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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 20:47
Historical researcher and author, Bernard Jones, has dedicated much of his adult life challenging what we know about the Homeric epics and in turn, the events surrounding the Trojan War.
According to Jones, at some point in history...Read more
Saturday, May 1, 2021 - 17:38
When it comes to human origins, there are so many unanswered questions and a myriad of different theories that it feels a bit like walking through a maze. In this book, Dr Rita Louise guides the reader effortlessly through the labyrinth...Read more
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 21:01
Written by historian Marc Hyden, Romulus recounts the history of the almost mythical founder of not only the Roman people but also, the city of his name, Rome. Most modern scholars tend to throw the stories and legends surrounding...Read more
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 03:08
Legends have it that Rome was founded on April 21st in the 8th century BCE. The ancient Romans were certain of it. And its founder, Romulus which many modern scholars throw into the realm of legend, is credited for not only establishing...Read more
Sunday, May 10, 2020 - 01:08
At first glance, one would think that Dr. Eric H. Cline’s Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon was yet another exhaustive title discussing nothing but the archaeological discoveries unearthed from the ancient...Read more
Sunday, March 1, 2020 - 23:27
The Eden-Atlantis Project: The Archaeological Site of Eden and Atlantis in the Eastern Mediterranean serves as a proper addition and addendum to both Discovery of Atlantis (Robert Sarmast) and Atlantis - New Revelations (The...Read more
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 14:18
A history steeped in both ancient and modern controversy...
As the book’s title implies, Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great: The Remarkable Discovery of the Royal Tombs of Macedon provides readers with a complete guide to...Read more
Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 20:50
There comes a time when one must question conventional wisdom and that is exactly the approach that independent researcher and author Bernard Jones has taken. Fascinated by the entire Trojan Cycle (e.g. the stories involving the Trojan...Read more
Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 17:14
This book combines Chandra Wickramasinghe’s research in the field of Astrobiology, which looks at the origin and evolution of life in and beyond our solar system, with Robert Bauval’s theories about the Giza pyramid complex in his native...Read more
Monday, October 23, 2017 - 17:38
It is easy to forget that in Shakespeare’s time, talk of ghosts, spirits and fairies were not at all unusual, indeed to many there was little doubt of the existence of a reality beyond that of what is visible. This, regardless of the...Read more
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 14:02
Written by Marc Hyden, Gaius Marius focuses on the fascinating life of the Roman by the same name. I will admit that prior to reading this book, I had not heard of Gaius Marius (157 - 86 BCE). Let alone, the very vital but important role...Read more
Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 22:49
In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander the Great is the definitive guide to the life and death of one of the greatest military leaders of the ancient world. Written by ancient historian, David Grant, the large...Read more
Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 01:19
Just before this book was published, Dr Russell, who is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology at Bournemouth University, told me that he researched it as part of the Lost Voices...Read more
Friday, April 21, 2017 - 16:43
Inspired by the many expeditions before him, researcher and explorer, B.J. Corbin spent the better part of the last three decades in search of the resting place of the Biblical Noah’s Ark, as the waters receded from the Great Deluge....Read more
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 20:54
Mountains and Lowlands is published by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford. The author, Paul Collins, undertakes an extremely ambitious task of cataloguing over 6000 years of human history into a single 200+ page volume. A...Read more
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 17:56
Last month, I received a copy of one of Jim Stempel’s latest publications: “The Nature of War.” Stempel is a researcher and author who has recently begun to divert his focus to topics concerning military non-fiction.
“The Nature of...Read more
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 18:35
In this publication, renowned genealogist, Anthony Adolph, tackles the difficult by tracing the origins of modern man through science and mythology, from as early the Big Bang. It is quite the ambitious undertaking, but I must admit that...Read more
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 23:33
In his latest research, renowned genealogist, Anthony Adolph, takes on the eponymous mythological ancestor of the British, Brutus. According to tradition, Brutus is a descendant of Aeneas, a Trojan refugee of the Trojan War (ca. 1200 BCE...Read more
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 18:22
British classicist and professor at the University of Cambridge, Tim Whitmarsh is best known for his work on Greek literary culture during the Greco-Roman period. While reading his recent research, Battling the Gods, his area of...Read more