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Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75848
61•speckx•1h ago

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lordleft•58m ago
I knew vaguely that Troy had many layers of settlement, but I didn't realize that Troy had an extensive life in antiquity that extended into the classical Greek age (Post-Bronze Age) and Early Roman Age. It's funny to think of Roman and Greek Tourists visiting Troy VIII in 300 BC.
lamasery•55m ago
I wonder if there were street vendors selling little replicas of the wooden horse.
exitb•24m ago
Was there anything resembling tourism in 300 BC?
arethuza•20m ago
"The final layers (Troy VIII–IX) were Greek and Roman cities which served as tourist attractions and religious centers because of their link to mythic tradition."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy

gostsamo•9m ago
no, but in first century bc and after that the roman world was connected enough that rich young romans were doing their version of the grand tour. Cesar managed to be kidnapped by pirates doing something like that, if I remember it correctly.
alephnerd•22m ago
Don't underestimate ancient globalization.

Heck, Inuit had Chinese bronze artifacts [0] well before European contact.

[0] - https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2016/Q2/old...

rtkrni•18m ago
No information about the kid who found it? Did he get some reward for finding it? Does it come from some archeological site around there or some collector just lost it there?
adriand•9m ago
Yeah I really want more information than "on a walk". Really? No digging whatsoever involved? Did they walk past an eroding riverbank or something? I'm so curious.

Running a Minecraft Server and More on a 1960s Univac Computer

https://farlow.dev/2026/04/17/running-a-minecraft-server-and-more-on-a-1960s-univac-computer
1•farlow•30s ago•0 comments

My New Microphone! [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRThyHhhTdg
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Why are residential proxy providers charging per GB?

1•maxalbarello•1m ago•0 comments

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1•filipfilm1978•1m ago•0 comments

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https://saneapps.com
1•SaneApps•2m ago•1 comments

Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box

https://datagirl.xyz/posts/dos_inside_the_box.html
1•atan2•3m ago•0 comments

The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea... Right?

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/allbirds-ai-stocks-sneakers/686835/
1•fortran77•3m ago•0 comments

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1•Brajeshwar•4m ago•0 comments

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https://ionathan.ch/2022/04/09/angzarr.html
1•CharlesW•5m ago•0 comments

Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and backdoored them all

https://decodedreport.substack.com/p/43-of-the-internet-runs-wordpress
1•tejakusireddy•5m ago•1 comments

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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5788573/house-extends-surveillance-powers-for-10-days
2•speckx•9m ago•0 comments

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l92yv4mydo
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4•stefap2•12m ago•3 comments

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https://hyveguard.com
1•DirtRonin•14m ago•0 comments

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https://github.com/run-llama/ParseBench
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2•MangledDeutz•15m ago•0 comments

Systems Distributed '26

https://systemsdistributed.com/
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1•smb111•18m ago•0 comments

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/health/liver-transplants-antirejection-drugs.html
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2•xparamt•20m ago•1 comments

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1•acmerfight•21m ago•0 comments

Cloudflare failing to resolve .co domains in some regions

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https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117632/fungi-drug-resistant-yeast-infection
3•kianN•22m ago•1 comments

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1•omer_k•24m ago•0 comments