<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?><rss version='2.0' xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'><channel><title>Bad Ancient RSS Feed</title><link>https://bad.ancientworldmagazine.com/rss/</link><description>This RSS feed lists the articles, videos, podcasts, and interviews that were most recently added to the website.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:43:44 +0100</pubDate><copyright>Copyright © Bad Ancient</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Did Cleopatra Really Die by Suicide Using an Asp (Snake)?</title><description><![CDATA[Cleopatra VII’s death is one of the most famous scenes in ancient history, usually imagined as a dramatic suicide by asp (snake) bite. But when we examine the ancient evidence closely, the snake begins to slither away.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:22:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/did-cleopatra-really-die-by-suicide-using-an-asp-snake/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/did-cleopatra-really-die-by-suicide-using-an-asp-snake/</guid></item><item><title>Did the Romans do the &apos;Roman Salute&apos;</title><description><![CDATA[It has long been assumed that the Romans had a specific military salute that was appropriated by later political movements, but is there any ancient evidence for this?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/roman-salute/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/roman-salute/</guid></item><item><title>Did Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?</title><description><![CDATA[Wrapped within his mummified remains, a dagger has intrigued archaeologists for over a century. What was it made of, who made it, and why bury it with him?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tutankhamun-dagger-from-a-meteorite/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tutankhamun-dagger-from-a-meteorite/</guid></item><item><title>Did Julius Caesar Burn Down the Library of Alexandria?</title><description><![CDATA[Julius Caesar&#8217;s destruction of the Library of Alexandria is widely depicted in film and literature, but is there any evidence that it actually happened?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 14:09:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/julius-caesar-burn-library-of-alexandria/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/julius-caesar-burn-library-of-alexandria/</guid></item><item><title>Was the Krypteia Sparta’s Secret Police?</title><description><![CDATA[The Krypteia is often presented as a secret police force in Sparta, which went around hunting enslaved helots to maintain order. But how reliable is the evidence to back this up?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/krypteia/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/krypteia/</guid></item><item><title>Did Crassus have Gold Poured Down his Throat?</title><description><![CDATA[It is often claimed that Crassus was killed by the Parthians in a gruesome manner: by having molten gold poured down his throat. But do our sources support this?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:16:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/crassus-gold-poured-down-throat/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/crassus-gold-poured-down-throat/</guid></item><item><title>Was Alexander the Great’s body preserved in honey?</title><description><![CDATA[According to legend, Alexander the Great’s body was preserved in honey after he died. But is there any evidence that this really happened?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:56:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/alexander-embalmed-in-honey/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/alexander-embalmed-in-honey/</guid></item><item><title>Did the Romans flood the Colosseum to stage naval battles?</title><description><![CDATA[The film Gladiator II shows the Colosseum being filled with water and hosting a mock naval battle. Is this just historical fiction, or did the Romans actually do this?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/flood-the-colosseum/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/flood-the-colosseum/</guid></item><item><title>Was the Olympic Flame Invented by the Nazis?</title><description><![CDATA[The first Olympic torch relay was in 1936, for the Games in Berlin. But did the Nazis invent the Olympic flame to make their Games more authentic?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/olympic-flame-nazis/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/olympic-flame-nazis/</guid></item><item><title>Did Alexander the Great conquer (most of) the known world?</title><description><![CDATA[It is often claimed that Alexander III of Macedon conquered the known world, but is this true or simply hyperbole?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/alexander-great-conquer-known-world/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/alexander-great-conquer-known-world/</guid></item><item><title>Were Greek boxers ripped?</title><description><![CDATA[Were the physiques of ancient combat sports athletes ultra-ripped? They certainly had very active professions that required them to be incredibly strong, but did they look the same as modern bodybuilders?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 13:51:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/greek-boxers-ripped/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/greek-boxers-ripped/</guid></item><item><title>Did the Carthaginians sacrifice human babies?</title><description><![CDATA[Many of our Roman sources claim that the Carthaginians sacrificed babies to their gods, but how true is this?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:37:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/carthaginians-sacrifice-babies/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/carthaginians-sacrifice-babies/</guid></item><item><title>Are there tunnels under Nan Madol?</title><description><![CDATA[Countless storytellers tell of a network of underground tunnels beneath the ancient city of Nan Madol (Pohnpei, Micronesia). Is there any merit to these tales?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tunnels-under-nan-madol/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tunnels-under-nan-madol/</guid></item><item><title>Were Christians fed to the lions?</title><description><![CDATA[We all think we know that Christians were regularly fed to lions by pagan Romans, and this likely did happen. But is it an isolated phenomenon specifically targeted at a new and radical sect?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/lions-christians/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/lions-christians/</guid></item><item><title>Did Emperor Tiberius abuse young children on Capri?</title><description><![CDATA[The Roman biographer-historian Suetonius claimed that the emperor Tiberius indulged many sexual vices in his villa on Capri, including with small children – but how accurate or justified were his claims?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:09:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tiberius-abuse-children/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/tiberius-abuse-children/</guid></item><item><title>Did modern mathematics originate in the fifth century BCE?</title><description><![CDATA[It is often assumed that the Greeks invented mathematics in the 5th century BCE, and that they had a set definition of what it entailed. But this is an over-simplification of the history of mathematics.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/mathematics-origins/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/mathematics-origins/</guid></item><item><title>Did the Spartans only use music for military purposes?</title><description><![CDATA[The Spartans did use music in military contexts. Various sources attest to the practice of campaign war-songs and marching music. However, the claim that the Spartans focused only on military music – at the expense of any interest in non-military music – is simply incorrect.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/spartans-music/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/spartans-music/</guid></item><item><title>Was the earth of Carthage salted after its fall during the Third Punic War?</title><description><![CDATA[It is often claimed that following the destruction of Carthage by the Romans, the lands of the city were salted to prevent future generations living there. But is there any evidence to support this?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:09:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/carthage-salted/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/carthage-salted/</guid></item><item><title>Did the Greeks believe that satyrs had the legs and horns of goats during the Classical period?</title><description><![CDATA[Modern depictions of satyrs portray a creature that is half-man half-goat, but has that always been the case?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/satyrs/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/satyrs/</guid></item><item><title>Did those who were about to die salute Caesar?</title><description><![CDATA[Gladiators are often portrayed in film and television addressing the Emperor before battle with a salute, inspired by an episode in Suetonius. But scholars question how wide spread this practice actually was.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><link>https://www.badancient.com/claims/gladiator-salute/</link><guid>https://www.badancient.com/claims/gladiator-salute/</guid></item></channel></rss>