r/AncientWorld↗
All About the Ancient World
A community for those of us who love to learn about and discuss life in the distant past. Ancient in this sense has a fairly specific meaning - it refers to the period from the first human written records until the end of Classical Antiquity. This is not the place to share pseudoscientific content, ancient conspiracy theories or modern interpretations of ancient spiritualism and shamanism - that content will be removed and posters banned.
116k subscribers165 posts / mo in Sep 202694 authors / mosince 2013
r/AncientWorld has 116k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 165 posts a month from 94 people. Top topics: Ancient Discoveries in Turkey, Greco-Persian Wars and Greek Tombs and Artifacts.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Ancient Discoveries in Turkey2.1%
- Greco-Persian Wars1.6%
- Greek Tombs and Artifacts1.5%
- Ancient Egypt Discoveries1.4%
- Ancient Egyptian Dynasties1.3%
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- Substack
- Spotify
- Doi
- Wikimedia
- Nature
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