At Mexico's Chichen Itza, archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard

A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, archaeologists said this week.

Nicholas Hawksmoor – the ‘Devil’s Architect’ – Square Magazine

The dramatic and mysterious demise of the Knights Templar

The Knights Templar were a powerful and wealthy military order that played a significant role in the Crusades of the 12th and 13th centuries. The order, officially known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, was founded in Jerusalem in 1119 by nine French knights with the purpose of protecting Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

6.3in-long wooden object found at Roman Vindolanda may have been used as a SEX TOY 2,000 years ago

Researchers have discovered a strange wooden artefact at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in northern England that they believe may have been used during sex.

The Toys of Dionysus and Their Religious Significance

In an ancient Greek myth, the Titans used toys to lure Dionysus and eat him. What were these toys and what was their religious significance?