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The Viking Who Traveled Further East Than Any Explorer Before Columbus
When people think about Viking exploration, they think west. Leif Erikson reaching North America. The settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows. The longships…
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The Immigrants Who Helped Win America Its Independence
Nearly half of Washington’s army wasn’t yet considered American. Here’s who actually filled the ranks.
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Poison, Politics, and Power: How Roman Emperors Were Really Killed
Of the first fifteen Roman emperors, most died violently or under suspicious circumstances. But the interesting question is not just who was killed it…
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Otzi the Iceman’s Last Meal and What It Tells Us About His Murder
Otzi the Iceman ate a large meal red deer, ibex, bone marrow about 30 minutes before someone shot him in the back with an arrow. He had defensive wounds…
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The Silk Road’s Forgotten Travelers: Women, Merchants, and Diplomats History Ignored
The standard image of the Silk Road is male adventurers hauling silk and spices across deserts. New DNA and isotope analysis of Central Asian cemeteries…
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He Was Attacked by a Lion 6,200 Years Ago. His Community Kept Him Alive.
Near the Black Sea coast of eastern Bulgaria, in a Late Eneolithic cemetery known as Kozareva Mogila, or Goat Mound, archaeologists excavated a burial…
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The Groom of the Stool: History’s Strangest Prestigious Job
In Tudor England, one of the most trusted and prestigious positions at court was the Groom of the Stool.
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Professional Mourners: The Ancient Career of Grieving for Pay
When an important person died in ancient Egypt, the family hired professionals.
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The Tomb Raiders Who Became Archaeologists
How 19th-century treasure hunters transformed into the founders of a scientific discipline—and the messy ethics they left behind
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The Underwater Port That Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Cleopatra’s Tomb
Forty feet beneath the Mediterranean Sea, divers found stone columns rising more than 20 feet from the seafloor.
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Why the “Mad Artistic Genius” Myth Doesn’t Hold Up to Science
By Daisy Fancourt
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Charlie Chaplin: The Man Who Inspired Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney and cartoonist Ub Iwerks introduced Mickey Mouse to the world through the animated short Steamboat Willie in 1928.
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