Author Archives: John Pullen

The idea of using the upturned cranium of a human skull to either drink out of or eat from may sound not only horrible but fictitious. Indeed, many historians believed that this was a fictional metaphor or just a spicy legend. But, we now have evidence to say that not only did this happen butContinue reading “A Head for Food and Drink”

This is not only a difficult subject to define correctly, it is also a contentious one. For a start, how do we define race? In addition, is it different to ethnicity and if so, how do we define it? Throughout most of our history, race and ethnicity have been the reason for prejudice and inContinue reading “The Human Race Ends in a Draw”

Any fan of the American West of the nineteenth century will know something about Billy the Kid, Jesse James as well as other characters. But there were also battles against the native Americans who for many years were unfortunately called “Red Indians.” Their foe was the US Army or US Cavalry. And one of theContinue reading “What Really Happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?”

You can be forgiven if you have never heard of the Khazars. I admit they were new to me before researching them for this article. They were a people who lived in Eurasia. This was an area from the Black Sea in the west along the southern steppes of Russia until it reached the AralContinue reading “Why Did the Khazars Disappear?”

There have been many archaeological discoveries which have surprised those who found them. But, in a remote part of the country of Laos, in the Far East, a discovery was made that still has many historians scratching their heads. In 1923, an archaeologist by the name of Henri Parmentier visited a plain containing thousands ofContinue reading “Mystery of the Plain of Jars”