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Ancient Roman Women in Medicine Ancient History / September 30, 2024 / art, literature, medicine, Rome, women's history This marble plaque from the Ancient Roman port city Ostia Antiqua shows a birthing scene, and you will no doubt notice that no men are…
Tower of Jericho Ancient History / September 25, 2024 / archaeology, pre-history, religion, social history It doesn’t look like much now, but this is one of the oldest stone buildings in all of history. It is the Tower of Jericho.…
Otzi “The Iceman” Ancient History, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 3, 2024 / anthropology, archaeology, disease, medicine, pre-history, technology Here’s a reconstruction of the oldest European mummy, called Ötzi, named for a region where he was found in the Alps back in 1991. His…
Burgess Shale Fossil in British Columbia Ancient History, History of Science / November 12, 2024 / animals, anthropology, archaeology, evolution This picture is neither a coffee stain nor a bad tattoo, but rather a fossil from one of the most important places that evolutionary scientists…
