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Discussion/QuestionWeekly History Questions Thread. (self.history)

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Discussion/QuestionBookclub and Sources Wednesday! (self.history)

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ArticleHumans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests (scientificamerican.com)

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News articleEgypt archaeology: Dig unearths smiling mini-sphinx which may represent Claudius (news.yahoo.com)

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ArticleFolktale becomes reality as Roman altar unearthed at Leicester Cathedral | Archaeology (theguardian.com)

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ArticleFirst archaeological correlate of the Egyptian rebellion described on the Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE — Evidence of violent destruction across the ancient city of Thmouis, in Egypt’s Nile delta, ca. 204-186 BCE (theconversation.com)

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ArticleWhat we lost with Persianate modernity | Historical Cultural exchange between Iran and India led to the creation of literary histories that inspired modern nationalism (aeon.co)

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ArticleAncient DNA unveils disparate fates of Ice Age hunter-gatherers in Europe (sciencenews.org)

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ArticleMedieval babycare: from breastfeeding to developmental toys (aeon.co)

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ArticlePeter Skene Ogden, one of the most important and turbulent personalities in the North American Fur Trade. (wltribune.com)

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ArticleResearchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments (news.artnet.com)

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ArticleCambridgeshire, U.K. discovery of an ancient comb — carved from human skull — could represent an unusual tradition of local Iron Age communities ca. 2,000 years ago (mola-newsroom.prgloo.com)

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ArticleThe amazing life of Julia Rivet. (wltribune.com)

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ArticleSea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago (theguardian.com)

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ArticleGerman’s diary offers rare look of life in Tokyo in mid-19th century (asahi.com)

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ArticleA Brief History of Pancakes (smithsonianmag.com)

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ArticleLong-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story (apnews.com)

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ArticleScientists discover corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza (reuters.com)

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ArticleMedieval babycare: from breastfeeding to developmental toys (aeon.co)

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ArticleNew analysis of 356 ancient hunter-gatherer genomes — spanning between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago — reveal that homonin of ice-age Europe were not genetically homogeneous (science.org)

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Science site articleSteel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study. (phys.org)

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ArticleThe difficulties of translating gender in ancient texts (kiwihellenist.blogspot.com)

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ArticleComplete history of evolution of camera, from pinhole to DSLR [with bit of science] (humanworkhistory.substack.com)

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ArticleRevealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals (scienceinter.com)

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VideoChristopher Clark challenges the common view that the revolutions of 1848 were a failure, because 20 years later many of their aims were achieved. (youtube.com)

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VideoAlabama artist works to correct historical narrative around beginnings of gynecology – PBS NewsHour (youtube.com)

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Science site article4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq. (livescience.com)

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