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r/ancienthistory

89k members
r/ancienthistory is a subreddit with 89k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size.
A subreddit that focuses on history of the less recent kind. Example topics include Classical Greece, Rome, America and Egypt. This is the place to go for general news, videos, and discussion that might not fit into the more specific subreddits, but content that would be suitable there are also suitable here.

Popular Themes in r/ancienthistory

#1
News
: "A 2000 year old Roman dagger before and after 9 months of restoration. Discovered in 2019 the handle and sheath are layered in silver and studded with red enamel."
27 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What is this part of a Roman Military Camp called? Whats inside? I was trying to find a reference image of the inside of these structures for a project but I am struggling to. Can anyone help?"
9 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Sixth-century Anglo-Saxon Sword recovered. There is no sign of The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, holding aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water."
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "The tragedy of Medea, illustrated by Tyler Miles Lockett (me)"
2 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "Babylonian King Statue digital repair"
1 post
#6
Pain & Anger
: "I find after studying archaeology the number of lost civilizations that had complete cultures, with gods, language , elite, how much I am tainted by the Christian world I live in."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/ancienthistory

#1

History

: "Tides of History: "King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a New Age of Mediterranean Politics""
34 posts
#2

Archaeology

: "I find after studying Archaeology the number of lost civilizations that had complete cultures, with gods, language , elite, how much I am tainted by the Christian world I live in."
30 posts
#3

Ancient

: ""Wandering through the Ancient corridors of the Qutb Minar complex — where Indo-Islamic architecture tells stories etched in every stone.""
29 posts
#4

Ancient History

: "For those of you whose nerdiness is at the intersection of Ancient History and Dungeons and Dragons, check out this awesome project my dear friend is working on!"
25 posts
#5

Roman

: "A 2000 year old Roman dagger before and after 9 months of restoration. Discovered in 2019 the handle and sheath are layered in silver and studded with red enamel."
19 posts
#6

Mythology

: "I made a scarab pendant from wire wrapped stones inspired by ancient Egyptian Mythology."
13 posts
#7

Ancient Rome

: "Ancient Rome Brought Back to Life"
10 posts
#8

Discovery

: "The mummy tomb that had been sealed for 2,500 years, discovered near Cairo"
8 posts
#9

Egyptian

: "Golden throne of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun discovered on November 26th 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter."
7 posts
#10

Greek

: "Greek Hoplite."
6 posts

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