Weapons & Armor of the Ancient World

‘Why are violence and the sacred so intertwined? Why is death seen as necessary to renew life? ... To us the Aztec universe may appear irra...

"A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, ...

“They have served the dark will of Persian kings for five hundred years.   Eyes as dark as night... teeth filed to fangs... soulless.   The...

Cattle die kinsmen die all men are mortal. Words of praise will never perish nor a noble name. - The Havamal or Book of Viking Wisdom T...

By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the...

Rectitude Courage Benevolence Respect Honesty Honor Loyalty - Seven Virtues of Bushidō Perhaps not quite of the ancient...

“Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks” -          Sir Winston Churchill I thought...