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Etruscan Mirror
The Enigmatic Etruscans
The Stoic View of Money, Status, and External Success
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For sure money can pay for food, safety, education, care, time, and the ability to help another person. Nobody doubts that. We also know that status can open doors, command attention, and enlarge the

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AO Magazine - Sep Oct 2026
AO Magazine - July August 2026
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From the first Sumerian phalanxes to the thunder of Mongol cavalry, warfare has shaped every civilization on earth — and in this issue of Ancient Origins Magazine, we trace its epic evolution. Journey

History & Tradition

Etruscan Mirror
The Enigmatic Etruscans
The Shepherd: A Book Read and a Public Reading Refused
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The Shepherd of Hermas was read with serious attention in early Christianity, yet the Muratorian Fragment says it could not be read publicly to the people in church.

That formula records a distinction

Mythology & Mysteries

The Lion and the Eagle
The Lion Speaks To The Eagle
Could an Ancient Carving Reveal the Voyage Behind Jason and the Argonauts?
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Could the Golden Fleece be more than a myth? On a wind-cut boulder above the Caspian, an ancient carving may preserve the voyage that Greek poets later transformed into the story of Jason and the

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Engineering Marvels of the Ancient World
Engineering Marvels of the Ancient World
The World’s Most Amazing Ancient Pyramids
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There is one structure in our world's history which has consistently provoked wonder and awe: ancient pyramids.

These magnificent edifices, scattered across diverse geographies, from the bustling heart

Archaeology & Science

Skull
The sword-trauma of a 'medieval' Australian Aboriginal.
The Wooden Structure Built 476,000 Years Ago Before Our Species Existed
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Someone engineered a wooden structure 476,000 years ago. Yes you read it correctly…

That sentence should not fit the history most of us were taught. The oldest widely accepted fossils of Homo sapiens

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Karahan Tepe Statues Revealed
Karahan Tepe Statues Revealed
Iraq: Mysterious Ancient Mesopotamia
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Ancient Origins’ Dr Micki Pistorius takes you on a virtual preview of the sites of Iraq. Starting at the ancient Marshland settlements in the south where the Euphrates and the Tigris fused , bordering

Ancient Civilisations

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