From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...
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‘Lucky’ black cats abandoned at shelters could bring you prosperity – or even a new lover
Black cats are still being left without homes because superstitious owners think they might bring bad luck. But in other ...
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Medieval Hygiene: The Noble Duty of the Groom of the Stool
It might sound absurd today, but in the medieval royal court, there was actually a respected position dedicated to one of the ...
In Milan, bones that piled under a hospital over a half-century shed light on the health and habits of some of the ...
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Women folk healers were branded as witches, but their treatments may have been medically sound
Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?
A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...
Epic tales, poems of praise, and fantastic legends swirled around famous knights in the Middle Ages. Their bravery in battle and tournament victories inspired incredible accounts of both fact and ...
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