ancient world

A brief history of toilets

A day in the life of the Oracle of Delphi

The epic of Gilgamesh, the king who tried to conquer death

Run, sail or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii

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The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon

Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death

A day in the life of an ancient Babylonian business mogul

3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration

The hidden treasures of Timbuktu

The rise and fall of history's first empire

A day in the life of an ancient Greek architect

"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology

The myth of Ireland's two greatest warriors

The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece

The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris

The race to decode a mysterious language

A day in the life of a teenage samurai

What yoga does to your body and brain

A day in the life of a Peruvian shaman

A day in the life of an Aztec midwife

How the Monkey King escaped the underworld

Who was the world's first author?

An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word

The Egyptian myth of Isis and the seven scorpions

Why there's no such thing as objective reality

The secret messages of Viking runestones

What was so special about Viking ships?

The philosophy of cynicism

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The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts

The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar

A brief history of cannibalism