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A summary of Ilya Ivanov's "humanzee experiments"

Submitted by Leather_Focus_6535 t3_z72n0q on November 28, 2022 at 5:32 PM

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How likely was it (in the 19th century) for an ocean liner to simply disappear?

Submitted by Natural-Ad678 t3_z1zowl on November 22, 2022 at 5:39 PM

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Origins of the Black Death identified. Multidisciplinary team studied ancient plague genomes

mpg.de

Submitted by ArtOak t3_yydou9 on November 18, 2022 at 7:02 AM

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Myth: the burning of the library of Alexandria was "the most destructive fire in the history of human culture".

kiwihellenist.blogspot.com

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_ys5uv0 on November 11, 2022 at 9:29 AM

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Oldest known written sentence discovered on a head-lice comb: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”

theguardian.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_yqcits on November 9, 2022 at 8:15 AM

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New study suggests Māori settlers arrived in Aotearoa-New Zealand as early as 13th century.

rnz.co.nz

Submitted by PM_YOUR_BAKING_PICS t3_yp1u0r on November 7, 2022 at 9:56 PM

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Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE

nbcnews.com

Submitted by Sanlear t3_yl0g78 on November 3, 2022 at 11:45 AM

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Findings from 2,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal complex trade network

phys.org

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z92xjv on November 30, 2022 at 8:54 PM

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Why did so few Roman emperors have biological children?

Submitted by hazhulkha t3_z92bu9 on November 30, 2022 at 8:32 PM

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Bookclub Wednesday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_z8pozv on November 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM

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30,000 Medieval items available online for the first time --- Seven European institutions created a database of 34,000 new images of medieval items, including manuscripts, books, and coins.

aleteia.org

Submitted by Culturedecanted t3_z8cc4b on November 30, 2022 at 1:04 AM

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Questions For Labor Historians: Resistance In Company Towns?

Submitted by Ahruzimel t3_z7vv7k on November 29, 2022 at 2:39 PM

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Faces from the past – Stucco Maya masks unearthed at Toniná

heritagedaily.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z7lcoq on November 29, 2022 at 6:09 AM

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On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction”

english.kyodonews.net

Submitted by marketrent t3_z5y036 on November 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM

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New York’s Grand Dame of Dog Poisoning

theatlantic.com

Submitted by nemo_to_zero t3_z5cgkg on November 26, 2022 at 5:09 PM

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Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_z5703a on November 26, 2022 at 1:00 PM

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Archaeologists unearth rare sword from time of the Kalmar War

heritagedaily.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z4ykph on November 26, 2022 at 4:59 AM

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What is the oldest tribe or clan that has been existing throughout history? And also, the oldest ethnicity?

Submitted by sheerwaan t3_z4iwwm on November 25, 2022 at 5:26 PM

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Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries

phys.org

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z3zl37 on November 25, 2022 at 12:54 AM

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An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z3ypk5 on November 25, 2022 at 12:10 AM

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Animal bones, ancient Romans’ snack food found in Colosseum

cyprus-mail.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z3sqzu on November 24, 2022 at 7:39 PM

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Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin?

Submitted by ItaloSvevo111 t3_z3h2tn on November 24, 2022 at 11:00 AM

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Coins study suggests ‘fake emperor’ was real, say scientists

theguardian.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z2zxf9 on November 23, 2022 at 8:40 PM

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Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo.

livescience.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2z44z on November 23, 2022 at 8:08 PM

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Might be a stupid question, but I've been watching a lot of stuff regarding the Spartan and Persians recently and I always wondered how would these people have communicated back then? Were there specific scholars in both countries that were trained in various languages?

Submitted by herewego199209 t3_z2t0h4 on November 23, 2022 at 4:08 PM

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