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The Arthrashastra Africa, Asia and South Asia, Ancient History / September 29, 2023 / literature, political history The Arthrashastra, an Ancient Indian text written in Sanskrit. Dating from as early as the 2nd century BCE, it is the first diplomatic text in…
Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army Africa, Asia and South Asia, Ancient History / October 28, 2024 / architecture, art, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, political history, warfare Here are some of the soldiers of the famed terracotta army, constructed on the demand of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, as…
Cannibalism Practices of the Ancient Homo Neanderthalis Ancient History, History of Science / November 25, 2024 / Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, history of food, literature, pre-history, weapons I hope you’re not too hungry as you read this, because it’s time to talk about cannibalism. Dear readers, although we might recoil now at…
The Phaistos Disk Ancient History / November 15, 2023 / ancient greece, art, linguistics The Phaistos Disk has resisted scholarly attempts at translation for over a century, illustrating the ways that cryptography operates exactly the opposite of the “Indiana…
