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The Honorable Death: Samurai & Seppuku in Feudal Japan

"Seppuku" is known in the west as "Hara-kiri" although the term seppuku is considered a more elegant usage

Huge cat found etched into desert among Nazca Lines in Peru

“The figure was scarcely visible and was about to disappear because it’s situated on quite a steep slope that’s prone to the effects of natural erosion”

1000 years of English literature to be scrapped as British university “decolonises” curriculum

Political Correctness vs Academic Education?

Made by bees: Slovak artist uses honeybees to sculpt a wax bust of Nefertiti (photos)

The artwork pays homage to the durability of nature’s works, as well as Nefertiti’s legacy as one of the most powerful women in history

Ancient Greece had Market Economy, 3.000 years earlier than thought

Integrated markets were thought to have started with the industrial revolution, but now pollen data demonstrates unexpectedly skewed crop choices

Underfloor central heating from 2700 B.C. in Minoan Crete

Ancient technology

Oldest gynecological treatment on record performed in ancient Egypt 4.000 years ago

"Until now, there had been no evidence found to prove that such treatment was actually carried out”

The messy business of scrubbing 2,000 years of bird poop from an Egyptian temple

The crap covered up cartouches and constellations

Brazen Bull: Gruesome Ancient Greek Torture Device Turned Screams into “Music”

As its name suggests, the Brazen Bull was a bronze object in the shape of a bull

Is this tiny island really the lost home of the Aztecs?

Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Aztec people, from where they departed before founding a second capital in a lake

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