Why The Romans Crucified Dogs
Next Gen News Team Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a 2,000-year-old dog-headed statue beneath a busy street in Rome. The small terracotta statue was found as part of excavations of a funerary complex on…
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DeSantis Official Wrote a Dissertation in Support of Critical Race Theory
An official for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing criticism now that details about his previous dissertation have come to light, according to Politico. In 2014, Eric Hall, now…
The Disappearance of Japan’s “Third Gender”
Gender roles in Edo Japan recognized an in-between position for young men, called Wakashu, that was erased as Japan westernized. Looks matter. Hairstyles, clothes, even movements and body language construct…
The kingdom of women: the society where a man is never the boss
Imagine a society without fathers; without marriage (or divorce); one in which nuclear families don’t exist. Grandmother sits at the head of the table; her sons and daughters live with…
Ancient Footprints Found from Mysterious Human Relative with a Strange Walk
Long written off as bear tracks, prints at a site in Tanzania suggest early humans walked on two feet in surprisingly diverse ways. But questions abound. Rain pattered in freshly…
The Curious Story of the Blue-Skinned Family of Eastern Kentucky
For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family of Kentucky remained largely sealed off from society as they passed their blue skin from one generation to the next. When Benjamin “Benjy”…
‘Most Violent Prisoner in US’ Spent Decades in Soundproof Cell with Lights on 24-Hours a Day
Thomas Silverstein, who became known as “Terrible Tommy” committed three murders while behind bars after being caged for armed robbery – and his explosive nature gave him notoriety in the…
The biggest ancient city you’ve probably never heard of is in Illinois
The Cahokia Mounds offer a glimpse of one of the Americas’ most powerful societies. The people of Cahokia built their mounds by hand, but for reason? Just a river’s crossing…
Marie Antoinette’s Surprising Sex Life Unmasked by Science
In a recent study employing a technique called X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, scientists discovered formerly redacted phrases on eight letters between Marie Antoinette and the Swedish count Axel Fersen, who was…
Lord Louis Mountbatten: The Royal alleged pedophile who was above the law
Royal families around the globe are certainly no strangers to sex scandals, yet recent events involving the U.K.’s Prince Andrew and his links to the now-dead sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein…