Category: History

Financial Lessons from the Great Depression

Looking Back to Move Forward The Great Depression remains one of the most challenging times in modern economic history. Families faced unemployment, businesses closed, and entire communities struggled to survive. Yet within the hardship came valuable lessons that continue to shape how we think about money and stability today. These lessons are not just about…


A Brief History Of Mu/Lemuria: Between Fact And Fiction

Stories about ancient lost continents have been fascinating and amazing throughout the passage of time. The stories or myths about the rise and fall of ancient lost civilisations which, according to legend, inhabited these submerged vast continents have fascinated mankind for a long time. Many of these stories have a common aspect regarding the downfall…


Malia And Zakros, Two Important Minoan Palaces

The Minoans, an advanced Mediterranean culture and civilisation of the Bronze Age with a beautiful art, are still predominantly mysterious and captivating to both researchers and enthusiasts of the past. Among the most interesting aspects of their bygone civilisation is their palatial system which continues to fascinate historians, archaeologists, and fans of ancient history alike….


The Minoans – Advanced, Mysterious, And Slightly Extreme

The Minoans were an influential, mysterious, advanced, beautiful, yet also slightly extreme Bronze Age civilisation which thrived in Crete, the largest island of Greece, and the adjacent islands in the Aegean Sea (i.e. the Cyclades, but also some smaller ones in the Sea of Crete situated to the north of Crete) and the Libyan Sea…


The Ancient Minoan Palace Of Knossos

The ancient Minoan Palace of Knossos (also known as the Palace of Minos, named as such after the legendary King Minos from Greek mythology) is a beautiful archaeological site in Heraklion, the most populous city on Crete, the largest island of Greece. The Palace of Knossos was the royal residence of the kings of the…