r/ancienthistory

r/ancienthistory

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r/ancienthistory is a subreddit with 46.7K members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is size-large.
A subreddit that focuses on history of the less recent kind. Example topics include Classical Greece, Rome, America and Egypt. This is the place to go for general news, videos, and discussion that might not fit into the more specific subreddits, but content that would be suitable there are also suitable here.

Popular Topics in r/ancienthistory

#1
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: "Who Invented Beer?"
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Popular Posts in r/ancienthistory

Who Invented Beer?
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Chthonic Descent (#4 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series), illustrated by me,
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Why I’m interviewing Hannibal Barca.
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Roman Bronze Door (115 AD); at Pantheon, Rome, Italy. It is considered as the oldest door still used in Rome.
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Rare Roman armour reconstructed from tiny fragments, making it just the third - and most intact - to be found from the entire Roman Empire
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"The Gate to Hades" (part 3 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series), illustrated by me,
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On Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings
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Wonderful 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, thought depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. [1916x1384]
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Banded calcite bowl (2500 BCE). Excavated at the Royal cemetery at Ur by Sir Leonard Woolley.
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Cycladic marble female figure (4500-4000 BCE)
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Senet board game from ancient egypt
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Hurrian Hymn no. 6 - 1400 BC is the oldest surviving melody and is over 3,400 years old. The hymn was discovered on a clay tablet in Ugarit, Latakia now part of modern-day Syria, and is dedicated to the Hurrians' goddess of the orchards Nikkal ~This rendition is by Richard Dumbrill
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"The Death of Eurydice" (#2 in my Orpheus and Eurydice series) illustrated by me
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ARGONAUTICA series 6: "Harpies and the Clashing Rocks", illustrated by me,
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"A New Love" (#1in my Orpheus and Eurydice series) illustrated by me
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