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California’s Mysterious Ancient Wisdom Teacher And His Puzzling Connection To The Stars

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Most people remain unaware of his existence, even in California, yet he was once a figure of immense importance who

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Catherine of Siena’s American Daughters

Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was made a saint in 1461, less than a century after she died. In 1970 Pope Paul VI declared her a

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Bronze Age Scandinavians Crossed The Sea Before The Vikings – New Computer Model Reveals

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study has unveiled fascinating insights into the seafaring capabilities of people living in Bronze Age-era Denmark, suggesting they may

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Early Modern Millers’ Tales | History Today

By the end of the medieval period millers had poor reputations. Chaucer’s miller in the Canterbury Tales was coarse, vulgar, and habitually dishonest – he

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Wool Aliens of the British Empire

In the early 1910s a young woman set out every day to walk the river banks near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Ida Hayward was

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65,000-year-old Neanderthal Glue Factory Discovered in Gibraltar

A recent discovery in Gibraltar has unveiled one of the most advanced manufacturing sites of the ancient world: a Neanderthal tar distillation oven dating back

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James VI and I: Spinning the English Succession

In December 1593 Robert Persons, a leader of the English Jesuits on the Continent, was putting the finishing touches to a book he had been

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Church Built by Roman Emperor Justinian I Excavated in Aquileia, Italy

In the quiet and peaceful village of Aquileia, in northern Italy near the Adriatic Sea coast, archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian

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Dedicated Roman Gladiator Superfans Were the Football Hooligans of Their Day

 John Pearce/The Conversation In the amphitheatre of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott trains his lens on fighters and emperors – but no account of ancient gladiators

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The Gruesome Goat’s Tongue: Greatest Torture of All Time?

History is full of inventive, albeit disturbing, methods of making people squirm, confess, or simply regret their life choices. Among these is the lesser-known but