The future is a web of branching paths, and each choice opens up new possibilities as it closes others. This is as true for a civilization as it is for an individual. The more our collective intelligence can inform each choice, the better our chances of finding paths through to a beautiful future.

Gaius Marius built the first major canal in Gaul around 104 BCE to supply his 30,000 troops in battle against the Cimbri and Teutons (from present-day Denmark). 🏛️🧪🏺

Marius won the war, but his canal was lost to history. Until now?

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In their 2024 study "The Davis Strait Proto Microcontinent: The Role of Plate Tectonic Reorganization in Continental Cleaving," Longley et al., examine the geological history of the Davis Strait region, situated between Canada and Greenland.

There is a connection between medieval England and the Byzantine empire. Using evidence from Helen Gittos, She found that in the Sutton Hoo's archaeology, especially including their burial artifacts. Gittos proposes that Anglo-Saxon warriors may have been recruited by elite mercenaries.

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I stress that this year and the years to come are going to be rough. Last year we saw so much disinformation about FEMA, vaccines, etc.

It's only going to get worse.

Artworks are not merely objects of aesthetic appeal; they also serve as historical records, providing insights into medical conditions unrecognized by ancient physicians, such as congenital abnormalities (Barroso, 2024).

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Archaeologists have uncovered 13 mummies with gold tongues and fingernails in Oxyrhynchus - Cairo, Egypt, dating to the Ptolemaic period (304-30 BCE). The gold tongues were believed to enable the dead to speak in the afterlife, as gold was considered the flesh of the gods (Leonard, 2024).

The most intriguing find for archaeologists at Nimrud (2024) was a kudurru, a cuneiform-inscribed stone monument dating back to 797 BCE. It documents a royal decree granting the governorship of an area near the Euphrates River at the Syria-Iraqi border (DiSanto, 2024).

Credit: Penn Museum

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