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Raphael's fresco The School of Athens, showing a crowd of philosophers gathered in a vast arched hall
Priest or Legend: The Hyperborean Said to Ride Apollo's Golden Arrow
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Ancient writers described Abaris as a priest of Apollo from the far north who traveled on an arrow, healed cities of plague and met Pythagoras. Herodotus refused to repeat his story. So who, if anyone, was he?
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The rocky hill of the ancient Metsamor citadel in Armenia under a pale sky, with low stone remains on its slopes
Metsamor Tomb Reveals Burials From the Bronze Age to Augustus, Excavators Say
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A stone tomb inside a ring of stones beside Armenia's Metsamor museum-reserve seems to have been used again and again for more than a thousand years. Its earliest burial is preliminarily dated to the Late Bronze Age, and its latest held gold jewelry and a coin of Augustus.
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The upper part of a tall dark granite stele with a carved scene of standing figures above rows of hieroglyphic text, on display in a museum
The Merneptah Stele Named Israel Around 1208 BCE. Does It Confirm the Bible?
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A viral X post says the Merneptah Stele confirms the Bible. It is a genuinely important early witness that names Israel as a people in Canaan around 1208 BCE, but the Exodus, conquest, hill country and grammar claims go beyond what its single line says, and the proposed earlier Israel on Berlin pedestal 21687 remains debated.
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Low stone foundations of a Roman building laid out on grass under a blue sky, with a gravel path running between two walls
48-Meter Building Mapped Under Fields Near Fuente Obejuna, Spain, May Be a Roman Roadside Station
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A magnetic survey at Mellaria in southern Spain has traced the full plan of a long building beside the Roman road from Córdoba to Mérida. Its layout fits a standard mansio, though nobody has yet dug a single trench there.

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Black and white photograph of the Roman Forum in the late 1800s, with the standing columns of the Temple of Saturn on the left
Rome Had a Secret Name, and Ancient Writers Say Speaking It Cost a Man His Life
Season 2 Finale: The Complete Applied Stoic Decision Framework
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Whenever we have to take a serious decision, it carries various degrees of uncertainty.

We may need to speak when silence has become dishonest, or sometimes we may need to leave a role that no longer

Human Origins

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Forensic facial reconstruction of a Cro-Magnon man. Source: Cicero Moraes/CC BY-SA 4.0
The Enigmatic Origins of Cro Magnon: Europe's First Humans (Video)
Human Origins, Folklore
Human Origins According to Ancient Greek Mythology
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Every culture has an explanation about how we got here. The ancient Greeks were no different. The dramatic story of the origins of humanity in Greek mythology involves love, pain, and a hefty dose of

History

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Relief of Thracian Warriors from 6th-5th century BC, Reign of Darius I. Source: Kmrakmra/CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mysterious Thracians: Unveiling Their Unique Culture and Legacy 
History, Ancient Traditions
The Therapeutae and the Secrets of Ancient Monastic Life
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The Therapeutae are an ancient Jewish ascetic community, shrouded in mystery and truly obscure. Much of what we know about them comes from the writings of Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jewish

Artifacts

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Aerial view of Thulamela location
Forgotten African Kingdom of Thulamela Reveals Gold and Royal Burials
Ancient Technology, Artifacts
Medieval Distillation Vessel Found at Gnandstein Castle Points to Alchemy
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Archaeologists working at the historic Gnandstein Castle in Saxony, Germany, have uncovered a rare and unusual distillation vessel during recent construction-related investigations. This remarkable

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Myths & Legends

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: Interior of Lovelock Cave located next to the former lakebed of Lake Lahontan in Nevada. Source: BLM Nevada / CC BY-SA 2.0
Lovelock Cave: A Tale of Giants or A Giant Tale of Fiction?
Myths & Legends, Africa
Roman Historian’s Cleopatra’s Pearl Story: Is It Fact or Fiction?
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“Cleopatra’s Pearl” is a story told by the Roman author Pliny the Elder in his famous long-read book Natural History. According to this tale, the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, drank a

Ancient Places

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Ollantaytambo aerial view, sacred valley in the Andes, Peru
Ollantaytambo: The Inca Fortress That Defied Conquistadors
Africa
Underwater Military Ship and Burials Found at Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt
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The island-city of Thonis-Heracleion and its famous Temple of Amun was located in Egypt’s Abu Qir Bay, just north of Alexandria, Egypt. Greeks later settled in Thonis-Heracleion during the late

Unexplained Phenomena

Weird Facts of History

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Traditional mince pies.
Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Mince Pies in England?
Artifacts, News, History & Archaeology
10 Weird Archaeological Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
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Archaeology isn’t just about dusty ruins and ancient pottery—it’s full of bizarre discoveries that challenge what we think we know about the past. From mysterious artifacts to unusual burial practices