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One of the most incredible stories I came across while researching my first book was that of Robert Knox.Knox was shipwrecked in 1659 on the island of Ceylon (modern-day Sri

When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses & ilex, pea plants & over 50 types of

I fell down a bit of a ruins research rabbithole today, thought I'd share some of my weird journey.It started with this incredible 1858 photo of the Temple of Olympian

I ordered this book from my library, & it finally arrived yesterday.It might not look like much, but it feels really emotional to hold it. I'll try to explain why.

One thing I love about history is how small & insignificant things at the time can end up telling us so much.A good example is how 1,800 years ago a

A thread on the great library of King Ashurbanipal, discovered in the ruins of Nineveh: The first universal library, the source of our first story, and a lost wonder of

A thread on illness and medicine in ancient Babylon and Assyria, including herbal remedies, marijuana, liver readings and mischievous ghosts Like many early societies, the ancient Mesopotamians regarded most illness