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When did rappers begin using multiple nick-names simultaneously? i.e. Eminem and Slim Shady, or Q-Tip and "the Abstract", or the Notorious BIG, Biggie Smalls, and the Black Frank White? Does it pre-date the 1990's? How did it start?

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Roman (and other classical) political graffiti--what's the deal with it?

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In light of the current U.S. Gov't shutdown: How common were government shutdowns in post-1789 Europe and North America?

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I keep reading how there's no archeological evidence for the Israelite invasion of Cana'an or the Aryan invasion of India. Do we have any archeological evidence of what invasion/destruction/resettlement did look like in "classical" times?

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Archaeologists, what do we know about the earliest intentional burials? Were there grave goods? Is this as valid a place as any to say "religious belief" starts?

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Were people "less easily offended" in the past, as many now claim? What were people "overly sensitive" to in the past?

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When did rappers begin using multiple nick-names simultaneously? i.e. Eminem and Slim Shady, or Q-Tip and "the Abstract", or the Notorious BIG, Biggie Smalls, and the Black Frank White? Does it pre-date the 1990's? How did it start?	10
Roman (and other classical) political graffiti--what's the deal with it?	9
In light of the current U.S. Gov't shutdown: How common were government shutdowns in post-1789 Europe and North America?	5
I keep reading how there's no archeological evidence for the Israelite invasion of Cana'an or the Aryan invasion of India. Do we have any archeological evidence of what invasion/destruction/resettlement did look like in "classical" times?	2
Archaeologists, what do we know about the earliest intentional burials? Were there grave goods? Is this as valid a place as any to say "religious belief" starts?	2
Were people "less easily offended" in the past, as many now claim? What were people "overly sensitive" to in the past?	1