Prosthetics are not a modern invention. For millennia, physicians and craftsmen have built replacements for body parts that people have lost through…
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Every empire falls. There’s no way to stop it. The only we thing can control is how it happens—whether it’ll be a…
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That last of the ancient Olympic Games was held more than 1,600 years ago. For one final time, the strongest and quickest…
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Art is a subjective thing. Some people look at modern art and see a pile of junk while others stare at a…
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The idea of discovering a buried treasure is appealing to just about everyone. Who wouldn’t want to just dig down somewhere and…
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Some people just look cool. Whatever they do, others will want to emulate it in hopes that a little of that magical…
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Rituals are as old as mankind’s first thought. Modern ceremonies are mostly religious, but in the past, they held a wider purview.…
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For all the marvels of the modern world, there’s something to be said for things that were created in the distant past…
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Chinese medicine, holistic therapies, and ritualistic shamanism are often viewed as pseudoscience. But they are actually very ancient practices that have been…
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Many believe that patients before the early 20th century had to endure dental repairs, tooth extractions, or general surgery in agony, largely…