Did an ancient Indian civilization help give rise to the Pharaohs? Maritime historian Nick Collins believes the Indus-Sarasvati region may…
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How the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian: these, as practically everyone who went through school in the West somehow remembers, are the three varieties…
The World’s Oldest Cookbook: Discover 4,000-Year-Old Recipes from Ancient Babylon
If asked about your favorite dish, you’d do well to name something exotic. Gone are the days when a taste…
A Rabbit Rides a Chariot Pulled by Geese in an Ancient Roman Mosaic (2nd century AD)
If you head to the Louvre, make sure you visit the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Liberty Leading the…
How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”
Photo courtesy of Washington State University. It’s become fashionable, in recent years, to observe that we live in an increasingly…
The Simple, Ingenious Design of the Ancient Roman Javelin: How the Romans Engineered a Remarkably Effective Weapon
As Mike Tyson once put it, with characteristic straightforwardness, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”…
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome: A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals an Ancient Tax Evasion Scheme
It was surely not a coincidence that the New York Times published its story on the trial of a certain Gadalias…
Why Most Ancient Civilizations Had No Word for the Color Blue
In an old Zen story, two monks argue over whether a flag is waving or whether it’s the wind that…
The Ark Before Noah: Discover the Ancient Flood Myths That Came Before the Bible
The Lord said to Noah, there’s going to be a floody, floody; then to get those children out of the…
Mahjong Online: How This Ancient Game Became a Modern Digital Phenomenon
Mahjong has come a long way from its origins in 19th century China to becoming a global digital sensation. The…