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Hieron commissioned a sailing vessel 50 times bigger than a standard ancient warship, named the Syracusia after his city.
This extraordinary vessel was the Titanic of the ancient world, except without the sinking, thanks to our pal, Archimedes.
There is a curse that has plagued humanity since ancient times.
In the ancient Jewish Talmud, it's even considered legal grounds for divorce.
By undoing these changes, we can trace the language from the present day back to its ancient roots.
Proto-Indo-European itself descended from an even more ancient language, but unfortunately, this is as far back as historical and archeological evidence will allow us to go.
Throughout the history of mankind, three little words have sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the Agora, and seekers to the oracles: "Who am I?" From the ancient Greek aphorism inscribed on the Temple of Apollo, "Know thyself," to The Who's rock anthem, "Who Are You?" philosophers, psychologists, academics, scientists, artists, theologians and politicians have all tackled the subject of identity.
On January 26, 2013, a band of al-Qaeda militants entered the ancient city of Timbuktu on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert.
You've found the hidden switches, evaded the secret traps, and now your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple inside The Lost City.
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato explored the idea that we love in order to become complete.
The symptoms of our illnesses are annoying, but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.
Unfortunately, you've all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient colosseum for their deadly entertainment.
This hypothesis suggests that the hiccup is a relic of the ancient transition from water to land.
The ancient hiccup reflex may have been adapted by mammals to help remove air from the stomach as a sort of glorified burp.
The teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes.
So while ancient humans did eat less sugar compared to us, their teeth were still exposed to sugars.
You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet.
In mythological ancient Greece, soaring above Crete on wings made from wax and feathers, Icarus, the son of Daedalus, defied the laws of both man and nature.
But, in mythological ancient Greece, the line that separated god from man was absolute and the punishment for mortals who attempted to cross it was severe.
Dozens of species lived across North, Central and South America, alongside other ancient creatures like mastodons and giant armadillos.
Or so an ancient legend goes at least.
Tea doesn't actually cure poisonings, but the story of Shennong, the mythical Chinese inventor of agriculture, highlights tea's importance to ancient China.
What do fans of atmospheric post-punk music have in common with ancient barbarians?
In ancient Greece, headaches were considered powerful afflictions.
But we still have a lot to learn about this ancient ailment.
And we can start by overcoming some ancient mythology.
As Arab states tragically collapse, what is left behind but the ancient cities, such as Cairo, Beirut and Baghdad?
Why study the ancient past?
We have historical records that allow us to know how the ancient Greeks dressed, how they lived, how they fought ... but how did they think?
Here I'd like to propose that in the same way we can reconstruct how the ancient Greek cities looked just based on a few bricks, that the writings of a culture are the archaeological records, the fossils, of human thought.
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