In the ancient world, the possibility of a violent, premature death was always around the corner. Certainly, it could happen to the…
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Ancient weapons may have been forged from wood, stone, and lower-grade metal, but they were all deadly. Recent discoveries unearthed rare swords…
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Warfare has been around for a very long time. As ancient mass graves have shown us, interactions between various groups of human…
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Coming-of-age rituals occur when someone who was considered a child is transformed into an adult in the eyes of society. This is…
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The word “civilization” is open to interpretation, but archaeologists usually refer to ancient civilizations as human societies “with a high level of…
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While there’s no official definition of ‘ancient history’, modern historians tend to define it as the period from the beginning of human…
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In many ways, ancient Rome was the birthplace of modern Western culture. It’s easy to see ourselves reflected in its culture and…
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History slowly and inevitably decays into mystery. As time passes, we lose knowledge and culture to the invisible realm of the forgotten.…
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When skeletons talk, scientists listen. How someone died centuries ago can reveal more about the social violence and beliefs of long-gone eras.…
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History leaves plenty of evidence behind. We can gaze upon the ruins of vanquished civilizations, ponder the bones of the long-dead, and…