6th Century Armor

I realized one of the first mistakes I made with the Shattered Empire setting was to call it “The Shattered Empire”. The empire is supposed to be only a background thing to excuse the existence of all the dungeons and why they are full of treasures. It’s not what the setting is supposed to be … Continue reading “6th Century Armor”

Uncovering Secrets of the Sphinx

When Mark Lehner was a teenager in the late 1960s, his parents introduced him to the writings of the famed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. During one of his trances, Cayce, who …

The Amazing Engineering of Ancient Roman Roads

In 1810, by which time he had built an empire that spanned most of continental Europe, if the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, wanted to get a message from Paris …

Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs and occasionally other high court aristocracy would have slaves slaughtered after the pharaohs died so they may continue to serve them in the afterlife. This practise is …