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The gold funerary mask known as the Mask of Agamemnon, from Grave Circle A at Mycenae
Why Would Odysseus Bow to Agamemnon? Homer Has the Answer
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A short clip of Odysseus bowing to Agamemnon in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has fans asking why one king would bow to another. The Iliad, read line by line, explains it, and the clay tablets of Bronze Age Greece add a twist of their own.
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Colorful patinated flint items collected by the inhabitants of Qesem Cave, Israel
Early Humans May Have Kept Souvenirs 500,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
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A Tel Aviv University team argues that colorful pebbles, fossil-bearing handaxes and recycled old flints from sites in Israel point to a habit of keeping mementos, and that the habit may have shaped human memory. The authors present it as a hypothesis.
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Double Axes and Plain Pots Suggest the Rhine Was No Barrier in Europe Around 5,000 Years Ago
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A new synthesis in the journal Germania links stone double axes, rough "coarse ware" pottery and collective graves from France to Denmark, arguing that people on both banks of the Rhine shared ideas in the late fourth and early third millennia BC. Its author stresses that this was a network of regions with strong local traditions.
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A scuba diver swimming above a broad flat rock terrace underwater, with a stepped rock wall rising behind it in blue water
Is the Yonaguni Monument a Man-Made Ice Age Structure?
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Giant underwater steps off the island of Yonaguni in southern Japan are often described online as the ruins of a city built before the end of the last Ice Age. The geologist who made that case still has supporters, but most geologists who have studied the rock read it as natural sandstone shaped by the sea.

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Calm sea beside a pale rocky shore and wooded cliffs on the island of Paxos in the Ionian Sea
Plutarch Says a Voice Cried "Great Pan Is Dead," and Tiberius Investigated
What Gnosticism Actually Is, and What It Is Not
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We all inherit an explanation of the world without ever choosing it, right? We learn what counts as success, whom to trust, what deserves obedience, and what kind of person you are supposed to become

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