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Onagers

Wild Asian Ass (no, really)

Image via Wikimedia Commons
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Pigs

Single purpose livestock with a weird relationship to gender

Photo of tusked boar by Magda Ehlers from Pexels
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Transporting Information

Sending messages in low tech societies

Painting by Frederic Remington showing native americans generating a smoke signal; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
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Tombs

Burials with dyed bones & deadfall stones

Photo of stone monument by Yunus of Pexels.
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Karen Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage

The historicity of Dido, founder of Carthage

Dido Building Carthage aka The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire by J. M. W. Turner
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Female Judges as Rulers

Biblical Deborah & Andamana of the Canary Islands

Deborah and Barak against Sisera
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Women & Militaristic Cultures

The relationship between fierce reputations and women's rights

Tuareg men are fierce, but their women hold more power than most.
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Prophecy & Language

The word for when foretellings come true

What do you see in the crystal ball?
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Maritime Empires

The Phoenician gap in our understanding

The Carthage of the Punic Wars was founded by the Phoenicians of Tyre.
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Folklore Ancient & Modern

Gremlins & road gators

Gremlins, a modern myth... and children's book by Roald Dahl.