Western civilization in Antiquity
Western civilization in Antiquity forms a continuous society with different state organizations stretching from the time of Homer and Hesiod in...
World’s first sophisticated medical practice
Sometime before 2000 BCE, Egyptian priests began to develop the world’s first sophisticated medical practice. Although it is believed that...
What is Alchemy ?
Alchemy was not merely misguided chemistry; it made many contributions to chemistry. Alchemy was, however, a magical or mystical way of...
The Volcano Thera
We know from geological and archaeological records that a major eruption of the volcano Thera (named after the largest remaining island in...
Phoenician merchants
The earliest explorers are barely remembered legends. Among legendary voyages is that of Jason and the Argonauts, now thought to record the first...
Early Surgery
Surgery is perhaps the oldest form of medicine. The practice of making holes in the skull, or trephining, is prehistoric, while one of...
Looking back into history, in the period where Hun's were dominating across Eastern Europe. There was a lot of terror caused, the raiding, pillaging...
What is considered beautiful? Throughout the world and each time period offers different standards of beauty, each culture has it's own image of beauty...
Syphilis is a very serious disease. The origins of this disease it’s still unknown, but currently there are two theories, which can potentially tell...