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Rome transformed citizenship into a legal status based on rights and belonging, creating an idea that still influences modern ...

Instead, it presents a young Jesus who is volatile, impulsive, and possessed of a power so raw that it terrified everyone around him. What if our modern perception of Jesus is sanitized? By examining ...

Ancient Greeks were known to be some of the best inventors. To this end, many of their inventions, while being thousands of ...

There's nothing quite like having a drink to celebrate payday - and it turns out this tradition dates back thousands of years ...

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Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in Taranto, Italy, was another in a long line of polymaths from ...

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

During the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), public toilets charged usage fees, and some even featured novels and advertisements to ...

Ancient tech was a lot more advanced - and a lot stranger - than you might know. Check out today's insane new video to find out about some of the craziest ancient inventions scientists STILL can’t ...

Close to 100,000 years ago, ancient humans embarked on what became one of humanity’s most daunting challenges: survival against the frigid temperatures of the last Ice Age as they expanded into new, ...