r/ancienthistory

In the 4th century, Roman glassmakers accidentally invented nanotechnology. The Lycurgus Cup changes color depending on which way the light hits it.

A retired construction worker in Flint, MI demonstrated how people in ancient times could’ve used simple machines to move blocks up to 20 tons, contrasting fringe theories that humans had otherworldly help constructing ancient monuments

After she was publicly flogged and her daughters raped by Roman soldiers, Queen Boudica of the Iceni destroyed 3 entire cities. Londinium burned with such ferocity that a blackened scorch-layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon

Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1323 BC) — the only unlooted royal tomb ever found, with over 5,000 pristine artifacts sealed for 3,245 years

A Buddha statue in Afghanistan before its destruction

A Water-Flushed Toilet System Was Used at a Silla Royal Palace in Ancient Korea

Minoan pithoi (large terracotta storage containers) excavated from the Palace of Minos in Crete, Greece. 1450-1375 BCE

[Asia] The largest monolithic structure in the world: Kailash Temple at Ellora Caves, carved from top to bottom from a single piece of rock over a span of hundreds of years, starting in the 8th century.

How did people travel these seas 500 years ago

Did anyone in ancient history think that soliders kidnapping women during warfare was wrong? Or were men, women and children really that desensitized to violence?