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Egypt archaeology: Dig unearths smiling mini-sphinx which may represent Claudius

news.yahoo.com

Submitted by egg_static5 t3_11l0wd5 on March 7, 2023 at 2:32 PM

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First archaeological correlate of the Egyptian rebellion described on the Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE — Evidence of violent destruction across the ancient city of Thmouis, in Egypt’s Nile delta, ca. 204-186 BCE

theconversation.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11kh7pr on March 6, 2023 at 11:02 PM

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Medieval babycare: from breastfeeding to developmental toys

aeon.co

Submitted by nemo_to_zero t3_11k2lai on March 6, 2023 at 3:55 PM

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Ancient DNA unveils disparate fates of Ice Age hunter-gatherers in Europe

sciencenews.org

Submitted by egg_static5 t3_11jzjsb on March 6, 2023 at 1:53 PM

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Peter Skene Ogden, one of the most important and turbulent personalities in the North American Fur Trade.

wltribune.com

Submitted by creemetismami t3_11jgybm on March 5, 2023 at 11:05 PM

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Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments

news.artnet.com

Submitted by NotTRYINGtobeLame t3_11ida2h on March 4, 2023 at 9:07 PM

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Weekly History Questions Thread.

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_11hylr5 on March 4, 2023 at 1:00 PM

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The amazing life of Julia Rivet.

wltribune.com

Submitted by creemetismami t3_11h4wog on March 3, 2023 at 4:26 PM

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German’s diary offers rare look of life in Tokyo in mid-19th century

asahi.com

Submitted by tta2013 t3_11gr740 on March 3, 2023 at 4:28 AM

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Sea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago

theguardian.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11gb5z9 on March 2, 2023 at 7:15 PM

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Medieval babycare: from breastfeeding to developmental toys

aeon.co

Submitted by Hiversitize t3_11g229t on March 2, 2023 at 12:53 PM

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Scientists discover corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza

reuters.com

Submitted by Magister_Xehanort t3_11g02yo on March 2, 2023 at 11:05 AM

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The difficulties of translating gender in ancient texts

kiwihellenist.blogspot.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_11fm7qk on March 1, 2023 at 11:43 PM

25 comments

Has there been nuremberg trial equivalent for the soviet union?

Submitted by clearlyzoned t3_11fa2ob on March 1, 2023 at 5:42 PM

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Bookclub and Sources Wednesday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_11f1zd3 on March 1, 2023 at 12:01 PM

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Complete history of evolution of camera, from pinhole to DSLR [with bit of science]

humanworkhistory.substack.com

Submitted by arjitraj_ t3_11exkmc on March 1, 2023 at 7:32 AM

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CT scans of a medieval woman’s skull reveal an unprecedented case of cranial surgery using a cruciform incision — on a living subject who survived prior cranial drillings, circa 6th- to 8th-century BCE in central Italy

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_113dmn0 on February 16, 2023 at 12:49 AM

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Trove of spices from around the world found on sunken fifteenth-century Norse ship

phys.org

Submitted by ArtOak t3_10z7bgs on February 11, 2023 at 12:19 AM

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New evidence indicates that ~2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher hippos and pound plant material, along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya

news.griffith.edu.au

Submitted by marketrent t3_10yc9jh on February 10, 2023 at 1:16 AM

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Tavern from c. 2700 BCE rediscovered in Iraq with food, bowls, and a contemporary clay-refrigerator inside

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_10xn9o9 on February 9, 2023 at 6:10 AM

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Neanderthals had a taste for a seafood delicacy that's still popular today: "Neanderthals living 90,000 years ago in a seafront cave, in what's now Portugal, regularly caught crabs, roasted them on coals and ate the cooked flesh, according to a new study."

cnn.com

Submitted by PhillipCrawfordJr t3_10wfqvm on February 7, 2023 at 10:49 PM

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New version of the Epic of Gilgamesh — the first to contain all known transcriptions of about 22,000 text fragments, circa 130 BC to date — will be made publicly accessible

lmu.de

Submitted by marketrent t3_10vcex7 on February 6, 2023 at 5:27 PM

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Opium War: The Conflict That Changed China Forever | The National Interest

nationalinterest.org

Submitted by Joke-Fast t3_10tkp7h on February 4, 2023 at 4:38 PM

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Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals

scienceinter.com

Submitted by OptimalCrew7992 t3_11dj302 on February 27, 2023 at 6:34 PM

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England's archaeological history gathers dust as museums fill up

bbc.com

Submitted by spark8000 t3_11cozeq on February 26, 2023 at 6:40 PM

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