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These days the minimal bathing routine includes a shower or bath, brushing one’s teeth and hair, and washing one’s face. Most of us have access to running water and indoor toilets, but what if we didn’t? Or didn’t believe in using water to bathe? A scant 200 years ago, our founding fathers’ hygiene habits were anything but …
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Most people have heard the name of the slave-turned-gladiator Spartacus, thanks to Hollywood movies and a popular television series. But this seemingly larger-than-life character actually existed – and he was killed by a man named Marcus Licinius Crassus. Facts about Roman General Crassus reveal that he was rich, devious, maybe a little evil, and, in the …
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The life of Cleopatra VII, the last Egyptian pharaoh, was infamous, but she was far more than just the lover of Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Born in 69 BC, she was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, a notoriously lackadaisical monarch, and rose to power as co-ruler with her brother in 51 BC. Who …
These days the minimal bathing routine includes a shower or bath, brushing one’s teeth and hair, and washing one’s face. Most of us have access to running water and indoor toilets, but what if we didn’t? Or didn’t believe in using water to bathe? A scant 200 years ago, our founding fathers’ hygiene habits were anything but …
