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And, in 2018, yet another Bronze Age shipwreck was discovered, in the same general vicinity as the Cape Gelidonya and Uluburun wrecks. It is known as the Kumluca shipwreck and seems to be several centuries earlier than the others we are discussing here. Preliminary reports, based on the shapes of the copper ingots that have been retrieved so far, i
... See moreEric H. Cline • 1177 B.C.
These stories were memorials, and so were the histories of antiquity: they were meant as monuments. “I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment,” Thucydides wrote, “but as a possession for all time.” Herodotus believed that the purpose of writing history was “so that time not erase what man has brought into b
... See moreJill Lepore • These Truths
A second body, of a male aged between eighteen and twenty and known only as “Man E,” was found with Ramses III. Wrapped in a ritually impure goatskin and not properly mummified, the body may be that of the guilty prince, according to DNA tests which indicate that he was probably Ramses III’s son. The forensic evidence, including facial contortions
... See moreEric H. Cline • 1177 B.C.
By 4200 BCE people had become more mobile, their single graves emphasized individual status and personal glory unlike the older communal funerals, high-status graves contained stone maces shaped like horse heads and other weapons, and raiding parties migrated hundreds of kilometers to enrich themselves with Balkan copper, which they traded or gifte
... See moreDavid W. Anthony • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Yet there is not even a hint of the decree in the book.9 In a different vein, there is the way he deals with civil strife.
Thucydides • History of the Peloponnesian War
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Arjun Sreekumar • 5 cards
The constitution of Sparta was complicated. There were two kings, belonging to two different families, and succeeding by heredity. One or other of the kings commanded the army in time of war, but in time of peace their powers were limited. At communal feasts they got twice as much to eat as any one else, and there was general mourning when one of t
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Most of human history is irreparably lost to us. Our species, Homo sapiens, has existed for at least 200,000 years, but for most of that time we have next to no idea what was happening. In northern Spain, for instance, at the cave of Altamira,