r/Ancientknowledge
40k members
r/Ancientknowledge is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and ideas, and the community frequently discusses ancient, archaeology, old, discovery, and found.
Current articles, pictures, and other links regarding ancient cultures and civilizations with emphasis on up-to-date archaeology and anthropology
Popular Themes in r/Ancientknowledge
#1
News
: "Archaeologists Found That People Smoked High-Potency Cannabis At Funerals 2,500 Years Ago"
28 posts
#2
Ideas
: "If Gen Z is forgetting a skill humans had for 5,500 years, what comes next?"
4 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (book)"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Trying to find spells 26-30"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Ancientknowledge
#1
Ancient
: "Six Great Ancient Libraries that Preserved the Knowledge of Mankind"
55 posts
#2
Archaeology
: "Archaeologists Found That People Smoked High-Potency Cannabis At Funerals 2,500 Years Ago"
45 posts
#3
Old
: "Earliest evidence of human inhabitation in Sicily dated to be 16,500 years Old."
38 posts
#4
Discovery
23 posts
#5
Found
19 posts
#6
Discovered
: "A hoard of Roman silver coins Discovered in Romania"
19 posts
#7
Evidence
: "Earliest Evidence of human inhabitation in Sicily dated to be 16,500 years old."
16 posts
#8
Roman
: "A hoard of Roman silver coins discovered in Romania"
16 posts
#9
Ancient Civilizations
: "Ancient Civilizations knew how to keep cool in deadly heat. We need to resurrect that lost knowledge now"
16 posts
#10
History
: "Deep dive in the History of the Colossus of Rhodes"
15 posts
Flair Used in r/Ancientknowledge
#1
New Discoveries
: "An archeology student digging on Scotland's Orkney Islands has uncovered a carved stone head that's estimated to be over 900 years old."
27 posts
#2
Mesopotamia
: "A Massive 2700-Year-Old, 18-Ton Statue Of An Assyrian Deity That Was Excavated In Iraq In November 2023"
13 posts
#3
Ancient Ruins
: "How archeologists believe that the massive statues on Easter Island were moved and put into place nearly 800 years ago."
12 posts
#4
Ancient Egypt
: "Egyptian stelé of an unknown Amonpriest (Greco-Roman period, 30BCE-395CE)"
11 posts
#5
Ancient Rome
: "Restored between 1996 - 2010 by German archeologist Heinz-Jürgen Beste and his team"
7 posts
#6
Human Prehistory
: "A 7,500-year-old "toy car" with axle holes, found in Mardin, Turkey. It predates the widespread use of wheels for transport by thousands of years."
6 posts
#7
Ancient Psychedelia
: "Archaeologists Found That People Smoked High-Potency Cannabis At Funerals 2,500 Years Ago"
1 post
#8
Mesoamerican
: "Stone tools discovered in Mayan cave might have been used for tattooing"
1 post
#9
Ancient Earthworks
: "Mysterious rock art in Venezuela hints at little-known ancient culture"
1 post
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+6k members(17.5%)
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Last updated: June 28, 2026