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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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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 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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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 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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How the Siege of Paris in 1871 Enabled German Unification, Proclaimed in Versailles
On October 7, 1870, one of those minor, anecdotal episodes that pepper History amidst greater events took place. A hydrogen balloon named Armand-Barbès lifted off from Paris, setting out towards Tours ...
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A votive offering found in Agrigento reveals an ancient ritual of the inhabitants of Akragas in the 5th century BCE
The offering was carefully fixed to the ground with a nail and then set on fire. Credit: Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi In the heart of the ancient city of Akragas, today ...
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The Strange Legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Scientific plate made in 1791 for the book by De la Croix and Clayton, collected in Henry Lee's work. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, also called Borametz and ...
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A 9,000-Year-Old Hearth and Mesolithic Harpoon Found in a German Cave
Fragment of a barbed point or bone or antler harpoon (length: 4.9 cm) Credit: Petra Fleischer / LWL-AfW Olpe The excavation of this hearth is a discovery that provides valuable information about the ...
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The Mesopotamian Stele Showing the First Phalanx Formation in History
However, the lengthy duration of the Peloponnesian Wars required new additions, such as the peltasts or auxiliary light infantrymen, who were not as heavily protected and did not fight in closed ...
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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 ...