As the article states. Slavery is an aspect of Roman society that is so often hand waved away or basically ignored by pretty much every historical discussion or documentary.
When you hear about Julius Caesar in Gaul: one third of the entire population was sold into slavery over the course of a few years.
The entire roman economy ran on slavery.
Spartacus is a staple of modern media thanks to Giovagnoli's novel and its translation into English but the brutality with which it and the other two "Slave wars" were put down in the space of 60 years are rarely touched on.
Isn’t “may have been used for ritual practice” thrown onto anything that is found without 100% clear documentation of what it was used for? The article didn’t even mention anything about being found by human remains or a possible ritual site, so it’s just getting added to the article to make it more mysterious and “sexy” for readers.
I feel like that makes sense. I was reading a book recently about zoo history and it was relatively recently when a lot of primates were kept exclusively inside to keep them warm, it makes logical sense to protect them, but a few zoos in the 20's and 30's started giving them a bit of time outside and realised that it made a real difference to their health. Now we generally give them free access outside and all the other improvements to see long healthy lives.
It's taken a long time for us to realise how to raise healthy humans, nevermind healthy animals.
“The stem scarph is identical to what we know from the plans of Endeavour,” Australian marine archeologist James Hunter said on the group’s website. “It’s also a very unique feature. We’ve gone through a whole bunch of ships’ plans, lots of 18th century plans, and we can’t find anything else like it.”
sounds like pretty good evidence along with the other matching measurements
For more information on the Endeavor, this article sums up its history pretty well, although there are definitely more sources out there with more information: newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/captain-cooks-end…
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