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Ancient History
Fighting Women: The Trung Sisters, Vietnam’s National Heroines
Folklore and Mythology: Disney’s Hercules vs the Hercules of Ancient Greek Myths
The Bible’s Captivity of the Ark of the Covenant Narrative: The Historic and Political Context
The Neolithic Revolution, Part VII: Was it Actually Beer, Not Bread, That Motivated Hunter Gatherers to Become Farmers?
Shanfara: The Vengeful Bandit-Poet Who Continued to Kill Enemies After His Death
The Ancient Romans Cleaned Their Teeth and Clothes With Urine
The Library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal: Bible Baddie, Ancient Conqueror, and Nerdy Intellectual
Swords From Around the World: The Celtiberian Falcata, the Carthaginians’ Favorite Sword
Fighting Women: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra Almost Ended the Roman Empire
Fighting Women: Queen Ahhotep I Took Over Egypt’s Armies and Fought Invaders Who Killed Her Husband
Historic Context of the Bible’s Golden Calf Narrative: A Political Act, Not Just a Matter of Faith
The Neolithic Revolution, Part VI: Did the Discovery of Bread Cause the Shift From Hunter Gathering to Farming?
Ta’abbata Sharran: The Fierce Ancient Arabian Bandit Whose Own Mother Wanted Dead
Swords From Around the World: The Gladius, the Sword With Which Rome Won an Empire
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens: Solon, the Lawgiver
Folklore and Mythology: The Origin of Dragons
Folklore and Mythology: Amazons in Wonder Woman vs Amazons in Ancient Greek Myths
What is the Historic Context of the Bible’s Noah’s Flood Narrative?
Fighting Women: Boudica, the Warrior Queen Who Wreaked Havoc on the Romans
The Neolithic Revolution, Part V: Newly Emergent Farmers Had to Work a Lot Harder Than Hunter Gatherers
The Sa’alik: The Ancient Arabia Robin Hood Bandits Who Robbed the Rich to Help the Poor
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Lucius Junius Brutus, the Republic’s Founder
Al Basus: The Forty-Year War Fought Over Disrespect Shown a Camel
Swords From Around the World: The Chinese Dao, “The General of Weapons”
What Was the Historic Context of the Old Testament’s Punishment of Lot’s Wife Narrative?
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens – Pericles, the Statesman Responsible for the City’s Golden Age
The Neolithic Revolution, Part IV: The Domestication of Sheep and Goats
Swords From Around the World: The Ancient Chinese Jian, “The Gentleman of Weapons”
Sargon of Akkad, History’s First Emperor and Empire Builder
Emperor Heliogabalus’ Practical Jokes Ranged From Tame to Terrifying
What Was the Historic Context and Significance of the Biblical Job Narrative to the Ancient Israelites?
The Horrible Hun: Attila, ‘The Scourge of God’
The Neolithic Revolution, Part III: When Prehistoric Hunter Gatherers Depleted the Available Resources
Deaths You’ll Go to Hell for Laughing At: Aeschylus, ‘The Father of Tragedy’, and His Tragicomic Demise
Humor That Backfired Horribly – The Emperor Who Was Slain for Making Fun of a Woman’s Age
The Ancient Greek Xiphos: The Spartans’ Favorite Sword
Swords Across the Millennia and From Around the World
Pythagoras Invented a Special Cup to Prank – and Punish – Greedy Wine Drinkers
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD – Ancient Rome’s Most Memorable Natural Disaster
What Was the Historic Context of the Biblical Narrative of Bears Mauling Children for Mocking a Prophet’s Baldness?
The Neolithic Revolution, Part II: When Humans Got Too Good at Hunting
The Ancient Sicarii Sect: History’s First Identifiable Terrorists
Did a Real Life Natural Disaster Inspire the Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah Narrative?
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens – Aeschylus, the Playwright Who Invented Acting as We Know it Today
Pirates Captured a Young Julius Caesar for Ransom, and Thought He Was Joking When He Said He’d Come Back to Execute Them Soon as He Was Freed
The Wily Strategist Who Tricked an Enemy Into Supplying His Army, and Bluffed a Foe Out of Capturing an Undefended City
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Crassus, Rome’s Richest Man
Fighting Women: Fu Hao, the Woman Who Led Chinese Armies
The Eurasian Steppe, Home of Nomad Warriors Who Menaced Settled Lands for Millennia
The Neolithic Revolution: Why Did Humans Switch From Wandering Hunter Gatherers to the Settled Life of Farmers?
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic – How Gaius Octavius Became Emperor Augustus
Chrysippus, the Ancient Greek Philosopher Who Laughed Himself to Death
Myths and Realities – Tutankhamun, Ancient Egypt’s Best-Known Pharaoh, Was Seen as Insignificant by Ancient Egyptians
Hannibal’s Victory at the Battle of Cannae Has Been Studied for Centuries as an Example of the “Perfect Battle”
Peasant Rebellions – When the Downtrodden Fight Back
Ephialtes of Athens: Creator of Radical Athenian Democracy
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Gaius Octavius, the Teenager Who Outmaneuvered Everybody
Humor That Backfired Horribly – The Tyrant Who Was Killed Over a Gay Joke
Battles That Shaped the World: The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields Stopped the Huns and Molded Europe
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens: Themistocles, Savior of Athens and Greece From Persian Conquest
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