to 1323 BC, taking the throne
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This is the third(ish) part of our four(ish)-part (I, II) look at the role of the general in the command of pre-modern armies, particularly in the
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This week we’re going to start a four-part look at the role of the pre-modern general or army commander, particularly in the context of a pitched
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Soldiers from the Ukrainian 126th Territorial Defence have discovered ancient amphorae whilst digging defences in Odessa in preparation for further
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Building on last week’s post on tanks and a few of the comments there, this week I wanted to talk about the ancient (and medieval) weapon-systems
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Building on last week’s post on tanks and a few of the comments there, this week I wanted to talk about the ancient (and medieval) weapon-systems
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Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham and Ghent University have identified a series of prehistoric pits in the Stonehenge landscape,
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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com By: Anna Long It is essentially undisputed that thousands of artworks and artifacts have been stolen or looted
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Great Zimbabwe is the capital and seat of political power for an unknown kingdom, located in the south-eastern hills of present-day Zimbabwe. The
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Cunaxa is one of the very few Persian v Persian battles where we have anything like a decent record, and that's because there were lots of Greeks
A new study by the University of Southampton has revealed the landscape around Stonehenge, 4,000 years before the monument’s
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This week we’re going to take a long look at Expeditions: Rome, a turn-based tactics RPG by developer Logic Artists, set in the first century BC