When people in the ancient world found gigantic ruins, they often described them as Cyclopean—as if only mythical Cyclops could have built…
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We don’t know entertainment. Sure, we have our TV shows and our movies, but we’re not living up to our potential because…
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Ancient warfare was dominated by men, who have natural advantages when it comes to wielding a sword, drawing a bow, or dying…
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Siberia is massive, stretching eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. With roughly three inhabitants per square kilometer,…
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In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church developed the concept of a holy way in which the participants would receive pardons for…
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In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church developed the concept of a holy way in which the participants would receive pardons for…
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For a war that affected nearly every country in the world, only a few nations seem to get mentioned when we talk…
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While nowhere near as famous as the Salem witchcraft trials that took place in 1692, the great Connecticut witchcraft panic, which lasted…
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Men have ruled since the earliest societies. In every stage of human history, women have been in margins, struggling through a second-class…
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The demography of ancient Greece has always been a hard subject to study. Although ancient sources provide no reliable statistical data on…