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The Eagle Huntress: Ancient Traditions, and Evidence for Women as Eagle Hunters – Part I
... steppes into a land rich with accessible game for furs and food. Today, the ancient arts of bürkitshi ( berkutchi, ...
Adrienne Mayor - 05/04/2016 - 14:45
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Iron Age Dagger and 700-Year-Old Village Found in Scotland Beneath Motorway!
... of buildings from different time periods, but for the quality of the artifacts recovered at the road-side site. ... farming: blizzards, snow and ice generally don’t lead to food scarcity and Armageddon. But in Neolithic times , ... to feed more people including all the field workers and food processing hands, but also builders, craftsmen. From the ...
ashley cowie - 30/05/2021 - 18:22
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Mummifying Millions: The Canine Catacombs and the Animal Cult Industry of Ancient Egypt
... votive offerings to the jackal-headed deity. The better quality the offering, the more favor the donor might receive ... John Reinhard Weguelin, 1886. A priestess offers gifts of food and milk to the spirit of a cat. ( Wikimedia Commons ) ...
lizleafloor - 09/06/2015 - 14:37
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Vast Eurasian Migration Back to Africa Revealed by Bones of 4,500-year-old Ethiopian Man
... that, “What we were able to get is some very high quality undamaged DNA from which we could reconstruct the ... into Europe may have also contributed new forms of food production in the Horn of Africa.” Advancing ... climate such as Africa you can get ancient DNA of good quality. This opens up windows of opportunity everywhere else ...
lizleafloor - 10/10/2015 - 00:31
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Despite its Ritual Importance, “Toasting” Came from a Piece of Toast
... to that of Spaniards putting fresh fruit in their poor-quality- wine sangria, or Mexicans serving lime and salt with ... the origin of the Spanish word tapas , small portions of food served at a bar, which originated in the custom of ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 02/10/2022 - 23:00
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The Revival of Ancient Lost Crops Reveals Surprising Results
... Seed Vault in Norway that preserves more than 860,000 food-crops. But the question as to why these “lost ...
ashley cowie - 07/01/2020 - 12:31
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First kidney of ancient Egyptian mummy was found because the man was diseased
... where they were from, where they lived, and what types of food they ate. Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, a painting by ... intact. Unlike Irtieru, who was considered elite from the quality of his cartonnage but whose family and station in ... essential. Featured image: Irtieru’s coffin is of fine quality, suggesting he was of high social status. (Museu ...
Mark Miller - 27/09/2015 - 00:34
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The Mysterious 'Alien' Stone Monuments of Nuku Hiva
... jobs in the community in an attempt to gather enough food besides fruit to feed the population. With food scarce at times, it is rumored that cannibalism was ... or cracks in the monuments, a testament to the excellent quality and craftsmanship of ancient Nuku Hivans. They are ...
Lex Leigh - 12/04/2022 - 18:58
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Neolithic Atacama Desert Farmers Battled Violently Over Resources
... as more children could be raised and taken care of due to food surpluses . Therefore, in this era conflict and violence ...
Sahir - 08/09/2021 - 18:42
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10,000 Years of Landscape Architecture by the Ancient Cultures of Utah
... woven baskets. By 300 AD, corn had become the staple food source of the Basketmaker II people's diet; they had abandoned wild food sources for domesticated crops. Great Salt Lake of Utah ... near drainages and slopes in an effort to conserve soil quality and preserve field water runoff. The Ancestral ...
ashley cowie - 17/10/2018 - 18:56
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Rock Hewn Grave is Named ‘Tomb of the Athlete’ due to Novel Grave Goods
... community. Graves were regularly visited, and offerings of food and drink were made to the deceased. The Tomb of the ... pottery, such as dishes and jars of the highest quality. This would seem to indicate that those buried in the ...
Ed Whelan - 05/06/2018 - 14:01
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Swedish Schools to Ditch Ancient History in Favor of Gender Roles
A controversial new proposal might see Swedish state schools dropping history classes from the national education curriculum to make space for “postmodernism and democratic values”, such as gender roles.
ashley cowie - 28/09/2019 - 18:56
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Wearing it, Smoking it, or Selling it? The Hazy History of Cannabis in Ancient Korea
... cannabis, for example hemp for fabrics, or hemp seeds as a food, are mostly accepted as they are farmed from strains ... also used to create paper, which was highly prized for its quality and used in important Buddhist writings. Left: Hemp ...
Robert Brusco - 07/07/2017 - 01:47
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Scientists Crack Secrets of Ginkgo Trees’ Near-Immortality
... applications in traditional medicine and as a source of food. Now, the tree is central in what Science Mag call ... the photosynthetic ability of leaves and the seed quality, “didn’t differ with age.” The study also ...
ashley cowie - 15/01/2020 - 02:01
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Ancient British Bake Off? Cauldrons Fit for Feasting Found at Iron Age Settlement
... that really sets this settlement apart. The quantity and quality of the finds far outshines most of the other ... the entire assemblage. If we're lucky, we may even find food residues from the last time they were used - over 2000 ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/11/2017 - 18:40
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The Ancient Subterranean City of Nushabad: Why Were People Living Underground?
... a local well / spring. Struck by the refreshing and clean quality of the water he had just drunk, he ordered a city to ... that there would have been some storage areas for food as well. Various rooms have also been found along the ...
dhwty - 05/11/2017 - 21:54
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Another Venus? Rare Neolithic Female Figurine Discovered in Turkey
Researchers excavating at the site of Catalhoyok in Turkey have unearthed a rare Neolithic figurine in the shape of a woman. The statue is considered unique for its fine craftsmanship, material, and because it was found intact. It has been proposed that the artifact served a ritual purpose.
Alicia McDermott - 16/09/2016 - 21:45
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Predynastic Egypt: Life Before the Pyramids
... were buried with many grave goods of ivory and stone, and food offerings. Two such large gravesites were discovered, on ... dependent on the fertile Nile Valley for their food source and raising of crops. This increase of food made ... II, copper became widespread in use. Even though high-quality stone weapons were still fashioned, copper was also ...
Aleksa Vučković - 29/06/2020 - 23:02
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Koalas: Dreamtime Legends, Ancient Symbols, and their Dangerous Prehistoric Ancestors
... bears”. Personality-wise, the koalas’ most enduring quality is probably their laid-back nature. They generally ... and uncle went off into the bush for the day to hunt for food. They unintentionally left their water vessels in a ...
MartiniF - 15/06/2016 - 15:52
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Treasure Trove of Perfect Votive Offerings Found at Etruscan Thermal Baths
... it as “a miracle.” Did Early Humans Cook Their Food in Thermal Springs? Ancient Spas: The Lifegiving Power ... curative under divine protection . . . The amount and quality of the objects recovered are also astonishing -- we ...
Sahir - 16/08/2022 - 18:54