The Siberian Unicorn
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For 200 years, it was thought Elasmotherium sibericum, The Siberian Unicorn, went extinct 350,000 years ago. Now we know they were walking the earth at the same time we were...read article here... |
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Cassini
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The space probe Cassini went on a 20-year voyage to study Saturn's secrets and as a result, our knowledge has grown, well, astronomically, one might say. Here is some of what we learned...read article here... |
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Google vs. Googol
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Whether you spell it Google or Googol, we are talking about massive numbers. And, what exactly is a Googol?...read article here... |
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The World's Oldest Royal Library
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The Library of Alexandria is one of the largest and most important libraries in Earth's history, however, it is not the oldest by more than 5 centuries. The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal which holds more than 30,000 cuneiform tablets...read article here...
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The Odyssey tells the story of famous Odysseus, hero of ancient Greece, and his 20 year wandering return from the Trojan War. Beset by heartache and diversion, Odysseus' story is one of adventure, glory and despair of one man's determination to return home and of the times in which he lived. Timeless in the telling, it depicts an age when mythology and truth merged into reality in literary form...more
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has long been regarded, not only as Sophocles' finest play, but also as the purest and most powerful expression of Greek tragic drama. In this new verse translation, Ian Johnston captures the compelling tension of Sophocles' drama, the intense poetic vision which has made this play justly celebrated as one of the great masterpieces of Western literature...more
Inspiration during quarantine
Two people in western history were particularly productive during
times of epidemic: Isaac Newton and William Shakespeare...
read article here.
Hermes - Jack of All Trades
We tend to think of Hermes as fleet of foot, but his
most important role was that of Peacekeeper...read
article here.
Voting in Ancient Times
We live in a Democratic Republic and vote for our
leaders, but where did this idea come from? ...
read article here.
The Census through History
Counting people and collecting information
about a country's population goes back to the ancient world...read
article here.
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The World's First Known Author
1500 years before Homer and
earlier even than Gilgamesh lived the first writer and poet whose
name we know, Enheduanna...read
article here.
Aristophanes
It is interesting to think of Aristophanes as being as much a
reporter or opinion writer as a dramatist, because of his ability to
freely communicate his political opinions in the play...read
article here.
Homer First edition?
Oldest known written record of Homer's Odyssey found near the
ruins of the Temple of Zeus...read
article here.
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Unearthed: The Home Town of Oedipus
Legend has it that in 1303 BCE, King Laius of Thebes and
his wife Jocasta gave birth to a boy named Oedipus...read
article here.
The Lycurgus Cup
The Lycurgus Cup is a 4th-century Roman glass cup made
of glass which shows red when lit from behind and green when lit
from in front. It has been described as "the most spectacular glass
of the period." NASA finally replicated it mid last century...read
article here.
The Marriage of Martu
From the Marriage of Martu...read
article here.
Homer's Tomb
Has Homer's Tomb been found in Ios,
Greece?...
read article here.
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