EPISODE · Jun 19, 2026 · 6 MIN
For 2,000 Years, Black Teeth Were the Ultimate Beauty Standard — Until the West Called Them Ugly
from The Ancient Origins News Desk · host RamseyHardin
For 2,000 years across Japan, Vietnam, and the Americas, deliberately blackened teeth signaled beauty, wealth, and social rank. One study of Iron Age skulls from Vietnam is now revealing how the tradition began — and how Western colonialism ended it.
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