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The Cairo Toe Ancient History, History of Science / November 15, 2023 / medicine Behold the Cairo Toe, the earliest surviving prosthesis ever made. About 3,000 years ago in an Ancient Egyptian chamber lying west of Luxor, Egypt, a…
Babylonian Map Ancient History / October 10, 2023 / math I think maps are really interesting, and often I think the older ones are the best. This is a picture of the very oldest known…
The Blemmyes of Western Europe Ancient History, Early Modern, Medieval History / November 20, 2024 / ancient greece, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, folklore/mythology, literature Thinking ahead to Halloween 2020, I offer you you, dear reader, a suggestion, and one which is unlikely to be duplicated by your neighbors. Folks…
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…
