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The Viking Seeress of Fyrkat: a High-status Sorceress and Seductress

A Norse burial site in Denmark from around the year 940 contains the remains of a woman of high status

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Sarazm and its Ancient Culture Give a Glimpse of Bronze Age Central Asia

Around 5,500 years ago, a large settlement of farmers, artisans and miners who traded around Asia along the proto-Silk Road

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The Role of Disease in the Decline of Great Empires

During their heights, many great empires were considered invincible – before God and Man. Ruling over great territories and thriving

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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial

Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be

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Manikarnika Ghat: The Heart of Cremation in Indian Funerary Traditions

India is renowned for having distinctive religious practices that coexist with one another. The numerous shrines and monuments allow one

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Ancient Journeys: What was Travel Like for the Romans?

It was not uncommon for the ancient Romans to travel long distances all across Europe. Actually during the Roman Empire, Rome had

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Why Did Our Brains Stop Expanding?

In the forest the human brain was expanding and expanding at a phenomenal rate. Sometime at around 200,000 to 150,000

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Chief Little Turtle & Battle of Kekionga

In October 1790, a significant event unfolded near what we now call the Lakeside neighborhoods of Fort Wayne—the Battle of

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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis

In 1866 James Hole, a writer from Leeds, called for ‘a little wholesome despotism’ in tackling the problems of housing

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Face of Pharaoh Amenhotep I Recreated After 3,500 Years

For the first time in 3,500 years, scientists have revealed a likeness of the face of Amenhotep I, the Egyptian