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Han Xin, the Chinese military genius whom legend considers the creator of chess and who died murdered for becoming too powerful

The first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, Liu Bang, built his reign on the military genius of a man who in his youth suffered hunger and hardship, but who managed to persevere until reaching ...
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A Roman Unguentarium Found in Pergamon Reveals the First Direct Evidence of the Medicinal Use of Human Feces in Antiquity

A small Roman glass flask, forgotten for centuries in the soil of Pergamon, one of the great medical centers of the ancient ...
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Animal remains left as offerings at the foot of the Huei Teocalli demonstrate the existence of Moctezuma’s zoo

The historical image of the Huei Tzompantli or the bustle of the Tlatelolco market has, with good reason, dominated the ...
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This 500,000-Year-Old Hammer Is the Oldest Elephant Bone Tool Ever Found in Europe

A team of archaeologists from University College London (UCL) and the Natural History Museum in London has identified and ...
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Analysis of teeth confirms for the first time Herodotus’s claim: the Scythians consumed mare’s milk

The historical image of the Scythians as a homogeneous nomadic people, defined solely by horsemanship and warfare, continues to dissolve under modern scientific scrutiny. A study published in the jour ...