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🪙 The Buried Fortune of Rome: Inside the Discovery of 22,000 Ancient Coins
When history sleeps beneath the soil for more than a thousand years, it rarely returns quietly. Such was the case when a metal detectorist, wandering through an unremarkable patch of countryside, stumbled upon what would become one of the most extraordinary Roman hoards ever found. More than 22,000 coins, each carrying the face of emperors long gone, emerged from the earth—untouched for over 1,500 years.
By Izhar Ullah3 months ago in History
Mythic Jukebox Musical Dance
In 1889, Louis Glass and William S. Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, in San Francisco, installing it at the Palais Royal Saloon, 303 Sutter street, two blocks away from the offices of their Pacific Phonograph Company. This was an Edison Class M Electric Phonograph[6] retrofitted with a device patented under the name of ‘Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonograph’. The music was heard via two of eight listening tubes.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 3 months ago in History
Human Sacrifice part 2 . AI-Generated.
The logic behind sacrifice was harsh, but it made sense to those who believed in it. If the world was out of balance, someone had to pay the price to restore order. A bad harvest might cost the life of a sheep. A drought could demand a bull. But when a nation was in crisis, it was a human life that was required. While it’s easy to view these acts as cruelty, to them, it was just cosmic accounting. The universe, they believed, kept a ledger, and debts had to be paid in blood.
By ADIR SEGAL3 months ago in History
Human Sacrifice part 1. AI-Generated.
What if survival didn’t depend on your strength, but on your ability to sacrifice? For thousands of years, people believed that the gods were hungry, and only blood could feed them. They demanded offerings of wine, meat, and sometimes even still-beating human hearts. But why did they think this worked? And what does this belief say about us today? Welcome to The Mysteries of Mythology: Why Do Gods Need Sacrifices?
By ADIR SEGAL3 months ago in History











