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The Fame of Gladiators Reached the Remotest Areas of the Roman Empire: A Left-Handed “Secutor” Knife Handle Found at Hadrian’s Wall
Gladiator-shaped knife handle found in Hadrian's Wall Credit: English Heritage In the waters of the river near the Roman town ...
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French Women Had More Power in the Middle Ages Than After the Revolution
In the 14th century, power in Europe was largely in the hands of the aristocracy. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the rulers were ...
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A caliga sole with the nails still in their original intact arrangement and other vestiges of the everyday life of Roman legionaries, found in Germany
During recent renovations of a playground near the wall of the ancient Roman camp in Haltern am See (Germany), a team of ...
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White Friday: The Avalanches That Buried Thousands of Soldiers in the Alps in World War I
Many people are eagerly watching the calendar, awaiting the arrival of Black Friday on November to take advantage of tempting ...
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The Revolution of Time in the Hellenistic World: How Clock Time Spread in the 3rd Century BCE
At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...
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The Spectacular Fort Built by the Italians Atop Mount Chaberton in the Alps is the Highest in Europe
Located at 3,130 meters above sea level at the summit of Mount Chaberton in the Cerces Massif of the French Alps, the ...
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The Mass Offering of Children to Tlaloc Coincided with the Great Drought of 1454 in Mexico
In a context marked by water scarcity and collective despair, the mass offering of children sacrificed to the god of rain, ...
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Prehistoric Engravings Reveal that Fishing Nets Were Used 15,800 Years Ago During the Upper Paleolithic in Germany
One of the engravings showing what appears to be a fish entangled in fishing nets. Credit: Jérôme Robitaille et al. A recently published study reveals the existence of ancient fishing techniques at ...
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Battle of the Alps: The Failed Italian Attempt to Invade Southern France in 1940
At midnight on June 11, 1940, Italy declared war on France. This was something that had been anticipated for some time, despite a certain level of German discontent (Hitler saw the transalpine country ...
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Cannae, the Catastrophic Defeat That Left Rome Defenseless Against Hannibal
The last human sacrifices carried out in Rome—beyond considering the ludi gladiatorii as an acceptable adaptation of the concept—took place in 216 BC. It was during a colossal catastrophe that shook ...
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The 4 Times the United States Tried to Acquire Greenland from Denmark
In the summer of 2019, the temperature rose a few degrees in Greenland, but it wasn’t solely due to climate change; rather, it was because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea to buy the region. This ...
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The Zanj Rebellion, when slaves and Bedouins rose against the Abbasid Caliphate
The characteristic minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the city where the Zanj Rebellion broke out. Credit: Taisir Mahdi / Wikimedia Commons Specifically, Arab traders settled in the region, ...