BrainStuff Classics: Were Unicorns Always Sweet?
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🗓️ 23 July 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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The modern image of the elegant, gentle unicorn is a relatively recent invention. Learn about the history of unicorn myths and legends in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/unicorn-in-history.htm
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| 1:36.9 | Hey, Brain Stuff, I'm Lauren Mogelbaum and this is a classic episode of the podcast. |
| 1:42.0 | In this one, we trace the history of depictions of the unicorn, a mythological beast that's |
| 1:47.8 | mostly associated with sparkles and rainbows today, but has not always been so sweet. |
| 1:55.7 | Hey, Brain Stuff, Lauren Mogelbaum here. In the 1920s, archaeologists in South Asia unearthed |
| 2:01.3 | remnants of the Indus Valley civilization. It was a thriving, advanced culture in present-day |
| 2:06.4 | Pakistan and India that disappeared around 1900 BCE. Among its artifacts are seal stones, |
| 2:12.7 | which are tablets inscribed with symbols and drawings, the Indus script, which has yet to be cracked. |
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