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2,982 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Reebok_MF_classics
As I understand it, the Māori were originally a people from across the sea who sailed to New Zealand, an uninhabited island at the time, and then began settling it. They formed a bond with the land when it was empty, and, as such, are correctly and universally considered the ind…
1,733 upvotes
Jul 24, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC
Posted by /u/CaptainMikul
I was watching a video of a guy putting on a chiton, and it's basically just a square, turned into a tube, and then stitched to make a neck hole. A lot of ancient garments seemed quite involved to put on. Even early modern period, buttons are on everything. What is it about a t-…
1,694 upvotes
Jul 14, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC
Posted by /u/nationalgeographic
https://preview.redd.it/baz1088ym7dh1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57bbbba6e20c0aecf5b32ab740fa09e7876ce23e I’m Tom Hiddleston and I am taking a journey back in time in my new series ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’ on National Geographic. The ancient world h…
1,598 upvotes
Jul 27, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC
Posted by /u/volumeofatorus
One of the ways people in the past feel alien to me is that it seems like they had far fewer moral qualms with non-defensive violence against others, especially if they were of a different region or religion. This got me wondering whether my impression is accurate. Do we have an…
1,315 upvotes
Jul 19, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC
Posted by /u/StrawberryPatient307
When I look at Bronze Age maps, I see states and civilizations around the major rivers, not far from those areas the map appears completely empty. How should this be interpreted? Does it mean there simply weren’t many humans overall, or were humans living everywhere but not in t…
1,216 upvotes
Jul 24, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC
Posted by /u/LurkingTamilian
It is a common trope is Sci-fi for an ancient advanced civilization to collapse leaving behind artifacts that newer people can use and maintain but not develop themselves. Do we have documented cases of this in real-life? I am not counting cases like the pyramids which might hav…
1,188 upvotes
Jul 25, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Playergh
The notorious board/war game The Campaign for North Africa has, among its numerous small details, the rule that the Italians consume more water than the others because they use it to boil pasta. Is this increased water consumption supported by sources, and did the Italians even…
1,165 upvotes
Jul 28, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Posted by /u/RecordSignificant124
From what I read in Garret Ryan's book Naked Statues, Greeks and Romans usually didn't have underwear underneath their tunics. So how did men deal with erections?