History

July 16, 2025

Hear What the World’s Oldest Song From Over 3,400 Years Sounds Like

Just as early humans created art through cave paintings and pottery, music has also served as a universal form of expression since ancient times. We’ll likely never get to hear the many songs that have been lost to history, but fortunately, there’s one remarkable piece of music from around 1,400 BCE that was preserved on clay tablets over 3,400 years ago. Known as the world’s oldest playable song, the “Hurrian Hymn No.

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June 22, 2025

Fascinating Animation Reveals the Inner Workings of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome

Big, complex venues and meticulously crafted entertainment are two things that may feel very modern, but somehow they aren't. At the Colosseum in Ancient Rome, dazzling shows and and epic fights took place, bringing the masses together. But don't be fooled by the looks of this landmark today. As an animated video by Deconstructed shows, based on thorough research, the Colosseum was an engineering marvel that was well ahead of its time.

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June 15, 2025

In 1965, Six Boys Were Stranded on a Deserted Island for 15 Months, and They All Survived

By the time Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke, and Mano were rescued from the remote Tongan island of ‘Ata, the six teenagers had managed to create a community vastly different from the one in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. They built a permanent, continuously-burning fire. They stored rainwater in hollowed-out tree stumps. They fashioned a makeshift guitar from a piece of driftwood, half a coconut shell, and six steel wires.

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