Only living into her mid-20s, Ankhesenamun became the Queen of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty when she married King Tut.Ankhesenamun was born Princess Ankhesenpaaten sometime around 1350 B.C., the third of six daughters born to King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. For over three thousand years, much of her life has been a mystery, a fascinating patchwork of bizarre facts and strange omissions.
Wikimedia Commons Ankhesenamun, King Tut’s wife, shown on the right giving flowers to her husband. Read More...
Excavations near Tewkesbury Abbey revealed the site of a Medieval farmstead — and the surprising remains of a moat that once surrounded it. Cotswald ArchaeologyArchaeologists stripping back modern deposits known as “overburden” to reveal the Medieval site beneath.
While excavating a historic site near Tewkesbury, England, researchers recently uncovered a Medieval farmhouse — complete with the remnants of a Medieval moat of “high significance.” The farmhouse, dating back to the 12th or 13th century C. Read More...
The process that's required to train baby elephants to give rides to tourists is devastatingly cruel. Now, animal rights groups and travel agencies are taking a stand against this practice.Valletta Vittorio/AGF/UIG via Getty ImagesTourists are pictured riding elephants at the Mae Rim, Maetaman Elephant Camp in Thailand.
Baby elephants in Southeast Asia have become subjected to the practice of international trafficking. This trafficking is feeding Thailand’s booming tourism industry, where one of the most popular tourist activities is taking a ride atop an elephant through the jungle. Read More...
