The Weekly Vine Edition 79: India–US trade deal, the Matrix–Epstein foreshadowing, and Helen of Troy’s black or white conundrum

Hello, dear reader, and welcome to the 79th edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we take a look at the US–India trade deal, ...

Helen of Troy: Why she was likely brown, not black or white

Helen of Troy, often celebrated as the catalyst for the epic Trojan War, is believed to have embodied the classic ...
Greek Reporter

3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Rock Carvings Discovered in Norway

A discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a forested hill in eastern Norway, is drawing new attention to rock carvings created more ...
History Time on MSN

The Nordic Bronze Age, when Scandinavia built a hidden empire of gold, amber, and sea routes

Long before classical writers dismissed the far north as a barbarian backwater, Scandinavia was powering a vast Bronze Age network built on amber, seafaring, and elite warrior culture. This is the ...
Greek Reporter

DNA Study Finds Maniots Are Descendants of Bronze Age Greeks

A new study study has revealed that the DNA of the inhabitants of Mesa Mani (Inner Mani) constitutes a unique "genetic island ...
Ancient Origins

Ships, a Footprint, and a Hand: New Bronze Age Rock Carvings Found

The standout images are ships, some carved upright, others upside down, packed with small human figures whose heads are unusually clearly defined. Fjeld and his daughter also spotted the “sole of a ...
Archaeology

Medieval Burial Found in Croatian Bronze Age Burial Mound

Croatia Week reports that researchers from Juraj Dobrila University of Pula conducted an excavation at Vrh Kosir, a Bronze ...
Ancient Origins

Surprising Architectural Anomalies and Unresolved Questions at the Mortuary Temple of Khafre

However, direct field observation continues to show that not all architectural elements within the plateau fit comfortably within these established models. The Mortuary Temple of Khafre, located on ...