History Adventures

Mysteries of the past: fascinating facts and unique discoveries from the ancient world!

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Archimedes — The Man Who Invented The Way You Live [History Adventures]
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Aztec Sun Stone. Photograph: New York State Archives, 1886.

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The Caryatids Before They Were Moved to Safety.

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Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios. Decorated with religious symbols, such hands were placed in sanctuaries or, as in this example, mounted on poles for use in religious processions. Roman, 1st–2nd century AD. British Museum.

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The 'Triumph of Shapur I' over the Roman emperors Valerian and Philip the Arab, Naqsh-e Rostam....

Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) was Roman emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD.

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Charles Darwin: The Strange Journey of the Man Who Explained the Origin of Life [History Adventures]
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In the late 1800s, explorers photographing the jungles of Guatemala captured this image of Stela K at Quiriguá, an ancient Maya city near the Motagua River.

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Ávila is home to Spain's best-preserved medieval city walls.

Stretching for nearly 2,000 meters, with 88 towers and nine gates, these massive stone fortifications have protected the city for almost a thousand years.

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The Piccolomini Castle (Castello Piccolomini) is located in Celano, L'Aquila province, Abruzzo region of Italy. It is a prominent medieval-Renaissance fortress, originally built in 1392 by Count Pietro Berardi.

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Gallo-Roman statue with removable top (1st century AD)

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In 2500 BC in Pakistan, every house had a bathroom and running water. We arrived in Europe in 1800.

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Sparta: Would You Survive? [History Adventures] https://t.co/DJtjhjsVBb через @YouTube

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This image depicts a narrow passageway within the medieval village of Valderrobres in Teruel, Spain.
The architecture is characterized by old stone buildings with wooden beams, a common feature in this historic town.

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Sarıca Church is a cluster of tenth-century cave churches in the Kepez Valley south of Ürgüp. The open valley has multiple churches and halls, suggesting that a community populated this sacred area.

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World's Oldest Football (c. 1540–1570 AD) — Stirling Castle, Scotland

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Erotic scene from the house of Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii, 50-79 AD. A couple seems to be preparing to leave the bed while a slave attends. The quality of the work sets this painting apart from the ones produced by the usual painters of lupanare (brothels).

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Roman mosaic of a tigress and three playful cubs!
Eastern Roman Empire, AD300s.
Cleveland Museum of Art

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Olmec Head Emerging from the Ground in San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, 1950s

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Around eight thousand years ago, someone painted a small human figure on the back of a wild bull.That was more than four millennia before the famous bull-leaping fresco of Knossos in Crete.

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Caesar—The Most Beloved Dictator of Ancient Rome [History Adventures]
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