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It’s Made From People! The Various Ways We Make Products out of Humans

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July 27, 2015 beauty Beyond Science bioethics cannibalism history human meat products 1 Comment

Oath of Silence Protects Amazing 500-Year-Old Diving Bell Used to Visit Sunken Roman Vessels

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July 15, 2015 archaeology divers diving diving bell history invention maritime Leave a comment

The Devastating and Diabolical Ancient Origins of Biological Warfare

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July 7, 2015 ancient biological Black Death disease history infection plague poison terror warfare Leave a comment

Hereford Mappa Mundi: Legendary Cities, Monstrous Races, and Curious Beasts in a Single World Map

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May 15, 2015 biblical cartography cities drawings England hereford history map mappa mundi medieval middle ages monster mythology religion Leave a comment

Spectacular Peruvian Rope Bridge, last of its kind, carries forward tradition of the Inca

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April 29, 2015 ancient Andes bridge community culture history Inca peru tradition weave Leave a comment

The Bloody History of a Waxworks Museum: Madame Tussaud and Her Eerie Creations

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March 4, 2015 celebrities criminals England France French Revolution history horror museum royalty sculpture Tussaud wax Leave a comment

Art, Meds, and Fuel—The Surprising Historical Uses of Ancient Mummies

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January 21, 2015 archaeology Egypt history Medicine mummies mummy paint unwrapping 1 Comment

Witches’ Familiars, Spirit Guardians and Demons

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November 10, 2014 cats demons guardian history magic spirits witch witch trial Leave a comment

Poison: The Good, the Bad and the Deadly

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October 7, 2014 ancient arrows botany cleopatra death history Medicine murder nature Paracelsus poison poisonous Plants Socrates suicide toxicology venom Leave a comment

Sooty Donkeys and Dry Rice: The Truth About Lie Detection in Ancient and Modern Times

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September 29, 2014 ancient antiquity detector fire history lie detection lies mental illness polygraph trial by ordeal truth Water witch 1 Comment

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