In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific, he landed in a place that was unknown to him. There he found treasures – ...
For over fifteen centuries, European and Middle Eastern writers were entranced by tales of the Blemmyes - a mythical tribe of headless beings whose faces emerged from their chests. First described by ...
A team of archaeologists, led by UAB lecturer Joan Oller, has now published the results of the 2020 and 2021 dig seasons at the Roman site of Sikait, in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The study shows ...
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Columbus believed he would find ‘blemmyes’ and ‘sciapods’ – not people – in the New World
In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific, he landed in a place that was unknown to him. There he found treasures – ...
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