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Roman Ring Mystery

Gareth Harney tweeted this epic stranger than fiction Roman ring mystery thread. This enigmatic Roman gold ring was found in a ploughed field near Silchester…

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The History of Anxiety

This is a neat little thread about the ancient history of human anxiety. If you think about it the reason so many of us have…

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Ancient Roman Bathrooms Meme

LOL! This meme about ancient Roman bathrooms is hilarious. What an experience: (via: r/tumblr)

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Stuff of Legends

conquerorwiggles posted this epic story titled “Stuff of Legends” to the subreddit r/HFY! HFY (Humanity, Fuck Yeah!) is a subreddit for all media exhibiting the awesome…

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The Greek Gods’ Understanding of Mortal Children

LOL! There is definitely a noticeable gap in the Greek Gods’ understanding of mortal children. These amusing little conversations between the Gods and Goddesses prove…

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Byzantine Fandoms

This is a very interesting ancient history post about youth subculture and fandoms in the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium,…

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Roman Concrete

The mystery of 2,000-year-old Roman concrete was “solved by scientists”. It turns out seawater makes ancient concrete stronger, so it lasts while modern structures crumble…

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Ancient Oral Histories

This post illustrates why researchers and scientists should listen to ancient oral histories from native people. So many times Europeans have been like “lol these…

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Ancient Translations in Horror Movies

This is a good point about people doing ancient translations in horror movies. *Translates old Arabic text.* *Somehow it rhymes perfectly in English.* This makes no…

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Ancient Graffiti Proves Humans Never Change

LOL! They found ancient graffiti in Pompeii from thousands of years ago with people writing stuff like “Marcus is gay”, “I f*cked a girl here”,…

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