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2019

Ancient Greek Murder Mysteriesoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2019
Why Do Ancient Greek Sculptures All Have Such Tiny Penises?original ↗
2 Oct 2019
No, the Romans Did Not Just “Steal” All the Greek Deitiesoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2019
Who Were the Green Children of Woolpit?original ↗
29 Sept 2019
King Midas Was Actually a Real Personoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2019
Heinrich Schliemann Debunkedoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2019
Eight Things That Would Surprise Most People about Life in the Ancient Worldoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2019
The Most Disturbing Stories from Classical Mythologyoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2019
What Evidence Is There for Atheism in Ancient Greece?original ↗
18 Sept 2019
The Real Reason Why the Venus de Milo Is So Famousoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2019
What Makes Alexander the Great Different from Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun?original ↗
12 Sept 2019
A Life of Herodotosoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2019
Was Septimius Severus a Black Roman Emperor?original ↗
8 Sept 2019
Believe It or Not, the Romans Spoke Latinoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2019
What Happened to the Ark of the Covenant?original ↗
2 Sept 2019
Why Lead Poisoning Probably Did Not Cause the Downfall of the Roman Empireoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2019
Are There Any Living Descendants of Julius Caesar?original ↗
30 Aug 2019
What Did Helen of Troy Look Like?original ↗
24 Aug 2019
No, the New Testament Canon Was Not Decided by Constantine Ioriginal ↗
23 Aug 2019
Google Translate Cannot Handle Dead Languagesoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2019
Who Was Ozymandias?original ↗
15 Aug 2019
How Did Cleopatra Really Die?original ↗
11 Aug 2019
The Importance of the Homeric Poems in Ancient Greek Cultureoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2019
Was Pontius Pilate a Historical Figure? Yes.original ↗
7 Aug 2019
Busting Misconceptions about the Hippocratic Oathoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2019
Misconceptions about the Colossus of Rhodesoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
Was King David a Historical Figure?original ↗
29 Jul 2019
The Other Homeric Poems (The Ones Most People Have Never Heard Of)original ↗
19 Jul 2019
Fake and Misattributed Ancient Quotesoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2019
Why Do So Many Ancient Sculptures Have Their Noses Missing?original ↗
9 Jul 2019
Misconceptions about the Library of Alexandriaoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2019
Who Was the Last Roman Emperor? A Harder Question than You Might Think.original ↗
2 Jul 2019
Just How Gay Were the Ancient Greeks Really?original ↗
25 Jun 2019
The Real-Life Female Warriors Who Probably Inspired the Legendary Amazonsoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2019
What Evidence Is There for the Existence of Alexander the Great? Quite a Lot.original ↗
14 Jun 2019
Should the Elgin Marbles Be Returned to Greece?original ↗
10 Jun 2019
Ancient Greek Misogynyoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2019
Debunking the So-Called “Dark Ages”original ↗
25 May 2019
The True Origins of the Cyclops in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’original ↗
23 May 2019
Could You Have Survived in the Ancient World?original ↗
19 May 2019
Did the Ancient Greeks Ever Climb Mount Olympos?original ↗
16 May 2019
What Is the Difference between a Siren and a Mermaid?original ↗
2 May 2019
Thoughts on the Tragic Burning of the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedraloriginal ↗
20 Apr 2019
Ares Is Actually Kind of Patheticoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2019
“Archimedes’s Death Ray” Debunkedoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2019
Misconceptions about Ancient Greek Dramaoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2019
The Truth about Atlantisoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
What Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Modern Civilization? A Lot, It Turns Out.original ↗
23 Mar 2019
Astounding Facts about Chronology that Will Change How You Think of Historyoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2019
Did the Trojan War Really Happen?original ↗
13 Mar 2019
How Accurate Is Plato’s Portrayal of Socrates?original ↗
8 Mar 2019
A Guided Tour of Raphael’s “School of Athens”original ↗
5 Mar 2019
Why “Roman Orgies” Weren’t Really a Thingoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2019
Why Do Fraternities and Sororities Have Greek Letters for Names?original ↗
24 Feb 2019
No, Throwing Apples at People Was Not Considered a “Marriage Proposal” in Ancient Greeceoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2019
Greek Deities Mentioned in the New Testamentoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2019
Debunking the Misconception of the Flat Earthoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2019
Misconceptions about Roman Gladiatorsoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2019
Most Bizarre Deaths from Classical Historyoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019
Three Times the Winners Did Not Write Historyoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2019
Bizarre Ancient Greek Festivalsoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2019
Three Bizarre Stories from Ancient Greeceoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019

2018

The Origins of the Christmas Treeoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2018
Misconceptions about the Witch-Trialsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2018
Why Are We Still Celebrating “Columbus Day”?original ↗
12 Oct 2018
National Museum of Brazil Fire Should Come as a Warningoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2018
Misunderstood Ancient Quotesoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2018
Who Was Hypatia of Alexandria Really?original ↗
6 Aug 2018
Fascinating Ancient Artifactsoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2018
Why Ancient History Mattersoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2018
How the Ancients Greeted Each Otheroriginal ↗
16 Jun 2018
The World’s Oldest Surviving Joke Bookoriginal ↗
18 May 2018
Did Pythagoras Discover the Pythagorean Theorem?original ↗
25 Mar 2018
Was Jesus a Historical Figure?original ↗
10 Mar 2018
The Evolution of Cupidoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2018
Debunking Common Myths and Misconceptions about William Shakespeareoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2018

2017

Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconographyoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2017
No, Emperor Nero Did Not Play the Fiddle as Rome Burnedoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2017
The Origins of the Zombie Legendoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2017
Ancient Greek Ghost Stories, Part Seven: Letters from the Afterlifeoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2017
The Ancient Greeks’ Surprising Views on Weapons Regulationoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2017
Happy End of the World, Everyone! (Not Really)original ↗
23 Sept 2017
Pliny the Elder’s Bizarre Sea Creaturesoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2017
The Eclipse of Thales and the Battle of Halysoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2017
Ovid’s Worst Linesoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2017
Ancient Greek Ghost Stories, Part Six: The Hero of Temesaoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2017
Betsy Ross Did Not Design the First American Flagoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2017
The Pledge of Allegiance Was Actually Written by a Socialistoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2017
Xanthippe: The Bizarre, Yet Ever-Worsening State of Sokrates’s Marriageoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2017
The Ancient Greek Rip Van Winkleoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2017
Brutal Words: The Unique Origins of Words Associated With Crueltyoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2017
The Most Depressing Book Ever Written: Death by Starvation by Hegesias of Kyreneoriginal ↗
23 May 2017
“Ring around the Rosie” Is Not about the Black Death, Nor Has It Ever Beenoriginal ↗
3 May 2017
The Ancient Greek Sorcerer’s Apprenticeoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2017
Misunderstood Myths, Part Six: The Moirai and the Graiaioriginal ↗
24 Apr 2017
The Not-So-Pagan Origins of Easteroriginal ↗
15 Apr 2017
What Three Hated Symbols Used to Mean Before They Were Hijacked by Extremistsoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
The Founding Fathers’ Views on Slaveryoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2017
The Story of the Liberty Belloriginal ↗
29 Mar 2017
Caesar’s Real Last Wordsoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2017
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