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Month: January 2025

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A 10th century burial in Hungary’s Carpathian Basin looks set to rewrite history. The grave holds a woman, but the bow she is holding tells us she was a warrior, the first found in the country.
8 JAN 2025 · 3 MIN

“But No Living Man Am I”: Unique 10th Century Burial Contains a Warrior Woman

A research team led by Dr. Balázs Tihanyi has found something never before seen in Hungary’s Carpathian Basin. The grave, dating to the 10th century, is of a woman and her weapons.…
The map in all its glory, but you’re really going to want to get the original and zoom in to appreciate it. Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2024.2434015.
7 JAN 2025 · 3 MIN

Here Be Demons: New Map of Folklore Reveals the Dark Heart of Europe

Wake up honey, new map of demonic Europe just dropped. If you want to sort your incubi (male sex demon) from your spiritus domestici (vaguely helpful poltergeist), your gnomes from your mermaids,…
Very demure, very mindful: Napoleon’s coronation as French Emperor came only 15 years after the French overthrew their last autocratic ruler. Source: Workshop of François Gérard / Public Domain.
6 JAN 2025 · 6 MIN

Right Man, Right Place, Right Time: The Rise of Napoleon

In 1799 France changed forever. After a decade of rumbling discontent regarding the concentration of wealth towards the powerful and the exploitation of the masses who were facing widespread starvation, the French…
The crab symbol on the amulet and the inscription suggest that it was sued to treat cancer. Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-cancer-treating-amulet-discovered-in-pisidia-antioch-204149.
2 JAN 2025 · 2 MIN

Ancient Crab Amulet found in Turkey was a Ward Against Cancer

Archaeologists working to excavate the ancient Anatolian city of Pisidia Antioch have found something special. An amulet has been unearthed which the team believes was used to treat cancer in ancient Turkey.…