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In today’s newsletter, w= e go beyond the manger to discover what childbirths were like in the t= ime of Jesus, learn tha= t monarchs are actually toxic,= examine clues centuries after America’s firs= t English colony vanished =2E=2E=2E and take a look= at our Photos of the Century=2E=
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A manger, the Christmas song says=2E No cr= ib for a bed=2E

What were childbirths like in the age of Jesus? Three words: Call the midwife=2E (Above, a midwife at right appears alongside the baby Jesus and Mary in this 1= 5th-century work by Lotto Lorenzo=2E)
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Even with experienced helpers, maternal and infant mortality rates in t= he Roman Empire were sky-high compared to today=2E Sickly newborns were som= etimes left outside to die—or for someone else to pick up=2E “= ;In Mary’s day,” writes Nat Geo's= Dina Fine Maron, “the long-term surviva= l of any child was cause for celebration=2E”
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= Monarchs (above) are actually toxic—and 5 other = ways the butterflies unsettle and amaze us Related:= Follow the monarch on its dangerous 3,000-mile journey across the = continent
The holidays c= an take a toll on your gut health=2E Here’s how to deal=2E
Unearthing the stories of these 5 vanished = cities
= Ketamine effectively treats depression, but do the benefits outweigh the ri= sks
= The year Christmas really did get canceled—by Christians
Finding traces= of the missing ancient Wonder of the World
How centuries of Japanese fo= lklore inspired the new hit movie The Boy and the Heron=
Frozen shoulde= r is a real condition – and it mostly affects women
= Finding a lost Maya city—and other amazing 2023 archaeological disco= veries
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Where oh where is Virginia Dare? What happened= to the settlers of America’s first English colony? From letters car= ved on trees to clues (above right) unearthed by expedi= tions over the ages, archaeologists and researchers alike are still trying = to answer one of history's biggest mysteries=2E What = have they found? (= Above left, a reenactor playing colonist Eleanor Dare)=2E
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