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After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
There were many other species of human on the planet. Svante Pääbo discovered one of them.
The monsoon rains were not always so reliable.
"Salvator Mundi" sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
If you don't mourn in North Korea, you risk being executed.
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.
Was our distant ancestor a biped or not – i.e., human or not human?
"Spanish Stonehenge" contains 526 giant stones, three circular burial sites, a quarry, and four necropolises.
The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.
Million Stories
There are nearly 100 towns named "Troy."
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
Though difficult to watch, films like "Shoah" and "Life of Crime" cover topics that should not be ignored.
The Greeks were among the first to move beyond “primitive money” and establish an official currency, transforming their trade, government, and even philosophy.
Million Stories
The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
Mesopotamian beer was not flavored with hops, and it was probably on the thick, porridgey side.
Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
What's the point of all that money?
"When you see me, weep." When rivers dry up in Central Europe, "hunger stones" with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.
It’s all about salesmanship.
“The very best arguments against God have been formulated by believers.”
John Templeton Foundation
Commodus lived the anti-Stoic life, pursuing lust, narcissism, and self-indulgence.