Sadly for him, da Covilhã would never return to his beloved homeland, spending the rest of his life as a state guest in the Kingdom of Prester John (modern Ethiopia). But the notes and letters he sent ...

Medieval madness led the Portuguese to believe in the legend of Prester John who was rumoured to be stationed in the rear of the Islamic lands and would help annihilate the “Moors”.

From the myth of Prester John to the character of Tarzan, the idea of a Western white person living among jungle natives has always been intriguing. Thus, the legend that emerged in mid-19th-century ...

In time, Simon discovers that the tale of Miriamele’s grandfather, Prester John, and his throne, the vaunted Dragonbone Chair, is based in part on a lie: The old king had never slain a dragon as ...

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Extra History. Kings of Solomon Not Prester John - Ethiopian Empire - Part 1 - Extra History. Posted: November 6, 2024 | Last updated: December 11, 2024 ...

Tom Atkinson chatted about his new book “Into The Kingdom,” which was just released in the summer of 2023. Background on the author. Atkinson is an international criminal and securities lawyer ...

Medieval Europeans believed it was a place inhabited by unicorns and flying dragons, birthplace of Prester John, keeper of the Fountain of Youth, protector of the Holy Grail, ...

In a dispatch to the papal court in 1145, a Syrian bishop wrote of the supposed Prester John, a powerful Christian priest and king in the East, descended from the line of the Magi, who had ...