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Iron Maiden: This Medieval torture device was used as recently as 2003!

The earliest account that we have of the Iron Maiden dates to the 18th century and was written by the historian Johann Philipp Siebenkees

Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

"If people can't name Auschwitz ... that's something that's deeply concerning"

Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?

Feline qualities were apparently next to godliness

Yes, you may be reading the wrong horoscope & No, it isn’t NASA’s fault your zodiac sign changed

The Earth's axis has shifted since the Babylonians codified the horoscope dates some 3.000 years ago

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

How Poetry won Independence for Greece – WSJ

Two hundred years ago, the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule became a European cause thanks to the support of writers and artists

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