Ancient Hour with Ancient Girl

Ancient Hour with Ancient Girl

Ancient History, Mythology & Language

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July 21, 2024 2 mins

What would Ancient Romans use to express their feelings? to throw shade on an ex? To proclaim their love? To review a restaurant? 

Back in the days when there were no social media... they'd use walls! and that's how those messages survived all the way to today!

 

Love, hatred, lust, friendship, food preferences ... every facet of the human experience immortalized for eternity on the walls of Pompeii!

 

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Did you know that African elephants crossed the Alps, the highest mountains in Europe? 

At the end of the III BC the conflict between Rome and Carthage escalates.

Carthage's Hannibal - still remember today as one of the greatest generals who ever existed - risked it all and decided to cross the Alps with a small army of men and elephants to bring war directly onto Roman territory! 

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July 19, 2024 12 mins

The weirdest facts about the Ancient Olympics!

Did you know that originally the games started as a funerary rite? That everybody was naked and mostly covered in oil? And that you could get whipped if caught cheating?

Dive with me into the fascinating origins of the Olympic games, that from thousands of years ago in the Ancient Greek city of Olympia still bring people together today! 

 

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