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A hunter returning with his kill (fotogurmespb / Adobe Stock) — 19 Jan 2024

Living Close To The Bone – A Day In The Life Of A Hunter-Gatherer

By Robert Garland

Archaeology & Science, Family & Relationships

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At the beginning of Herodotus’ Histories, the Athenian lawgiver Solon, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, points out to his interlocutor Croesus, King of Lydia, that if a person lives to be 70, they will experience 26,250 days – by his...
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A hunter returning with his kill (fotogurmespb / Adobe Stock) — 19 Jan 2024

Living Close To The Bone – A Day In The Life Of A Hunter-Gatherer

By Robert Garland

Archaeology & Science, Family & Relationships

0

At the beginning of Herodotus’ Histories, the Athenian lawgiver Solon, one of the seven sages of ancient Greece, points out to his interlocutor Croesus, King of Lydia, that if a person lives to be 70, they will experience 26,250 days – by his...
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King Charles I as a victorious and chivalrous Saint George in an English landscape, by Peter Paul Rubens (1629–30) (Public Domain) — 12 Jan 2024

Changing England’s History: Sudden Death Of The Heirs Apparent

By Ashley Mantle

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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The English crown is hereditary. Over the centuries, the succession has been largely determined by both blood and the accidents of birth. This has given rise to some glorious reigns, such as that of the war-like Henry V, hero of the Battle of...
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King Charles I as a victorious and chivalrous Saint George in an English landscape, by Peter Paul Rubens (1629–30) (Public Domain) — 12 Jan 2024

Changing England’s History: Sudden Death Of The Heirs Apparent

By Ashley Mantle

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

0

The English crown is hereditary. Over the centuries, the succession has been largely determined by both blood and the accidents of birth. This has given rise to some glorious reigns, such as that of the war-like Henry V, hero of the Battle of...
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Virgil reading the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus, his wife Livia and fainting sister Octavia by Antonio Zucchi (1767) (Public Domain) — 03 Jan 2024

Remarkable Early Life Of Livia, Destined To Become Empress And Deified Augusta

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In 29 AD, Livia, the Empress of Rome and the widow of Emperor Augustus, died at the age of 86. Although she was the mother of Tiberius, the current Emperor of Rome, and an Empress through her own marriage to Emperor Augustus, her funeral was very...
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Virgil reading the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus, his wife Livia and fainting sister Octavia by Antonio Zucchi (1767) (Public Domain) — 03 Jan 2024

Remarkable Early Life Of Livia, Destined To Become Empress And Deified Augusta

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In 29 AD, Livia, the Empress of Rome and the widow of Emperor Augustus, died at the age of 86. Although she was the mother of Tiberius, the current Emperor of Rome, and an Empress through her own marriage to Emperor Augustus, her funeral was very...
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Artist’s impression of the Harpole Bed Burial (Image: with permission © MOLA) — 29 Dec 2023

Anglo-Saxon Bed Burials And Grandmother’s Featherbed

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In April 2022, a ‘once in a lifetime” British archaeological discovery was made of a rare bed burial, accompanied by grave goods, known as the Harpole Treasure. So important and so vital was it to be carefully guarded from theft, that in every...
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Artist’s impression of the Harpole Bed Burial (Image: with permission © MOLA) — 29 Dec 2023

Anglo-Saxon Bed Burials And Grandmother’s Featherbed

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In April 2022, a ‘once in a lifetime” British archaeological discovery was made of a rare bed burial, accompanied by grave goods, known as the Harpole Treasure. So important and so vital was it to be carefully guarded from theft, that in every...
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A Maya lord forbids an individual from touching a container of chocolate. (Public Domain) — 22 Aug 2022

Six Sexy Semi-Divine Superfoods Of Ancient South America

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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One need not search too long ago into South American history to identify a range of consumable drinks that would challenge and defeat, hands down, any of their modern derivatives - which are mostly fads fluttering in and out of culinary fashion,...
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A Maya lord forbids an individual from touching a container of chocolate. (Public Domain) — 22 Aug 2022

Six Sexy Semi-Divine Superfoods Of Ancient South America

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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One need not search too long ago into South American history to identify a range of consumable drinks that would challenge and defeat, hands down, any of their modern derivatives - which are mostly fads fluttering in and out of culinary fashion,...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 30 Nov 2020

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Family Man, Friend and Father

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In modern times, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) is remembered as the greatest Roman orator. A prolific thinker, his writings include books on rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, as well as letters. Although more than...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 30 Nov 2020

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Family Man, Friend and Father

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In modern times, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) is remembered as the greatest Roman orator. A prolific thinker, his writings include books on rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, as well as letters. Although more than...
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Amazons in the Family of Alexander the Great: Who Was the Mystery Woman Warrior? — 06 Dec 2019

Amazons in the Family of Alexander the Great: Who Was the Mystery Woman Warrior?

By david grant

Archaeology & Science, Family & Relationships

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November 8 is remembered as Archangels’ Day in Greece, but on that November day in 1977, Professor Manolis Andronikos, head of excavations, was roped down into the gloom of an unlooted Macedonian-styled tomb at Vergina, in northern Greece....
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Amazons in the Family of Alexander the Great: Who Was the Mystery Woman Warrior? — 06 Dec 2019

Amazons in the Family of Alexander the Great: Who Was the Mystery Woman Warrior?

By david grant

Archaeology & Science, Family & Relationships

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November 8 is remembered as Archangels’ Day in Greece, but on that November day in 1977, Professor Manolis Andronikos, head of excavations, was roped down into the gloom of an unlooted Macedonian-styled tomb at Vergina, in northern Greece....
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The Fall of Man (detail) by Cornelis van Haarlem (1592) Rijksmuseum (Public Domain) — 08 Nov 2019

From Food to Friend: Prehistoric Exotic and Pampered Pets

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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Anthropologists and archaeologists are still working on compiling the human-pet timeline, but it is known pets have been adopted by humans for possibly tens of thousands of years. Americans keep about 78 million dogs, 85 million cats, 14 million...
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The Fall of Man (detail) by Cornelis van Haarlem (1592) Rijksmuseum (Public Domain) — 08 Nov 2019

From Food to Friend: Prehistoric Exotic and Pampered Pets

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

1

Anthropologists and archaeologists are still working on compiling the human-pet timeline, but it is known pets have been adopted by humans for possibly tens of thousands of years. Americans keep about 78 million dogs, 85 million cats, 14 million...
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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

2

Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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Socrates in conversation with Diotima by Franz Caucig (1755–1828) — 13 Feb 2019

Socrates’ Philosophy of Love Inspired by Diotima, Princess, Priestess and Philosopher

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery, Family & Relationships, Philosophy & Spirituality

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Symposium, Plato’s philosophical text dated at circa 385 to 370 BC, depicts a friendly contest of speeches delivered by a group of notable men attending a banquet. During the discussion, Socrates mentions that, in his youth, he was taught ‘the...
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Socrates in conversation with Diotima by Franz Caucig (1755–1828) — 13 Feb 2019

Socrates’ Philosophy of Love Inspired by Diotima, Princess, Priestess and Philosopher

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery, Family & Relationships, Philosophy & Spirituality

0

Symposium, Plato’s philosophical text dated at circa 385 to 370 BC, depicts a friendly contest of speeches delivered by a group of notable men attending a banquet. During the discussion, Socrates mentions that, in his youth, he was taught ‘the...
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