Category Archives: Ancient

The Neolithic Revolution: How Farming changed the World

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

Whenever we think of famous revolutions, the two that normally pop into our heads are the French and American Revolutions, mostly because they are responsible for the political and intellectual landscape that dominates the world today. Both of these revolutions … Continue reading →

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Stone Age

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

From the dawn of our species to the present day, stone-made artifacts are the dominant form of material remains that have survived to today concerning human technology. The term “Stone Age” was coined in the late 19th century CE by the … Continue reading →

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Chauvet Cave

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

The Chauvet Cave (also known as the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave) is a Palaeolithic cave situated near Vallon-Pont-d’Arc in the Ardèche region of southern France that houses impeccably preserved, exquisite examples of prehistoric art. Now reliably dated to between c. 33,000 and … Continue reading →

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Ancient Greek Science

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

By careful thinking based upon observation, some ancient Greeks realized that it was possible to find regularities and patterns hidden in nature and that those regularities were the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe. It became evident that … Continue reading →

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Ancient Chinese Philosophy

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

Chinese philosophy is the intellectual tradition of the Chinese culture from their early recorded history to the present day. The main philosophical topics of Chinese philosophy were heavily influenced by the ideas of important figures like Laozi, Confucius, Mencius and … Continue reading →

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Stepping back 3.6m years: footprints yield new clues to Humans’ Ancestors

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

Tracks found by accident on proposed museum site in Tanzania were preserved in volcanic ash dampened by ancient African rains. The footprints of five ancestors of humans who walked the Earth more than 3.6m years ago have been found preserved … Continue reading →

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Ancient leftovers show the real Paleo Diet was a Veggie feast

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

Today’s Paleo diet cookbooks might be missing a few pages. Archaeological excavations at a Stone Age site in Israel have revealed the first direct evidence of the sort of plants that our distant human ancestors ate with their meat and … Continue reading →

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Ancient Indian Flavors

Posted on November 22, 2016 by

The flavors and aromas of ancient Persia and India converge in Parsi cuisine. In this exclusive interview, Niloufer Mavalvala, author of The Art of Parsi Cooking: Reviving an Ancient Cuisine, introduces us to the culture and the tastes of the … Continue reading →

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Ancient Mesopotamia: Inventing and Reinventing Our World

Posted on November 16, 2016 by

Three successive civilizations — Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian — flourished along the “Fertile Crescent” in ancient Mesopotamia for thousands of years. Renown for their creativity, dynamism, and complexity, these cultures also provide the earliest models of civilization in the West. … Continue reading →

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Tasty Ancient Recipes from Mesopotamia

Posted on November 16, 2016 by

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning “between two rivers”) was an ancient region in the Near East, which corresponds roughly to present-day Iraq. Widely regarded as the “cradle of civilization,” Mesopotamia should be more properly understood as a region that produced … Continue reading →

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