History Articles

Amphora the container of choice for 4000 years from the Sumerians to the Romans. The ubiquitous amphora carried perishable goods ... Read the complete article >>

Calpeia, the first known Gibraltarian from 5400 BC was found in a cave at Europa Point Gibraltar in 1996. She proves Neolithic pe ... Read the complete article >>

Gibraltar, Home to the Gorgon Medusa after gorgoneion found in Gorham's Cave shows ancient mariners revered the cave ... Read the complete article >>

Untangling the history of the silk industry in Andalucia ... Read the complete article >>

Visit Las Menas, an abandoned mining town in the Sierra de los Filabres in Almeria province, purpose built in the 19th century by ... Read the complete article >>

The trebuchet went out of use in the 15th century yet, in 2013, during the Syrian civil war, rebels were filmed using a trebuchet ... Read the complete article >>

Redefining the species. It is time to change our perception of the people that went before us and those we live amongst ... Read the complete article >>

Discover the street art of Huelva, Jaen, Malaga, Cadiz, Seville, Granada, Cordoba and Almeria ... Read the complete article >>

‘probably the most fought over and most densely fortified place in Europe, and probably, therefore, in the world’ - Field Mar ... Read the complete article >>

'Beyond doubt the greatest scoundrel that ever sailed from England.' - English Ambassador to Venice 1622, of Jack Ward, an Englis ... Read the complete article >>

Growing cork oak trees, Quercus suber, for commercial purposes is a long-term project. A cork oak tree is forty years old before ... Read the complete article >>

General Barnett, expressing the sentiments of all his fellow officers, suggested that it was ‘the best thing that could have ha ... Read the complete article >>

The History of Flamenco, part of the culture of Andalucia Flamenco is regarded as quintessentially Andalucian ... Read the complete article >>

The gold brought back from South America by the Spanish between 1495 and 1898 was an irresistible lure for monarchs and pirates a ... Read the complete article >>

The Order of Calatrava is the oldest military and religious Order in Spain, dating to its establishment by Sancho II, King of Cas ... Read the complete article >>

By 1492, the Order of Santiago was more powerful even than the unifying monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castil ... Read the complete article >>

You may not find the acres of plastic covering the coastal plains of Almeria the most attractive landscape. A fascinating story o ... Read the complete article >>

Esparto grass in Andalucia from the Neolithic to the British involvement in the 19th century ... Read the complete article >>

Almadraba are fish traps that have been used for thousands of years to catch bluefin tuna off the Atlantic coast of Cadiz, Andalu ... Read the complete article >>

The Zanclean Deluge - How the Mediterranean Sea was created 5.33 million years ago ... Read the complete article >>

Treaty that ended the conflict between the Grand Alliance and France and Spain 11th April 1713 ... Read the complete article >>

The decision to put whole countries in the same time zone came about because of the railways ... Read the complete article >>

The ‘de la frontera’ towns were in the no mans land between the Emirate of Granada and the Christian lands in Andalucia ... Read the complete article >>

A royal boob prevented Gibraltar from being recognised as a city for 180 years. ... Read the complete article >>

Operation Mincemeat or the man who never was, was a plot to fool the Nazis during WWII, now a 2022 film by Colin Firth, filmed in ... Read the complete article >>