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How the Ancient Greeks Did Math With Letters, Not Numbers
But the ancient Greeks certainly had numbers. In fact, they had what was in some ways a much more elegant system than the ...
How a physicist's Greek alphabet joke overshadowed his brilliant student’s legacy on the origins of the universe
In 1948, a young physicist made a groundbreaking discovery about the origins of the universe—only to have his moment eclipsed ...
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The Underrated Antique Store In Pennsylvania With Rare Gems And Treasures You Can Browse For Hours
Related: The Massive Antique Store in Pennsylvania that Takes Nearly All Day to Explore Cast iron banks, tin wind-up toys, dolls with porcelain faces, and board games with graphics that capture their ...
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Coelbren, the Greek-Inspired Alphabet Used by the Ancient Celts
Did the ancient Celts use an alphabet called Coelbren, ultimately originating with the Greek script, as some scholars in the ...
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Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...
Harvard Paid $26 for ‘Cheap Copy’ of Magna Carta—Turns Out It’s an Original Worth Millions
Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...
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A love letter to the past: Arnie’s Antiques and More opens in Glenwood Springs
Before Arnie’s Antiques and More had a storefront, it had a pulse. It beat through late-night sorting sessions with coin jars and magnifying glasses. It echoed in conversations about gold certificates ...
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1846 Letter Seeks Freedom for Enslaved Person
During ANTIQUES ROADSHOW’s 2024 visit to Baltimore, Maryland, a guest named John brought in a handwritten letter dating from 1846, which he had inherited through his family, explaining that it ...