Khopesh, the Bronze Age’s Superweapon
We are all familiar with swords and spears but what about the formidable khopesh? As Colleen Anne Coyle explains on …
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Forearm Guards: Fiction or Reality?
I always found forearm guards to be rather quaint and decorative rather than effective in battle. Then I came across …
NASA Crashes Spacecraft into Asteroid
And of course, today’s big news is that NASA has successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. It will be …
History of the Ferrari Brand
This blog usually deals with Medieval or ancient history, but I’m also interested in more recent history. While researching an …
Helen after Troy
Bradford McCormick, a reader of this blog, mentioned Helen of Troy in a comment and got me thinking. What did …
Ancient Surgery
Plenty of ancient resources mention medical procedures such as surgery. The early Chinese surgeon Hua Tuo (c. 140-208) is credited …
Polishing vs. Painting vs. Seasoning Your Armor
One thing I inherited from my late father is a small house in Evia, an island off of Athens. When …
Short Time Sales
Many of you write romance that includes scenes that range from explicit to implicit. For you, I have this little …
The 1914 Christmas Truce
Such was the carnage of The Great War that it was thought it would put an end to war for …
A Christmas Feud
Christmas is a time when friends and relatives gather around the table to celebrate love, joy, and all things good. …
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