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The World Red Swastika Society, the ancient Chinese organization created in imitation of the Red Cross
No one should be alarmed by the title of this article because it has nothing to do with Nazism. We are going to talk about ...
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Search for the Skull and Extraction of the Complete Skeleton of the Heaviest Animal to Have Ever Existed on Earth Begins in Peru
The vast Ica desert in Peru, a remote and difficult-to-access region, captured the scientific world’s attention in 2023 ...
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Shabaka Stone, the most notable preserved document of Egyptian thought, recounting the myth of creation
The Shabaka Stone is a granite slab from the 25th Egyptian Dynasty, housed in the British Museum, containing the Memphite ...
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“Ancestral Disc” of the Milky Way Identified, Formed 13.5 Billion Years Ago
An international team of astronomers has identified and characterized the oldest disc in our galaxy, the Milky Way, which ...
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Byzantine Emperor Basil II Ordered the Blinding of Thousands of Prisoners Taken at the Battle of Kleidion
In an era long before any concept of dignified treatment for defeated enemies, during a time when losing on the battlefield ...
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Archaeologists excavated 50 feet under Egypt’s largest non-royal tomb and found Idi’s double sarcophagus
The joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission between the universities of Sohag and Berlin recently discovered the funerary chamber of a woman named “Idi”, who was the only daughter of the governor ...
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A sealed Iron Age sarcophagus found by archaeologists in Italy, and inside is a perfectly preserved skeleton
The Iron Age stone sarcophagus, already opened and with the skeleton perfectly preserved inside. Credit: Andrea Babbi / Cnr Ispc / LEIZA Located on Mount Bisenzo, near Lake Bolsena in Italy, this site ...
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How Björn, the son of Ragnar, attacked Seville and other places in the Iberian Peninsula in his expedition to the Mediterranean
In the popular TV series Vikings, it’s Ivar the Boneless who perhaps steals the spotlight with his peculiar personality, reminiscent of the classic – and stereotypical – image of Caligula or Nero.
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The Oldest Carpet in the World, Found in an Iron Age Tomb
It is reasonable to deduce that in the successive phases of prehistory, humans, in their effort to create a warmer environment, used animal skins to cover the floors of the caves and huts they ...
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A 5000-Year-Old Paved Cellar Found in Denmark Reveals the Existence of Complex Underground Structures in Prehistory
Detail photo of the cellar and reconstruction of what the house would have looked like. Credit: Museum Lolland-Falster A team of archaeologists led by Marie Brinch from the Lolland-Falster Museum has ...
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“Locationes Censoriae”, the Contracts That Enabled the Construction of Rome’s Great Public Works
A recent study published in the Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies reveals interesting details about the system of public contracts in the Roman Republic, highlighting the delicate interaction between ...
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How an African American Cowboy Made a Discovery that Changed North America’s Prehistory
We’ve seen them drive large herds from state to state, fight against Native Americans, defend stagecoaches from bandits, duel, and even battle aliens, but there’s something else cowboys can add to ...