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cosi’s odyssey by

cosi’s odyssey

. Dusting off classics, mythology and archaeology in the age of memes and doomscrolling. You can read more of Cosi’s work at the link below.

a failed kidnapping but with DOLPHINS 🐬🐬🐬

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The Dropout Classicist

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SJ Cheesebrough

. I write about niche and charming glimpses of humanity from Classical Antiquity. My articles cover anything including beautiful Bronze Age vases, Greek myth in Roman Poetry, Pompeiian Graffiti, and snacks at the Ancient Olympics.

Honey Tokens

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The Empress of Byzantium

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Madeleine

. Writing about Late Antiquity and Byzantium with my own unique twist, somewhere between ancient history and pop culture.

Diss Tracks & Diatribes: Hating from the Super Bowl to Byzantium

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Forgotten Footprints by

Prateek Dasgupta

. Forgotten Footprints brings you tales from lesser-known civilizations and cultures from ancient times. The focus of this publication is to cover stories from the Upper Paleolithic era till the collapse of the Mongol Empire.

In This Town People Still Live in 9000 Year Old Stone Age Homes

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The Magdalene Thread

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Alicia Assad & Kelly Ingraham

. Essays & conversations on Mary Magdalene and all she touches, from the goddess to early Christianity to the Inquisiton to the gnostics.

Goodness in the Garden

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Melanie’s Frontal Lobe

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Mel Tan Uy

. I am committed to slowly reading and deep diving one non-fiction book a year. Mostly in anthropology. In 2024, I'm reading David Graeber's Debt:The First 5,000 Years.

Slow Read Book Club: Chapter 1, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow

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Mexico Soul by

Jeanine Kitchel

. Mexico Soul provides insights, history, reviews into both modern Mexico and the ancient Maya civilization from an expat insider. Jeanine has an abundance of books available for purchase outside of Substack, including:

• Where the Sky is Born: Living in the Land of the Maya

• Maya 2012 Revealed—Demystifying the Prophecy

• Wheels Up—A Novel of Drugs, Cartels and Survival

• Tulum Takedown—A Wheels Up Yucatán Thriller.

  Why the Ancient Maya Remained Steeped in Mystery

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The Secret Archive by

Lyna

. I talk about misunderstood, misinterpreted and lesser-known historical events and figures. Let’s dive into the secrets that history has kept from us!

The Sweet Sin of The Swing

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SP Historian by

Sebastián Panatt

. A newsletter dedicated to all those who want to learn about Ancient History, in the hands of a historian and writer. Sebastián is Chilean and has three books for sale (one fiction, two SciFi). He’s currently working n a historical novel.

Mi primer post en Substack

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True World by

Keenan Weind

. Essays on ancient historical topics (mainly Greco-Roman), as well as original works of fiction (Greek Tragedy/Mythology). You can find more of Keenan’s work at the link below:

An Inheritance (part 1)

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