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June 28, 2020
The Koryos: An Ancient Warband
What is the koryos? In my new fantasy novel GODBORN: GODS OF BRONZE BOOK 1 the main characters begin the story in a special kind of warband called a “koryos“. This concept was a historical reality. So what was it? In prehistoric Europe and Western Asia the people of the steppe waged war against one […]
June 20, 2020
Godborn: Gods of Bronze Book 1 is OUT NOW
GET IT NOW! AMAZON US AMAZON UK AMAZON WORLDWIDE A savage demon clan. A godborn warrior. An oath to save the world. The Eurasian Steppe, 3000 BC. Across the plains a hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The young warrior, Holkis, swears to the Wolf God that he will hunt […]
May 25, 2020
People of the Bronze Age – The Corded Ware Culture
The Corded Ware culture existed between c. 2900 BCE – c. 2350 BCE, spanning the late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and ending in the early Bronze Age. They encompassed a vast area, from the Rhine on the west to the Volga in the east, occupying parts of Northern Europe, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. […]
May 13, 2020
People of the Bronze Age – Los Millares
Los Millares is a Copper Age town in Andalucia, Spain. The complex was in use from the end of the fourth millennium to the end of the second millennium BC and probably supported somewhere around 1000 people. Building on this scale at this early date is hardly known anywhere in the world and this is […]
People of the Bronze Age – The Yamnaya
The Yamnaya culture was a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the the Pontic steppe (north of the Black Sea) dating to 3300–2600 BC. Its name derives from its characteristic burial tradition: yamnaya is a Russian adjective that means ‘related to pits’, and these people used to bury their dead in […]
People of the Bronze Age – The Botai
See below a documentary on YouTube about the first horse riders in history; the Botai (who had no successors) and then the Yamnaya (one of the most successful people ever). It is simplified in the way that documentaries are when compared to books. But it has genuine experts – eg David Anthony and Dorcas Brown […]
Would You Eat a 36,000 Year Old Bison Steak?
Would you eat a 36,000 year old steak? In 1979 a gold miner discovered a mummified steppe bison in Alaska. As the body was stained blue by iron phosphate deposits it was given the name Blue Babe – after Paul Bunyan’s mythical giant ox that permanently turned blue when he was buried to the horns […]
The Incredible Domed Tents of the Shahsavan
One of the most crucial technological developments for steppe nomads (actually practising transhumance in most cases) was the invention of a tent that was up to the challenge. The challenge being something that could be packed up on wagons to be transported between summer and winter grounds that was also strong enough to resist the […]
Bronze Age Warfare – The Battle of Tollense Valley
In about 1300 BC in the sodden marshland of the Tollense Valley in northern Germany, 5,000 warriors assembled in two great armies. All were men aged between 20 and 40. Many were veterans of other raids and battles, with the scarred bodies to prove it. The invading force, led by great warlords and a mighty […]
February 13, 2020
King John – The Worst King of England?
King John is arguably England’s most maligned king. Does he deserve his appalling reputation? Watch my new video to find out! Thank you for watching, please subscribe to my YouTube channel!
