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Perfume has complex and fascinating links to ancient chemistry.
Shouting, squelching, singing, constantly moving, ancient urban wineries were an assault on the senses
The ancient evidence suggests Alexander was particularly close with one of his male companions. But how close exactly?
Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.
Modern reactions to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs – what you might think of as UFOs) are similar to those of thousands of years ago.
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.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have used DNA from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France to reconstruct the lives of everyday Neolithic people.
Machu Picchu is now an iconic tourist destination in Peru – but it was once a royal palace that pulled people from all corners of the Inca empire.
Despite wine’s centrality to the everyday life of the Romans, the ancient sources continuously attest it was a problematic drink when consumed by women.
Researchers examined whether kissing is an innate human activity or whether its origins are relatively recent.
The gate has been built on the site of an actual Roman gateway, thought to date to the invasion of Britain in AD 43.
The gaping maws and great belch of the Norse ‘hafgufa’ may well have been a humpback whale simply engaging in trap-feeding.
Evidence in Earth’s natural archives, from tree rings to seafloor sediments, points to one trend. Some climate models suggest another.
There’s a long history in our society of period pain being played down, or just considered “normal”. But there’s plenty of evidence in the historical records that women have always experienced it.
The new ‘docuseries’ makes grand claims about our ice age ancestors. Here’s why you should proceed with caution.
The UN estimates the global population will pass 8 billion people on Nov. 15, 2022. From the Stone Age to today, here’s how things spiraled out of control.
Pompeii is remembered as a place of surprising liberality – but the ‘masturbating man’ is probably a far less lurid tale than assumed.
A patchwork of Roman laws (including Rome’s complex murder laws) sought to address coercive and violent behaviour
Increasing rainfall and degrading peatland are threatening archaeological artefacts buried in UK land.
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Lecturer in Classical Studies, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London; Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Classics and Head of the Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge
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Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University
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