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‘Et Tu Brute?’ The Other Brutus, Whose Betrayal Shocked Caesar

Shakespeare may have confused Brutus with his cousin Decimus Brutus

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‘Et Tu Brute?’ The Other Brutus, Whose Betrayal Shocked Caesar

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The Conqueror’s Library

The story of King Ashurbanipal’s library, the largest in the world before Alexandria

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The Conqueror’s Library

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Who Built Göbekli Tepe?

We may be closer to understanding the builders of the mysterious megaliths

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Who Built Göbekli Tepe?

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The Lesser-Known Civilization Which May Have Invented Writing Before Mesopotamia

The story of the Vinča culture, Europe’s first civilization

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The Lesser-Known Civilization Which May Have Invented Writing Before Mesopotamia

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How Did the Pork Taboo Originate?

Exploring why one-third of humanity doesn’t consume pork

Nov 10, 2023

How Did the Pork Taboo Originate?

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Living With the Dead At Çatalhöyük

Understanding why residents of a 9000-year-old proto-city buried the dead beneath their homes

Oct 17

Living With the Dead At Çatalhöyük

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How Rice Tempted Chickens to Live With Humans

The story of chicken domestication began in a small farming community in Thailand 3500 years ago

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How Rice Tempted Chickens to Live With Humans

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Prateek Dasgupta

Prateek Dasgupta

Top writer in History, Science, Art, Food, and Culture. Interested in lost civilizations and human evolution. Contact: prateekdasgupta@gmail.com

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