Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today. When
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Fall of Troy: the legend and the facts
Mariacarmela Montesanto, University of Liverpool The legendary ancient city of Troy is very much in the limelight this year: a
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a priceless link to the Bible’s past
Daniel Falk, Pennsylvania State University Leer en español. The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has removed five Dead
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When – and why – did people first start using money?
Chapurukha Kusimba, American University Sometimes you run across a grimy, tattered dollar bill that seems like it’s been around since
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How the Death of Delia Green Became Immortalized in Song
The death of Delia Green has come down to us in legendary verse from Bob Dylan to Johnny Cash. How
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How a Psychic Experience Led to the Body of Richard III
Philippa Langley, who is president of the Richard III society, had an overwhelming feeling she was walking on the grave
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How did the Ancient Mayans Discover Zero?
In the history of mathematics, the concept of the number zero is a real revolution and has only been discovered
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Did Moses See God Because of a DMT Experience?
The story of the burning bush and Moses’s experience with God is very well known but some people think the
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The Great Wall of Iran was just Discovered and Nobody Knows Who Built It
Archaeologists discovered a giant wall in Iran without any historical reference. Who built it and why?
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Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify millions of sacred birds?
Ancient Egyptians mummified everything from humans to crocodiles to cats. They mummified one thing more than anything else though, birds.
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