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The 10 Most Expensive Antiques Ever Sold at Auction
How do you know what the greatest treasure of human history is? You ascribe a monetary value to it of course. Some artifacts may appear priceless but at an antique auction house, everything has a price. By this metric, it is possible to know which antiques the free market as decided are the most valuable treasures of all.
Kerry Sullivan - 01/05/2017 - 18:53
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Krubera Cave - Journeying to the Depths of Georgia in One of the World’s Deepest Caves
Krubera Cave was once thought to be the deepest cave on earth, although now it is generally regarded as the second deepest. This natural wonder, found in the Republic of Georgia, is renowned among cavers due to its arduous challenges and the subterranean depth.
Ed Whelan - 05/05/2019 - 22:34
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Sicily: Where Cultures and Histories Converge and Giants Roam
Sicily is the most famous triangle in the middle of the Mediterranean. But unlike Bermuda, nothing disappears here - it’s actually where many things and people have been gathered. The island shines like a beacon in the night for its history, acquired culture, and artistic works left by the myriad of peoples who have dominated it over the centuries.
Daniela Giordano - 12/11/2019 - 01:57
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Indonesia’s 31,000-year-old Amputee Shatters the History of Surgery
... skeleton found in a Frankish Empire-era cemetery in Austria. With an “iron-and-wood prosthetic foot,” this ...
ashley cowie - 07/09/2022 - 16:00
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Six Amazing Ancient Tattoo Discoveries
... discovered in 1991 by hikers in the Ötzal Alps between Austria and Italy. After significant analysis, scientists ...
Lex Leigh - 11/12/2022 - 13:58
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5,000-Year-Old Wine Jars Unearthed at Queen Merneith's Tomb
An important discovery at Umm Al-Qaab in Abydos, promises to add to the story of Queen Merneith, an Egyptian consort and regent, who could have also been the first or second queen of Egypt. A joint Egyptian / German-Austrian archaeological team has unearthed hundreds of sealed jars believed to contain the remains of ancient wine. In addition, an inscription adds to evidence of her eminently high status.
Gary Manners - 03/10/2023 - 22:55
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The Enigma of the Roman Dodecahedra
... Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary. An incomplete cast copper ...
Federico Cataldo - 12/01/2021 - 22:58
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Stomach Troubles for the Iceman: How Otzi Continues to Provide Information About the Past
... by some German tourists in a glacier in Oetz Valley, Austria, in 1991. Since then, practically every aspect of his ...
Alicia McDermott - 08/01/2016 - 00:53
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Ancient Ink: Mummies and Their Amazing Tattoos
Tattoos have played a role in the lives of prehistoric and modern man alike. Societal status, art, religion, and medicine all create a tradition in tattoo design that spans across centuries and around the globe. Depending on the times and culture, body art was considered to be lowly and barbaric, or a signifier of very high, royal status. These age-old images were symbols of power, healing, magic, and were a reflection of the natural world.
The decorative markings were often made of dyes, soot or burned plant material.
ancient-origins - 08/08/2016 - 14:48
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Iconic 30000-Year-Old Ancient Female Dubbed “Dangerous Pornography” By Facebook
A 30,000-year-old carving of a voluptuous naked woman known as the “Venus of Willendorf” statuette, has been censored by Facebook as “dangerous pornography”.
ashley cowie - 01/03/2018 - 18:57
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Capricious Life of Anne Boleyn, The Woman Behind the Church of England
... was spent at the court of Archduchess Margaret of Austria, the regent of the Netherlands . After that, she was ...
dhwty - 24/01/2019 - 01:56
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Medieval Weapon Enthusiasts Killed With Crossbows
A quaint Bavarian hotel has become the scene of a murder mystery with medieval links. When hotel employees found the dead bodies of three people the scene was described as something akin to a scene from “Game of Thrones.” All three were found impaled by crossbow arrows or bolts.
Alicia McDermott - 15/05/2019 - 01:18
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Climate Change Did Not Cause the Demise of Neanderthals
... in Italy and scholars from the University of Innsbruck in Austria, where the isotopic analyses were carried out. The ...
ashley cowie - 24/07/2020 - 02:55
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Mature Looking Mummy Portrait Was Actually Just A 4-Year-Old
Scientists have recreated the face of a 2000-year-old Egyptian boy, using CT scanning and 3D imagery technologies.
ashley cowie - 22/09/2020 - 02:55
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Ancestry Shock: Britain Got Half its Genes from France!
... Medical School in the US and the University of Vienna in Austria. The DNA of 793 Bronze Age individuals in Britain was ...
ashley cowie - 26/12/2021 - 22:00
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King Louis XIV Had At Least 20 Mistresses (Video)
... legitimate offspring from his marriage to Maria Teresa of Austria. Faithfulness to his wife was never a priority for ...
Robbie Mitchell - 22/10/2023 - 16:57
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Charlemagne: How He Changed History Forever (Video)
... territories, including France, northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, and more. His ...
Robbie Mitchell - 18/01/2024 - 19:54
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DNA Study Reveals Cultural Truths About Avar Warriors
... in Leipzig, Germany and other institutions in Hungary , Austria and the United States worked to combine DNA data ...
Nathan Falde - 25/04/2024 - 22:42
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From farming to sedentary lifestyles - how 6,000 years has transformed the human body
... tibiae (shin bones), of skeletons from Germany, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic and Serbia. Her results show that ...
aprilholloway - 08/04/2014 - 03:14
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How a Two Headed Bird of Prey Ruled Ancient Mesopotamia and Hatti
Several infamous empires of the early modern period and current modern periods bore curious insignia. The Byzantine, Austrian, and Russian Empires all adopted the symbol of a mythical creature, a double-headed eagle, to show off their imperial control of such vast lands. But the reality is that the double-headed eagle’s origins are far from modern: They trace to one of the most ancient of societies, that of Mesopotamia.
Carly Silver - 24/01/2019 - 13:59