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How the first pandemic in history shook the Roman Empire
2+ week, 5+ day ago (287+ words) In his book 'Pox Romana,' Colin Elliott delves into the devastating effects of the Antonine Plague, a pandemic that might have hastened the decline of one of history's greatest empires....
Scientists Found a Real Mummy’s Curse Hiding in the Online Trade in Human Remains – ZME Science
1+ week, 6+ day ago (984+ words) Online sales of mummified remains may expose buyers, sellers and postal workers to hidden hazards. Disturb the dead and disaster may follow. Such is the pharaohs’ curse, the old legend that opening a tomb or handling a mummy could bring…...
Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1287+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover....
Ancient Egyptians Were Putting Some Strange Things into Their Paint
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (277+ words) Protein traces reveal practical workshop recipes and a connection to the god Ptah....
Scientists Rebuilt the Face of 1,000-Year-Old 'Conquest Man' from England Who Lived Through the Norman Conquest
1+ week, 3+ day ago (251+ words) His bones survived 1066. Whether he came with William the Conqueror remains a mystery....
These Neanderthal Tools Looked So Ordinary Archaeologists Almost Missed Them
2+ week, 2+ day ago (502+ words) Thousands of overlooked bone scraps are rewriting Neanderthal research...
Rome’s Inequality Was Bad. But China's Han Dynasty Was Even Worse
1+ week, 2+ day ago (666+ words) The richest one percenters dominated ancient Rome and Han China....
A 2000-Year-Old Ring Bears Pontius Pilate’s Name but One Letter Changes Everything
1+ week, 2+ day ago (274+ words) A disputed spelling points not to Pilate, but to a forgotten subordinate....
A Medieval Skeleton Was Shattered in 167 Places. He May Be The First Documented Trebuchet Victim
3+ week, 4+ day ago (923+ words) The victim's injuries resemble those from a high-speed car crash, only this was the Middle Ages. Something hit the young man from behind with such extraordinary force that his skull broke in 61 places. His ribs cracked in jagged zigzags. His…...
This 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Well Was Opened with Bronze Statues and Closed with Two Human Bodies
3+ week, 3+ day ago (118+ words) This may be a ritual tied to the creation of a new city....