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    Armored and Ready: Inside the Training of a Greek Hoplite (Video)

    The life of a Greek Hoplite in the 5th century BC was heavily influenced by their status as warriors. Hoplites were not just...

    Study Upends European Narrative of Horse Domestication in the USA

    Horses and the American West – not just a recipe for the classic Western films of 20th century Hollywood, but a long and storied...

    Adam’s First Wife Lilith: Diabolical Demoness or the First Feminist?

    Lilith is first mentioned in ancient  Babylonian texts  as a winged female demon that attacks pregnant women and infants. From Babylonia, the legend of...

    5 Dramatic Deaths of Viking Warriors (Video)

    The Viking Age , spanning from the late 8th to the mid-11th century, was a time of conquest, exploration, and mythic heroism. At the...

    The mindset behind the Holocaust

    Martin Davidson explores the psychological factors that motivated perpetrators of the Holocaust and the devastating power of Hitler’s antisemitic worldviewPublished: March 31, 2023 at...

    31 March: On this day in history

    31 March 1732Austrian composer Joseph Haydn is born in Rohrau.31 March 1763HMS Defence was launched at Plymouth dockyard. The third rate, 74-gun ship of...

    Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain

    Today’s modern fascination with true crime is nothing new – our early modern ancestors also devoured sensational stories of brutal deaths and shocking, unexplained...

    The man who almost discovered the double helix

    Seventy years since James Watson and Francis Crick first revealed DNA’s double-helix structure, Dr Kersten Hall shares the story of the scientist who almost...

    3D Mapping Brings 2,000 years of Ancient Egyptian Graffiti into Focus

    The oldest known graffiti in the world dates back to the ancient Egyptian civilization. It was carved and painted over 4,000 years ago on...

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