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What Were The Most Important Medieval Marketplace Rules?

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Visiting a Medieval marketplace could be a pleasant experience. However, honesty was crucial because practices

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The Battle for Britain’s First Book of the Month Club

In October 1929 thousands of members of Britain’s Book Society received a new hardback through the post. Whiteoaks, by an

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Plato’s Last Word to Dionysius

By the time Plato departed the court of Dionysius the Younger in 361 BC, his relations with the Syracusan autocrat

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Swahili on the Road | History Today

In March 1960 Julius Nyerere – then leader of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) – sat down with former

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Paleolithic Mammoth Tusk Boomerang Found In The Oblazowa Cave Is Older Than Expected

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The famous mammoth ivory boomerang from the Oblazowa Cave was created around 42,000 years ago

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Evil God-Bird Anzu Who Stole The Tablet Of Destiny To Control Universe And Fates Of All

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An interesting – though only fragmentary – Babylonian myth tells the story of Anzu/Zu (‘the

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Fate Of Eminent Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s Statues After She Passed Away – New Study

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A closer examination of the damaged statues of the well-known female pharaoh Hatshepsut challenges the

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DNA Reveals Poland’s First Kings May Have Scottish Origin – New Study Challenges Existing Myths

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. For nearly ten

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Tradition Of Rare Medieval Bed Burials Was Much More Complex Than Previously Thought

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent study has provided new insights into the tradition and purpose of medieval bed

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Renaissance Florence’s Missing Bronzes | History Today

It was the greatest contest in the history of art – and arguably the most mysterious too. The year was