Preserved in Glass: How Mount Vesuvius Locked This Roman’s Brain in Time
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...
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Archaeologist Identifies Ancient Roman Prison In Greece Using Graffiti Carved Into The Floor By Inmates
An archaeologist studying the ancient Roman Forum in Corinth, Greece, just identified one of the buildings within it as a ...
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Ancient Rome offers a glimpse into the politics of gender
Exploring the historical context of gender nonconformity and its implications on modern-day transgender rights.
Rare frescoes unearthed in Pompeii shed light on ancient rituals
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices ...
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From Pyramids to Medicine: 5 Egyptian Breakthroughs That Defined an Era
The Egyptian Empire was one of the most powerful in the world in its day, thanks in no small part to a host of inventions.
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Letter: Reboot of Ancient Rome?
I just finished talking with a close friend of mine who is a member of the Prometheus Society. That’s one level up from Mensa, only the top 1/10th of one ...
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A New Study Hints at the Origins of an Ancient Easter Island Script
A new study on Rongorongo, an indecipherable script found on artifacts on Easter Island, finds it could have been ...
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How an Ancient Plant Became the World’s First Birth Control and Rome’s Love Potion. Then Went Extinct Because of It
This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.
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Ruins of oldest Roman basilica ever found in London uncovered on construction site in heart of U.K. capital
Items such as writing tablets, styluses — even ancient trash — could offer glimpses ... This is the heart of Rome in London, where all the decisions were made." Elsewhere in England ...
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How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
They contain features preserved from the pre-writing age. Historians estimate they were ... 337-361 AD) to preserve the knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome. The priority of the emperor was to save ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
Elite Germanic Pagans Buried ‘Devil’s Money’ as Offerings for Their Gods at This Ancient Cult Site
As missionaries arrived in Germania, they recorded the habits of local pagans, writing that in order to convert to Christianity, these individuals needed to renounce their old gods and stop ...