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Mythbusting Ancient Rome – The Truth About the Vomitorium
After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with a few glasses Falernian wine, it is little wonder that a Roman diner might begin to feel quite full.
It was once thought that a diner could, at this point in the meal, make a quick visit to the vomitorium – a room adjacent to the dining room replete with a basin and feathers to tickle the throat – in order to make room for the next course.
ancient-origins - 20/01/2017 - 22:58
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How Did a Fossilized Body Solve A 2,400-Year-Old Murder? (Video)
... a poignant reminder of humanity's eternal quest for knowledge and understanding. Top image: Discovered in 1950, ...
Robbie Mitchell - 13/04/2024 - 21:00
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Arthur and the Kings of Britain: The Historical Truth Behind the Myths
... first century BC and Claudius’s conquest in AD 43, as knowledge of Roman culture began to seep across the Channel. Dr Russell brings his extensive knowledge of this subject to bear by seeking comparison ...
Anthony Adolph - 06/05/2017 - 01:19
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Chaco Canyon Mystery
... sophisticated population obviously built it using their knowledge of community planning, farming, engineering, and ...
Roberto Peron - 03/12/2014 - 01:32
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John Dee’s Enochian Magick: Language Of The Angels or Encrypted Spy Talk?
... communicate with angels, who provided him with a wealth of knowledge and insight. Together, Dee and Kelley travelled ...
Steve Nichols - 31/05/2023 - 18:17
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Ancient Artists Left Signs For us to Decode. Did they Witness UFOs?
... the Two Crusaders An interesting example that displays ‘knowledge ahead of its time’ is what was written about the ... are protected by God or by gods. Thanks to our technical knowledge, we might immediately think it is some secret ...
Daniela Giordano - 09/09/2019 - 18:53
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Lighting Up Saqqara: An Electrifying Theory for the Serapeum Sarcophagi
... for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt The Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: Were Humans the First? Part 1 The ...
kborissov - 28/01/2022 - 14:00
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2000-year-old Canals Give Life to Lima as Ancient Structures Utilized to Solve Water Crisis
... of the channels involved 2,000 years ago a topographical knowledge of the area and a perfect calculation that resulted ...
aprilholloway - 20/01/2016 - 14:49
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The Twelve Most Important Gods in Norse Mythology
... mostly is depicted as a wanderer in search of wisdom and knowledge. Here is a description of the twelve most important ...
ancient-origins - 22/10/2017 - 18:56
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Lascaux Cave and the Stunning Primordial Art of a Long Lost World
Glimpsing into the mind of the Paleolithic man is by no means an easy task. The veil of time is a continuous mystery, a fog that envelops the early history of humans and covers it with a shadow of secrets, riddles, and enigmatic archaeological discoveries. But what we can piece together is far from primitive.
Aleksa Vučković - 04/01/2020 - 23:19
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Could Ancient Peruvians Soften Stone?
Lying on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco in Peru, lies the walled complex of Saksaywaman.
aprilholloway - 21/09/2013 - 00:30
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Australia Day or Invasion Day?
... known as ‘The Dreaming’. It is a complex network of knowledge, faith and practices that derive from stories of ... Aboriginal people all that is sacred is in the land. Knowledge of sacred sites is learned through a process of ...
aprilholloway - 26/01/2014 - 06:51
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Hero of Alexandria and his Magical Jugs
... the Leonardo da Vinci of his day; a man whose skill and knowledge spanned the many sciences, and whose vision ...
ralph ellis - 15/07/2014 - 15:19
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The Medicine Wheel: An Embodied Non-Linear Data Transformation Tool
... understanding of data relationships. A weaving that links knowledge gaps and facilitates exploring and measuring the ...
Dr Linda Tello - 02/11/2020 - 22:43
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Ancient Settlement Network Found Mapped in Stone in Mexico
... of their territory and that they were a way of preserving knowledge from one generation to another at a time when ...
ashley cowie - 16/06/2020 - 18:48
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Perfumers in Turkey Replicate a 3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume
... Nisaba, which is the goddess of grain, land and knowledge,” she explained when discussing the name of the ...
Sahir - 21/12/2022 - 00:57
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Mysterious Voynich manuscript has 'genuine message'
... incorporated into the text as part of a hoax as knowledge of those linguistic structures did not exist at the ...
aprilholloway - 23/06/2013 - 02:48
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5,000-year-old stepwell found in Dholavira, said to be largest in India
An ancient stepwell has reportedly been found in Dholavira, one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.
lizleafloor - 05/11/2014 - 00:37
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The Rarely Told Story of Pre-Colonial Philippines
... Natural History. ( Public Domain ) Based on archaeological knowledge of the technological capabilities of Homo Erectus , ...
Caleb Strom - 01/10/2018 - 23:04
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6,000-year-old ‘Arrowhead’ Found in British Columbia
... a needle in a haystack,” explained Spearing. “To my knowledge there is no other early Nesikep site in the ...
ashley cowie - 08/06/2020 - 22:42