This is a very general question, but I'm curious what it's like to study ancient societies, primarily in the Old World, be it Europe or Asia. Barring the discovery of new texts, what are historians of those periods able to add? With a limited body of sources to draw upon, are most new developments drawn from archeology? I know that texts get reinterpreted over time, but how have things changed recently? Is the study of ancient Rome still progressing, for instance? The same question applies to any society, really.

I'm interested on the possibility of pursuing a history degree, and I'm just curious what there is to do in these areas, besides teach what is already known.

It was an animated music video. The animation was very top-notch and when compared to American cartoons seemed like it was made in the 70s maybe, but the text on Youtube was entirely in Russian so I could not tell you.

It opened on a golden double headed eagle, but quickly transitioned to a cavalry unit. If I remember correctly it seemed to depict WW1 cavalry unit fighting against Germany. It ended with a cavalry charge pushing an army off a cliff.

I know that their reason was not to favour one city/state over another, but isn't it the same with the newly founded capital?

Was there skills taught in these texts, or was it a matter of just being if you could pass the exam you were considered intelligent enough to work in the royal court?

I've heard the claim that Hitler was very interested in the occult, and there's a lot of fiction about Nazis pursuing magical artifacts of various forms (Indiana Jones and Captain American, for example). To what degree did this happen historically?

In temples hieroglyphics are sticking out and some are carved in, why is that?

For example questions that are too often asked, questions that provoke answers that don't really add anything to the discussion, that sort of stuff. Or are there questions so dumb that they aren't even worth replying to?

Roman soldiers were known for using the gladius and javelin as their main weapons, using spears more during early periods and near the fall.

My question is: How did Roman armies defeat mostly spear-wielding enemies (especially since the spear has many advantages compared to the sword)?

I think they met the population requirements, so why didn't they begin taking the other steps necessary to join the Union?

I've been reading The First and the Last (Adolf Galland, fighter commander of the Luftwaffe) recently. I've made my own conclusions on the subject, but interested to hear what historians have to say on it.

From what i understand the Nazis were in power before WW2, was much new art and entertainment made during this time, out of curiosity. To be more specific-

1. Was there much Nazi fiction? If there was there Nazi fantasy books or Nazi Sci-fi or was it mostly literary fiction based in real life and classical german literature?

2. Was there Nazi bands and musicians composing their own songs? Was it mostly influenced by traditional German music or was there perhaps some influenced by american jazz and more modern influences?

3. What was the state of Nazi art? From my understanding Realism in art was important to Hitler, more expressive, exaggerated and abstract art was considered "degenerate" but was there a period where this art was still produced under the naiz's rule or when the nazis came to power did this type of art stop? (or destroyed?)

I saw in some of the FAQs that Nazi film was mentioned but I always wondered about these aspects of the culture.

According to most of my readings on the subject, AGC's infantry was in no condition and lacked the logistics for a final assault on Moscow in August of 1941. However, AGC's panzer devisions were possibly capable of penetrating the final 200 miles from Smolensk to Moscow during that time. So my question pertains to what Guderian (the main advocate for an earlier advance towards the Russian capital), planned to do once he reached Moscow while the bulk of his infantry slogged behind cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of Russian defenders that would probably have been pocketed by the panzer pincer movements. I believe it would have been at least several weeks before the infantry caught up to the tanks. So Guderian (a brilliant German general), had to know ahead of time that his tanks would arrive at the gates of Moscow well before his foot soldiers would (based on the previous pace of the Barbarossa advance), and I wonder if he had ever revealed any official plans for what he wanted to do once he got there. Was he planning to encircle and cut off the huge city while he waited for his storm troops to arrive, or was he planning to send the panzers directly into Moscow which could have invited disaster much like Stalingrad?

Although I'm not religious I'm a sucker for Church history. This has always stood out to me as one of those 'querks' which is never fully accounted for by contempories of the time. I have dabbled in Barnes' book 'Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire', where Barnes seems to argue that Constantine's affiliation with Paganism is simply out of respect for his Pagan subjects, but I'm left wondering what other academics make of this. Any pointers towards books, articles, etc would be much appreciated!

Music, movies, TV shows, etc.

I just can't wrap my head around holocaust deniers and even just straight up world war 2 deniers. All I've heard is a statement that HCN is actually not lethal and couldn't have been used to.. well. But in our modern day and age how can someone try to oppress such a vital and hugely influential part of history?