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1. The Shape of Rome (2013) (exurbe.com)
204 points by simonebrunozzi on April 11, 2021 | 41 comments
2. Ismail al-Jazari – the medieval 'Father of Robotics' (nationalgeographic.com)
87 points by mih on Feb 28, 2021 | 51 comments
3. What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants (laphamsquarterly.org)
181 points by diodorus on Feb 11, 2021 | 195 comments
4. Who speaks Latin these days? (bbc.co.uk)
60 points by quasque on Feb 12, 2013 | 68 comments
5. Some Arabic and Persian accounts of the export of tin from Cornwall (caitlingreen.org)
62 points by Thevet on Feb 6, 2021 | 19 comments
6. Medieval Minims: The hidden meaning of a medieval pen-twister (historytoday.com)
19 points by pepys on Feb 4, 2021 | 5 comments
7. Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids? Not Slaves (discovermagazine.com)
52 points by Ozzie_osman on Feb 3, 2021 | 40 comments
8. Who Invented the Alphabet? (smithsonianmag.com)
82 points by diodorus on Jan 11, 2021 | 110 comments
9. Why Do People Stay Poor? [pdf] (lse.ac.uk)
169 points by zackhsi on July 29, 2020 | 297 comments
10. Board Games of the Ancient World (smithsonianmag.com)
209 points by CrankyBear on Feb 7, 2020 | 66 comments
11. How Do We Know That Epic Poems Were Recited from Memory? (jstor.org)
160 points by vo2maxer on March 3, 2020 | 61 comments

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