There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what historians know about slavery during those eras is horrific.
Illustration of the graves by Mirosław Kuźma.
Leszek Gardeła
The findings suggest that the depth of the relationships Viking-age people had with animals have been dramatically underrepresented.
The use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has been around for a lot longer.
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Long before thermometers, nature left its own temperature records. A climate scientist explains how ongoing global warming compares with ancient temperatures.
Water and sediment pour off the melting margin of the Greenland ice sheet.
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When Shauna Bostock began researching a book on her family, she thought it would be limited to her Aboriginal ancestry. But then a late-night phone call led her down a surprising path.
The Roman bathhouse at Birdoswald will be reburied to preserve it for the future.
HE Archaeological Projects Team and University of Newcastle