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Hagia Sophia – set to become a mosque again
The Hagia Sophia is to be turned back into a mosque having been a museum for eighty years after a court decision now enforced by President Erdogan
Read MoreHistory podcasts on the way – lockdown relief!
Tony McMahon will shortly begin broadcasting a new series of history podcasts covering all kinds of weird and wonderful subjects
Read MoreWhere was the crucifixion of Jesus?
So – where was Jesus really crucified? An Easter mystery!
Read MoreDid the Knights Templar discover the Copper Scroll?
A mysterious Copper Scroll was found in Jordan by archaeologists in the 1950s. The two thousand year old artefact seemed to detail the location of treasure hidden at different locations by a mysterious Jewish cult called the Essenes. But it’s…
Read MoreThe Forgotten Templar Crusade – Spain and Portugal
The Knights Templar were involved in a bitter seven centuries long crusade in Spain and Portugal between Christian and Muslim kingdoms
Read MoreRoman statues reused in the medieval period
On the blog, I’ve shown you examples of Roman buildings reused in the medieval period – in Rome and York for example. But Roman statues were also refashioned. Sometimes in rather peculiar ways. Medieval statue in Venice is Roman stuff…
Read MoreReusing Roman buildings during the Templar period
Medieval walls were often built on top of earlier Roman fortifications as can be seen in York
Read MoreThe Madaba map of Byzantine Jerusalem
The 6th century AD Madaba Map gives an exclusive view of Byzantine Jerusalem in thousands of tiles that make up an amazing mosaic
Read MoreJerash – an amazing ancient city in ruins
The ancient Roman city of Jerash never stopped changing through the Byzantine and crusader period though it declined economically and because of earthquakes
Read MoreCrusaders storm the Temple of Artemis at Jerash
The Temple of Artemis at Jerash became a Saracen fortress and was stormed by a crusader army including Knights Templar who hid wealth there
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