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United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby

HeritageDailyJuly 6, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJuly 6, 2017November 3, 20170144

The United States has filed a civil complaint to forfeit thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae. As alleged in the complaint, these ancient clay

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How seawater strengthens ancient Roman concrete

HeritageDailyJuly 4, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJuly 4, 2017November 3, 20170145

Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis Historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the

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Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end

HeritageDailyJune 29, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJune 29, 2017November 3, 2017066

On June 29 2014 – nearly three years ago to the day – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took the pulpit at the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri

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Roman gladiators were war prisoners and criminals, not sporting heroes

HeritageDailyJune 29, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJune 29, 2017November 3, 20170679

For centuries, the bloody gladiator conflicts that the Romans staged in amphitheatres throughout the empire have engrossed and repelled us. When it comes to gladiators,

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Æthelflæd: the Anglo-Saxon iron lady

HeritageDailyJune 28, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJune 28, 2017November 3, 20170207

Nearly 1,100 years ago, however, Æthelflæd, “Lady of the Mercians”, died in Tamworth – as one of the most powerful political figures in tenth-century Britain.

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When – and why – did people first start using money?

HeritageDailyJune 22, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyJune 22, 2017November 3, 20170179

Sometimes you run across a grimy, tattered dollar bill that seems like it’s been around since the beginning of time. Assuredly it hasn’t, but the

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Stanford researcher sheds light on life of lesbians in Nazi Germany

HeritageDailyJune 13, 2017July 5, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 13, 2017July 5, 20180154

Lesbians may have enjoyed limited toleration during the Nazi regime in Germany, according to new Stanford researc

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How Hokusai’s Great Wave came into the world

HeritageDailyJune 3, 2017July 5, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 3, 2017July 5, 20180404

By the time Katsushika Hokusai painted The Great Wave he was already a celebrity in Japan. The iconic print was produced in 1831 as part

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5 bloodcurdling medical procedures that are no longer performed … thankfully

HeritageDailyMay 24, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 24, 2017November 3, 20170248

Surgeries and treatments come and go. A new BMJ guideline, for example, makes “strong recommendations” against the use of arthroscopic surgery for certain knee conditions.

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The last Muslim King in Spain

HeritageDailyMay 22, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 22, 2017November 3, 20170551

Based on original research, and drawing attention to the connections between the medieval Moorish king Boabdil, and current social and political concerns in Europe today,

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15 Historic Forts From India

HeritageDailyMay 13, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 13, 2017July 6, 201804210

Most of the forts in India are actually castles, fortified palaces or fortresses, but when the British Government in India were cataloguing the defences in

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Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh

HeritageDailyMay 12, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 12, 2017November 3, 20170663

“Forget death and seek life!” With these encouraging words, Gilgamesh, the star of the eponymous 4000-year-old epic poem, coins the world’s first heroic catchphrase.

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A digital archive of slave voyages details the largest forced migration in history

HeritageDailyMay 3, 2017June 9, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 3, 2017June 9, 20170166

Between 1500 and 1866, slave traders forced 12.5 million Africans aboard transatlantic slave vessels.

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African history is a discipline on the rise – and one that raises many questions

HeritageDailyMay 2, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 2, 2017November 3, 20170123

African history has gone through many incarnations as an academic discipline.

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Scythian horse breeding unveiled: Lessons for animal domestication

HeritageDailyMay 2, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyMay 2, 2017November 3, 20170187

Nomad Scythian herders roamed vast areas spanning the Central Asian steppes during the Iron Age, approximately from the 9th to the 1st century BCE (Before

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What does the word ‘Viking’ really mean?

HeritageDailyApril 27, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 27, 2017July 6, 20180241

We all know about the Vikings. Those hairy warriors from Scandinavia who raided and pillaged, and slashed and burned their way across Europe, leaving behind

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What medieval sources reveal about the true nature of the Vikings

HeritageDailyApril 26, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 26, 2017July 6, 20180133

We’ve seen it all in documentaries and dramas. The Viking Age begins as hordes of Vikings leap ashore from their long-ships, in a lightening raid

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Why the RAF destroyed a ship with 4,500 concentration camp prisoners on board

HeritageDailyApril 25, 2017June 9, 2017

by HeritageDailyApril 25, 2017June 9, 20170262

On the afternoon of May 3, 1945, a squadron of RAF Typhoons began their descent to attack Axis shipping in Neustadt Bay, Germany. Below them,

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Ruined Redoubt “Fort” Built to Defend London

HeritageDailyApril 22, 2017November 3, 2017

by HeritageDailyApril 22, 2017November 3, 20170600

North Weald Mobilisation Centre (North Weald Redoubt) was one thirteen late 19th century “London Defence Schemes” of earthwork fortifications or forts in the south-east of

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Medieval medical books could hold the recipe for new antibiotics

HeritageDailyApril 19, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 19, 2017July 6, 20180436

For a long time, medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. This time period is popularly referred to as the “Dark Ages,” which erroneously suggests

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Long-awaited rescue for valuable silk tunic

HeritageDailyApril 11, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 11, 2017July 6, 2018096

Until now, a heavy glass pane weighing approximately 80 kilos has prevented a valuable, centuries-old silk tunic attributed to Saint Ambrose from being restored in

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Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement

HeritageDailyMarch 28, 2017July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 28, 2017July 6, 20180101

Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and altering the ecological balance in

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United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby

How seawater strengthens ancient Roman concrete

Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end

Roman gladiators were war prisoners and criminals, not sporting heroes

Æthelflæd: the Anglo-Saxon iron lady

When – and why – did people first start using money?

Stanford researcher sheds light on life of lesbians in Nazi Germany

How Hokusai’s Great Wave came into the world

5 bloodcurdling medical procedures that are no longer performed … thankfully

The last Muslim King in Spain

15 Historic Forts From India

Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh

A digital archive of slave voyages details the largest forced migration in history

African history is a discipline on the rise – and one that raises many questions

Scythian horse breeding unveiled: Lessons for animal domestication

What does the word ‘Viking’ really mean?

What medieval sources reveal about the true nature of the Vikings

Why the RAF destroyed a ship with 4,500 concentration camp prisoners on board

Ruined Redoubt “Fort” Built to Defend London

Medieval medical books could hold the recipe for new antibiotics

Long-awaited rescue for valuable silk tunic

Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

Archaeologists identify ancient North American mounds using new image analysis technique

Residues on prehistoric pottery reveal secrets of early cheese making

150-million-year old, piranha-like specimen is earliest known flesh-eating fish

America’s archaeology data keeps disappearing – even though the law says the...

Scientific research will help to understand the origin of life in the...

Climate stress will make cities more vulnerable