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2020

What Was the Conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity Really Like?original ↗
11 Apr 2020
Did Everyone in Pre-Modern Times Believe in Astrology?original ↗
9 Apr 2020
No, Easter Is Not Named after Ishtaroriginal ↗
6 Apr 2020
No, Jesus’s Name Does Not Mean “Hail Zeus”original ↗
5 Apr 2020
What Was Really in the Library of Alexandria?original ↗
4 Apr 2020
How Did People in Ancient Times Survive without Central Heating?original ↗
31 Mar 2020
What Did Jesus Really Look Like?original ↗
30 Mar 2020
Is Christianity a Mystery Cult?original ↗
27 Mar 2020
Ancient Cities Weren’t All Just Abandonedoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2020
How Many Sexual Partners Was It Common for People to Have in Ancient Greece?original ↗
23 Mar 2020
No, “Secretary” Does Not Mean “Secret-Keeper”original ↗
21 Mar 2020
No, Nostradamus Didn’t Predict COVID-19—But I Did!original ↗
21 Mar 2020
Did Ancient “Pagans” Really Worship Nature?original ↗
19 Mar 2020
How Much Were Gold Coins Really Worth During the Middle Ages?original ↗
18 Mar 2020
Why Did We Start Using Greek Names for Greek Deities?original ↗
15 Mar 2020
No, Nero Didn’t “Fiddle While Rome Burned”original ↗
11 Mar 2020
Debunking the So-Called “Baghdad Battery”original ↗
8 Mar 2020
No, Aristotle Is Not Telling You to Unleash Your Inner Rageoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2020
Yes, Kratos Is a Real Deity in Greek Mythologyoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020
Plague Doctor Costumes Were Actually a Good Ideaoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2020
How Deadly Is COVID-19 Compared to Other Diseases?original ↗
1 Mar 2020
Did Hades Abduct Persephone or Did She Go with Him Willingly?original ↗
29 Feb 2020
No, There Isn’t a Conspiracy to “Hide the Truth” about Ancient Historyoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2020
The Shroud of Turin Is Definitely a Hoaxoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2020
What Do Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk about “Western Civilization”?original ↗
23 Feb 2020
Did John Milton Really Sympathize with Satan?original ↗
20 Feb 2020
Modern Stereotypes about Ancient Civilizationsoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2020
Can We Know What Biblical Texts Originally Said?original ↗
16 Feb 2020
Sorry, Most Prehistoric Peoples Didn’t Live in Cavesoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
The Shocking True Origin of the Name “Philadelphia”original ↗
11 Feb 2020
Popular Stereotypes about Greek Peopleoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2020
Are Modern Greeks Descended from the Ancient Greeks?original ↗
9 Feb 2020
Carl Sagan Was Really Bad at Historyoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
No, Groundhog Day Is Not of Ancient Pagan Originoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2020
Why Flaming Arrows Are Kind Of Stupidoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2020
No, Researchers Didn’t Really Reconstruct the Voice of a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummyoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2020
What Was the First Novel?original ↗
28 Jan 2020
What Really Happened to the Athena Parthenos?original ↗
27 Jan 2020
The Problem with Percy Jacksonoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2020
How Did Greek Philosophers Support Themselves?original ↗
23 Jan 2020
If You Like Ancient Greek Texts, Thank the Byzantines for Preserving Themoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
What Merit Is There Really to the Strauss-Howe Generational Hypothesis?original ↗
21 Jan 2020
Here’s What Movies and Television Shows Get Wrong about Medieval Swordfightsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2020
The So-Called “Vatican Secret Archive” Isn’t Very Secretoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2020
Is Stoicism a Useful Philosophy for the Modern World?original ↗
16 Jan 2020
Is There Really a Scene in the ‘Iliad’ Where Achilles Calls Hektor Out of Troy to Face Him?original ↗
15 Jan 2020
Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe in Their Myths?original ↗
13 Jan 2020
For the Last Time, Donald Trump Isn’t the Modern-Day Julius Caesaroriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020
The Fascinating Truth about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypseoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2020
What Did Cleopatra Really Look Like?original ↗
9 Jan 2020
Here Are a Few of the Major Cultural Sites in Iran that Donald Trump May Be Threatening to Destroyoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2020
No, the Ancient Romans Didn’t Overharvest Silphium to Extinction Because It Was a Highly Effective Contraceptiveoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2020
This Is How We Know the Egyptian Pyramids Were Built as Tombsoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2020
Did the Ancient Egyptians Have Electric Lighting?original ↗
1 Jan 2020
Top Posts of 2019original ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

Here’s Where Some Famous Rulers from Ancient Times Were Buriedoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2019
How Violent Was the Pre-Modern World Really?original ↗
28 Dec 2019
Here Are Some of the Most Ancient Christmas Carolsoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2019
No, the Antikythera Mechanism Was Not Uniqueoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2019
Why Was Aristarchos’s Heliocentric Model Dismissed and Ignored?original ↗
20 Dec 2019
No, Medieval Staircases Weren’t Designed to Give Right-Handed Defenders an Advantageoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2019
Did a Group of Lost Roman Soldiers Found a City in China?original ↗
17 Dec 2019
Here’s Where You Can Buy a Real First Edition Copy of the ‘Iliad’!original ↗
15 Dec 2019
Did Christians Really Burn Sappho’s Poetry?original ↗
14 Dec 2019
Is Krampus Really Pagan?original ↗
13 Dec 2019
Is Donald Trump the Second Coming of Cyrus the Great?original ↗
12 Dec 2019
Just How Pagan Is Christmas Really?original ↗
9 Dec 2019
The Long, Strange, Fascinating History of Santa Clausoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2019
Was Jesus Copied Off the Greek God Dionysos?original ↗
3 Dec 2019
What’s Up with All Those Weird Doodles in the Smithfield Decretals?original ↗
2 Dec 2019
Should We Judge Historical Figures by Contemporary Standards?original ↗
30 Nov 2019
The Truth about the Archimedes Palimpsestoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2019
Why Is Tutankhamun So Famous?original ↗
26 Nov 2019
When Was Jesus Really Born?original ↗
25 Nov 2019
Was Jesus Copied Off the Egyptian God Horus?original ↗
24 Nov 2019
Good and Bad Reasons to Learn Latinoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
Famous Classical Authors Who Were Probably Not What We Would Consider “White”original ↗
21 Nov 2019
How to Revive a Dead Languageoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2019
Did King Porus Defeat Alexander the Great?original ↗
18 Nov 2019
Spencer Ruins “Adam Ruins Everything”original ↗
17 Nov 2019
The Motivations behind Human Sacrificeoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
Why Most So-Called “Medieval Torture Devices” Are Fakeoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2019
Who Was the Strangest Roman Emperor?original ↗
10 Nov 2019
Were Ancient People Conscious?original ↗
10 Nov 2019
Were the Greeks Really Obsessed with the Golden Ratio?original ↗
8 Nov 2019
Why Tearing Down Confederate Monuments Is Not “Erasing History”original ↗
7 Nov 2019
Were Cats Really Killed En Masse During the Middle Ages?original ↗
5 Nov 2019
The Movie ‘300’ Is Fascist Propagandaoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2019
What Did People in the Paleolithic Really Eat?original ↗
2 Nov 2019
What Did Ancient Greek Music Sound Like?original ↗
30 Oct 2019
Why Are Babies in Medieval Paintings So Creepy?original ↗
28 Oct 2019
Why Are Ghosts Depicted Wearing Bedsheets?original ↗
27 Oct 2019
Did Abolitionism Exist in Ancient Greece and Rome?original ↗
24 Oct 2019
Were There Any Female Rulers in Ancient Greece?original ↗
23 Oct 2019
Was Jesus Married to Mary Magdalene?original ↗
21 Oct 2019
The “Great Man Hypothesis” Briefly Debunkedoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2019
Was Hypatia of Alexandria Black?original ↗
15 Oct 2019
The Bizarre Origin Story of the Demogorgonoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2019
Was Aristotle an Objectivist?original ↗
10 Oct 2019
Greek Heroes Who Lived to Old Ageoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2019
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