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Tsakonian Is the Only Current Greek Language That Derives from the One Spoken by the Spartans
Although it is officially considered a dialect, Tsakonian is a divergent variety of Greek frequently classified as a separate ...
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Structures Found in Iraq Reveal the Deliberate Collapse of One of the First Centralized Governments Over 5,000 Years Ago
At the archaeological site of Shakhi Kora, located in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, excavations have provided new insights into ...
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The “Cella Vinaria” and Grounds of a Villa Where Famous 2nd Century Saguntine Wine Mentioned by Roman Writers Was Produced, discovered in Spain
Excavations conducted at the Sant Gregori site, located in the town of Burriana (Castellón, Spain), have brought to light ...
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Why Inuit Culture Survived in Greenland While the Norse Disappeared: Children’s Toys Made the Difference
During the Little Ice Age, a period marked by freezing temperatures and extreme climatic conditions, two cultures coexisted ...
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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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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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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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Footprints of Two Different Hominin Species Found in the Same Place and Time For the First Time, Coexisting in the Pleistocene
More than a million years ago, on a warm and vibrant African savanna near Lake Turkana in what is now Kenya, two entirely different species of hominins shared the same geographic space. This discovery ...
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Schienenzeppelin, the Strange Experimental German Train Powered by a Propeller That Held the Speed Record Until 1954
Rear view of the vehicle with its propeller on a Berlin platform. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-11902 / Georg Pahl / Wikimedia Commons Although looking at the images might suggest a Japanese bullet ...
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What Did Dinosaurs Eat to Grow So Large? New Findings in Their Droppings Reveal How They Achieved Supremacy
Feeding evidence inferred from bite marks and synchrotron-scanned bromalites from Krasiejów, Lisowice and Sołtyków. Credit: M. Qvarnström et al. / Nature Approximately 200 million years ago, during ...