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Damo, the Philosopher Daughter of Pythagoras, to Whom He Entrusted All His Writings and Who Never Wanted to Sell Them, Preferring Poverty Over Gold
According to tradition, Damo was born in Croton, a prosperous city of Magna Graecia, around the year 535 BCE. She was the ...
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Deutsche Physik: The Germanized and Aryan Physics Some Nazi Scientists Opposed to Einstein’s Relativity
What does physics have to do with politics? Or racism? The answer is nothing… unless we are talking about Germany in the ...
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An Exceptional Viking Sword Forged in the Late 9th Century, Found by an Army Museum Employee While Swimming in a River in Poland
In November 2024, the Army Museum in Białystok unveiled an impressive historical treasure: a Viking-era sword, dated between ...
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1st century AD Underground Cisterns Found in Egypt, Surrounded by Vestiges of the Battle of El Alamein
The ancient ruins of Derhis (modern-day Darazya), located 100 kilometers west of Alexandria near the Gulf of the Arabs, ...
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Aristoxenus of Tarentum, the philosopher who authored the oldest known treatise on music, and healed by playing the flute
What was music like in antiquity? Today, we will explore the story of the man who is our primary source of knowledge about ...
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The Curious Connection Between Edison and a Japanese Shrine Through Bamboo
In 1964, Madeleine Edison Sloane traveled to Japan and visited Iwashimizu Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto Prefecture near the city of Yawata. The purpose of her visit was not tourism but ...
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The Story of the “White Woman” Captive of the Australian Aboriginals and Her Subsequent Liberation
From the myth of Prester John to the character of Tarzan, the idea of a Western white person living among jungle natives has always been intriguing. Thus, the legend that emerged in mid-19th-century ...
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An ancient inscription from the Late Bronze Age in an unknown language found in Georgia in the Caucasus
Tablet with inscription in an unknown language, found in Georgia in the Caucasus. Credit: R. Shengelia et al. Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered a basalt tablet with inscriptions in an ...
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DNA Analysis Reveals the Identity of the Piceni, an Enigmatic Civilization That Flourished in the Adriatic Before the Rise of Rome
Recent DNA analyses of Piceni individuals, conducted by an international team of researchers led by the University of Rome ...
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A Pre-Hispanic Dock and Navigable Canal Connecting to Lake Texcoco Found Beneath Chapultepec Ave. in Mexico City
View of the pre-Hispanic pier timbers discovered under Mexico City. Credit: Fabián González / INAH Beneath the bustling Chapultepec Ave., in the heart of Mexico City, a team from the National ...
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Small Spoon-Shaped Objects for Measuring Doses Reveal Northern European Barbarian Warriors Used Stimulants in Battle During the Roman Era
In ancient conflicts, courage and resilience were essential qualities for warriors venturing onto the battlefield. However, a recent study has uncovered evidence suggesting that these attributes did ...
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Wolves Observed Feeding on Flower Nectar for the First Time
Nectar foraging in a large K. foliosa field of the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Credit: Adrien Lesaffre A recent study on the feeding behavior of the Ethiopian wolf, a ...