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10 of the Weirdest Things Consumed as Aphrodisiacs
... and one of the top weirdest foods in history. As a food, it is extremely rich in proteins and nutritional value. ... and having crocodile dung on your breath and a bad case of food poisoning is unlikely to improve your sex life. ... to stress and promote overall well-being. This adaptogenic quality led to ginseng's association with increased stamina ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/09/2023 - 18:59
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Saffron: Tracing the Origins of a Treasured Ancient Spice
... Tehran, Iran. (Serpico/ CC BY SA 3.0 ) A Touch of Gold for Food, the Body, and Books Saffron is best-known for its ... it may not spell the end of saffron just yet. Although the quality of the saffron produced in this region is considered ... is produced in Iran, according to a 2012 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Nevertheless, should that ...
dhwty - 12/03/2022 - 00:20
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The Pig Fat Sleds and ‘Flying’ Stones of Stonehenge
... had always been “assumed” to have been used to cook food. The pottery fragments came from Durrington Walls, an ... to suggest these ancient pots were never used for cooking food but for collecting and storing lard used in construction ...
ashley cowie - 21/07/2019 - 13:59
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Huge Egyptian Tomb Discovered with Extraordinarily Rare Mummy Portraits
... and its primary function was producing and exporting food supplies to the Egyptian kingdom. Mature Looking Mummy ... show the “diversity and difference in the accuracy and quality of the embalming process during the Ptolemaic and ... is that the corpses of deceased elites were given “high-quality embalming,” while lower-upper classes were left to ...
ashley cowie - 06/12/2022 - 13:37
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Israeli Researchers Say Human Cooperation Sparked Neolithic Revolution
... the development of a new way of securing enough food to ensure everyone’s survival. This led to the ... cultural organization, an inevitable development once the food requirements of a larger and more settled population ...
Nathan Falde - 15/04/2023 - 14:59
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Archeologists Unearth Axes and Human Hair at Two Ancient Sites in Orkney
... "astonished" the site archaeologists through its "sheer quality of workmanship”. The first of the two most ... “a 2,000-year-old wooden bowl likely used to serve food or drink, as well as strands of human hair dating to the ... sort of vessel we suspect to have been used for serving food or drink,” Carruthers explained a in a statement ...
ashley cowie - 13/08/2018 - 18:57
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Everyday Viking Life: More Farmers Than Fighters
... or ‘ nattmal ’, eaten after the working day. Viking food: beef cooked in beer, served with turnips and hazel ...
Sahir - 21/09/2022 - 01:36
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Etruscans Transported Bees by Boat to Reach the Best Flowers!
... sealing for tools and boats . Honey not only acted as a food, but it was also used as an antiseptic for wounds, ... describing its collection techniques, its scrutiny for quality, and the appropriate seasons for its processing and ...
B. B. Wagner - 23/11/2020 - 14:01
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15 Fascinating Facts About The Sumerians
... likely a queen. Made with wood, silver, gold, and other quality materials, they were most certainly a symbol of power ... knew and loved music and arts. 10. Beer Was the Staple Food of Every Sumerian Everyone loves a cold pint of beer on ... customers. Apparently, Ea-Nasir would take money for quality copper ingots, but send poor quality ones instead. ...
Aleksa Vučković - 28/05/2023 - 18:53
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Acharya Kanad: An Indian Sage Who Developed Atomic Theory 2,600 Years Ago
... Conception of the Anu , the Atom Kanad was walking with food in his hand, breaking it into small pieces when he realized that he was unable to divide the food into any further parts, it was too small. From this ... categories within the universe: Dravyam (matter), Guna (Quality), Karma (Action), Samanya (Generic species), Vishesha ...
Joanna Gillan - 14/04/2022 - 01:59
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What Exactly is the Holy Grail – And Why Has its Meaning Eluded us for Centuries?
... of his day – though some scholars would argue that the quality of Chrétien’s writing far exceeds anything Brown ... enough to take a salmon, that seems capable to delivering food and sustenance. To obtain the Grail requires asking a ... In other words, Grail literature had a distinctive quality – it was, as we might call it today, a genre in its ...
ancient-origins - 24/11/2017 - 01:56
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Cornish Barrow Dig Uncovers 4,000-year-old Human Burial
... where they were from, what their diet was like, where this food was coming from and what they ate and drank as a child ... of Cornish Bronze Age pottery, flint tools and two high-quality hammer stones, used to make flint tools. However, ... a couple of layers of flat stones. It had some cooked food remains adhering to it and we don't know what it's doing ...
ancient-origins - 21/05/2018 - 22:57
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British Aristocrats Rented Pineapples by the Hour to Display Their Status
... with its impressive ‘crown’ on top gave it a regal quality. King Charles II was so captivated by the pineapple ...
Joanna Gillan - 06/05/2022 - 01:59
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Sunken Treasure: Scientists Taste 170-Year-Old Champagne Found in Shipwreck
... researchers were surprised to find an entirely different quality to the long-lost bubbly alcohol – one they won’t soon forget. Philippe Jeandet, professor of food biochemistry at the University of Reims in France and ...
lizleafloor - 21/04/2015 - 22:07
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Leaf Buds Discovered in Tomb of Early Chinese Emperor May Be the Oldest Example of Fine Tea
... emperor who went into the afterlife well-provisioned with food, weapons, a ceramic-animal army and life-sized chariots ... might expect for an emperor, the tea was of the highest quality and consisted of buds or the small, unopened leaves ...
Mark Miller - 11/01/2016 - 21:48
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Women's Gold: The Shea Butter Makers of Ghana (Video)
... training for traditional shea farmers to produce better-quality butter and understand its value in the local market. ...
Robbie Mitchell - 12/05/2023 - 02:00
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The Priestess and the Singer: Locked in a Lasting Egyptian Love Story
... in 1966 and the couple’s moment was portrayed in low quality black-and-white in a book in 1971. The more striking ... Lady Ankhesenamun Lashien explained that making higher quality color images of the tomb available was a necessary ... the dead. Furthermore, the living loved ones would place food in front of these ‘doors’ as offerings for the dead. ...
aprilholloway - 02/11/2017 - 01:02
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Only the Roman Elite Could Wear Tyrian Purple to Keep the Peasants in Their Place
... laws. These laws forbade ordinary citizens from obtaining food, clothing, or goods made of a particular material in ... States has a number of laws that regulate the type or quality of clothing worn in public. Many concern public ... large white hoods (reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan). While food and clothing are the most common form of sumptuary law, ...
Kerry Sullivan - 06/11/2016 - 21:47
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Roasted Swan for Dinner? Oldest English Cookbook Reveals 200 Meals Fit for a King
... cutlery, extravagant dishes, and a ridiculous amount of food. For the 1387 feast, King Richard II’s team of over ... attests to the ancient belief in the connection between food and medicine. The introduction also explains how the ... read and gives them a pleasant flavor] 1 1/8 cups good-quality Muscatel, Vernaccia, or any sweet heavy wine ½ - ¾ ...
Kerry Sullivan - 07/10/2016 - 21:45
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The life expectancy myth, and why many ancient humans lived long healthy lives
... many teeth in fact that scientists suspect he needed his food ground down before he was able to eat it. The old man's ... is, therefore, a deeply flawed way to think about the quality of life of our ancient ancestors. So is modern ... 2008). It is certainly true that improvements in food availability, hygiene, nursing care, medical treatments, ...
aprilholloway - 24/04/2014 - 14:03