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Time Travel to Pompeii
You got the feeling that you were seeing a day in the life of Pompeiians, frozen in time, courtesy of Mt. Vesuvius.
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Herculaneum: Digging Deep
The sign said, “Entrust your thoughts to the pomegranate tree.”
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The Diquís Spheres
If only they could speak.
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Mustatils
These structures are 2000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids.
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The Dolmen de Guadalperal
2,000 years older than Stonehenge.
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We’ve Been Battling Pests for 200,000 Years
They hated creepy crawlies as much as we do.
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The Oldest Bridge in the World
Further evidence of Iraq’s rich architectural heritage.
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Developmental Greed
If developers had their way, much history would be lost to us.
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Witch Bottles, Desiccated Cats, Concealed Shoes, and Witch Balls
I always find it a little disconcerting when I discover that something exists in the world that up to this point I knew nothing about. That’s the height of arrogance, I know. It’s crazy to expect to know everything. But it always makes me wonder what else I’ve been missing all along. Case in point:…
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Why Not Build a Castle?
If I had the luxury of having any career in the world (and some magic guarantee that I’d be able to make a living at it), I would be an experimental archeologist. I love to learn by doing, and there’s no other job in the world that allows you to do just that to such…