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The Human Fascination With Gold Throughout History
... to the 5th millennium BC, from the Varna necropolis in Bulgaria . The Shining History of Gold: From Ancient Treasure ...
Sadie Smith - 24/12/2023 - 13:47
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4,000-Year-Old Chariots Discovered in Burial Chamber of Bronze Age Chief
... the Altay Mountains to the Caucasus, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria. They are complex structures with internal chambers. ...
aprilholloway - 27/06/2014 - 03:05
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Rare Collection of Over 40 Shipwrecks Revealed in Mapping of Black Sea Landscape
A maritime archaeology expedition launched to map the submerged ancient landscape of the Black Sea has found a rare collection of over 40 shipwrecks, including those from the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires.
aprilholloway - 11/10/2016 - 00:43
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Sweet Ancient Melodies of the Ney: One of the Oldest Musical Instruments Still in Use
... today by musicians from Morocco to Pakistan and from Bulgaria to Ethiopia. Woman playing the Ney in a painting ...
Kerry Sullivan - 17/02/2017 - 01:52
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Zmaj and the Dragon Lore of Slavic Mythology
The dragon is one of the most well-known creatures in ancient mythology, and many cultures have this creature (or one of its related forms) in their folklore. In East Asian countries, for instance, dragons are regarded as symbols of power, strength and good fortune. They are believed to be benevolent creatures that have power over bodies of water, rain and floods. In Western Europe, by contrast, dragons are viewed as malevolent creatures that are the embodiment of evil. One popular motif of Western European art is that of St.
dhwty - 07/08/2018 - 21:30
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Heracles and the Mares of Diomedes: Greek Hero VS Man-Eating Beasts
... the northeastern part of modern Greece, southeastern Bulgaria, and a bit of western Turkey, was seen by the ...
Carly Silver - 28/04/2017 - 14:06
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Where a Mosaic May Mean A Lot More: Byzantine City Could Soon Return to Light in Israel
Archaeologists and world media are getting excited. A 1,500-year-old mosaic found in Ashdod, Israel may be the first element exposed of an ancient Roman-Byzantine city mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible and in the Christian New Testament. This is also the first known example of the Georgian calendar being found during an archaeological excavation in Israel.
Alicia McDermott - 25/11/2017 - 13:44
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Oceanic Indiana Jones Attempts to Sail the Black Sea in an Ancient Egyptian Reed Boat
Described by the New York Times as “part P. T. Barnum and part Indiana Jones” an eccentric former German school teacher, Dominique Goerlitz, has told reporters at AFP that he has assembled a team of brave sailors to specifically prove an ancient navigational hypothesis “lent credence by Herodotus.”
ashley cowie - 03/08/2019 - 01:55
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Everyday Viking Life: More Farmers Than Fighters
... they traveled to the Mediterranean, North Africa, Bulgaria, Western Asia, and were the first Europeans to reach ...
Sahir - 21/09/2022 - 01:36
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Archaeologists May Have Identified 2nd Tomb at World-Famous Amphipolis Site
Archaeologists believe they have identified a second monument at the famous Kasta Hill in Amphipolis, Greece, which made headlines around the world when a highly-decorated Macedonian tomb complex, possibly linked to Alexander the Great, was discovered in 2012. The results of geophysical prospecting, carried out by the Applied Geophysics Lab of the Aristotle University of Macedonia, revealed a structure two meters deep on the west side of the hill.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/11/2016 - 14:35
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Do Not Attack the Bonnacon, A Medieval Beast with a Toxic Defense
... today the northern part of Greece, the FYROM, and western Bulgaria. Pliny states the creature “has the mane of the ...
dhwty - 11/03/2018 - 22:29
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Istanbul: Gateway to History, Memory and Magic
... Black Sea, on whose far shores lie Ukraine and the Crimea; Bulgaria and Romania a little west of north and Russia to the ...
jim willis - 07/01/2020 - 01:38
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The 10th century chronicle of the violent, orgiastic funeral of a Viking chieftain
... orgiastic, drunken spectacle put on by mourning Vikings in Bulgaria must have been shocking. In Ibn Fadlan’s Muslim ...
Mark Miller - 05/04/2015 - 03:55
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The Wolves of Dacia Take On the Roman Empire
... Additionally, Dacia included parts of present-day Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The people who inhabited the area were ...
dhwty - 03/05/2020 - 14:09
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Human Origins: Out of Africa Theory Debunked?
... joined by a fossilized premolar tooth uncovered in Azmaka, Bulgaria. Scientists suggest that the remains belonged to an ...
ancient-origins - 31/03/2021 - 18:15
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Ivan the Terrible: How Did He Become the First Tsar of Russia?
The Tsar of Russia was the title used by the ruler of the Tsardom of Russia, a state that existed from 1547 to 1721. The Tsardom of Russia was preceded by the Grand Principality of Moscow, and was succeeded by the Russian Empire. The first tsar of Russia was Ivan IV (commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, from the Russian Ivan Grozny), the last Grand Prince of Moscow, and the founder of the Tsardom of Russia.
dhwty - 10/12/2018 - 22:57
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Thunderbolt And Lightning: The Divine Spark That Shaped History
For millennia the phenomenon of lightning has been shrouded in mystery, inspiring much fascination by humans, who for the longest time lived outdoors in the shadows of these cosmic blasts of light. Modern humans have knowledge of lighting’s true nature and are able to balance its irregular flows that link water laden clouds with the earth.
ashley cowie - 17/08/2020 - 16:41
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4,000-year-old Thracian chariot unearthed in Serbia
... and echoes another discovery made just a few months ago in Bulgaria of a complete Thracian chariot and two horses that ...
aprilholloway - 08/12/2013 - 22:47
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The Wolf Shepherd Deity, Lame Devils And Saints In Slavic Beliefs
... many other regions ranging from the Ukraine, Serbia, and Bulgaria to Russia and Poland. Veles and Perun: The Legendary ... Mikolay (Nicholas) is lame, lightning will kill me!” In Bulgaria there is a surviving belief about Saint George , who ...
Aleksa Vučković - 16/11/2020 - 17:35
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Archaeological Mystery: 10,000 or More Caves were Dug into the Himalayas Over 2,000 Years Ago
One of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries is hidden in the Himalayas. 10,000 man-made caves have been tunneled through the rock from above or dug into the cliffside. Who built these ancient structures and why?
aprilholloway - 19/08/2017 - 22:54