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Elizabethan-Era Ship Found in Quarry Lake Along English Channel Coast
Marine archaeologists recently removed the remains of a nearly 500-year-old Elizabethan-era ship discovered in the bottom of a quarry lake approximately 1,000 feet (300 meters) from the Kent County coast in southern England.
Nathan Falde - 02/01/2023 - 21:47
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The Shocking History of Virgin Tests and Cures
... the controversial belief in virgin cure myths, involving sex with a virgin to be cleansed of sexually transmitted ... have been a virgin. Therefore, to a non-educated person, sex with a virgin was the cure. Women and Medicine in Rome ... in order to prevent unplanned pregnancies as opposed to sex education classes. In regions of Afghanistan, tests are ...
B. B. Wagner - 21/09/2019 - 19:02
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Girls Gone Wild: World Mythology’s Most Sexualized, Crazed, and Furiously Violent Goddesses
... Inanna was a Sumerian (ancient Iraq) goddess of fertility, sex, and war who became known in later Mesopotamia as Ishtar. ... of the Sumerian goddess Inanna. In charge of fertility, sex, and war, Inanna was one of the most violent goddessess ...
ashley cowie - 12/12/2018 - 23:01
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The 800,000-Year-Old Gran Dolina Boy Just Became A Girl
... variability in extinct groups and, as a consequence, the sex estimation of isolated specimens.” Again, this time in ... “opens up a new and highly reliable way to estimate sex through a non-destructive method.” A report on ...
ashley cowie - 24/03/2021 - 21:45
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The Rape of Lucretia: A History of the Ancient Wife Who Changed the Destiny of Rome
Sextus Tarquinius was the son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome who was engaged in the siege of Ardea at the time. One day, Sextus invited his friends for supper and drinks at his house. Among his guests was Tarquinius Collatinus, one of his distant kinsmen. The men started talking about their wives and, fueled by wine, each of them praised his own wife excessively. Collatinus finally declared that no one was more worthy than his wife, Lucretia.
MartiniF - 11/10/2016 - 01:50
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Lewes Castle Wall Collapses Leading to Search for Casualties
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Dr Watson Provides Proof That Scotland’s Legendary King Robert The Bruce Was English Born!
A controversial new history book called Traitor, Outlaw, King, written by eminent medieval historian Dr Fiona Watson, a former lecturer of history at Stirling University with a PhD from the University of Glasgow, makes the somewhat shocking claim that Robert the Bruce, the freedom fighting King of Scots who used guerrilla warfare to “send proud Edward homeward [to England] to think again,” was himself an Englishman.
ashley cowie - 30/10/2018 - 13:04
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Anglo-Saxon Abbey where Lusty King Edgar was Crowned, Found!
King Edgar (the Peaceful) was the first king of ‘all England’ - including the kingdoms of Scotland, Mercia, and Wessex, and his coronation at an Anglo-Saxon abbey as a divine ruler recognized by God set the precedence for all future Kings and Queens of England. Now archaeologists believe they may have found the location of the lost abbey in Bath.
ashley cowie - 26/01/2020 - 22:38
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Homo Erectus Tools Challenge Single Species-Single Tech Thinking
Even a million and a half years ago, our ancestors understood that sometimes you need a simple hammerstone and other times a finely-made hand axe would better suit the task in front of you. New findings suggest that the Homo erectus toolkit was more diverse than previously believed. This challenges the simple single species/single technology thinking that has often been applied to early hominins.
Alicia McDermott - 05/03/2020 - 23:04
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Sumerians Invented the System of Time 5,000 Years Ago – And We Still Use It Today!
One might find it curious that we divide the hours into 60 minutes and the days into 24 hours – why not a multiple of 10 or 12? Put quite simply, the answer is because the inventors of time did not operate on a decimal (base-10) or duodecimal (base-12) system but a sexagesimal (base-60) system. For the ancient Sumerian innovators who first divided the movements of the heavens into countable intervals, 60 was the perfect number.
Kerry Sullivan - 31/07/2023 - 14:59
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First-Ever Fossilized Dinosaur Brain Tissue Discovered in Sussex, England
Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilized brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in modern crocodiles and birds.
An unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in Sussex, has been confirmed as the first example of fossilized brain tissue from a dinosaur.
ancient-origins - 28/10/2016 - 21:46
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Did Iconic Renaissance Artist Raphael Die From Too Much Sex?
... from Vasari, who claims Raphael died from having too much sex with the artist’s mistress Margherita Luti. Luti was ... it's now called) while he was painting its frescoes. No sex, no frescoes. The story of Raphael's sensual relationship ... became an icon of lust.” Although death by too much sex is not an explanation most researchers would accept ...
dhwty - 20/11/2019 - 16:20
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10 of the Weirdest Things Consumed as Aphrodisiacs
... Body Scented Bread Dough! The Aphrodisiacs that Spiced Up Sex Lives in the Ancient World A representation of a tiger ... a bad case of food poisoning is unlikely to improve your sex life. Thankfully, this practice has fallen out of favor ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/09/2023 - 18:59
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Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I
... to their victims. Lilith: Ancient Demon, Dark Deity or Sex Goddess? Oneiromancy and Dream Predictions from Ancient ... McDermott Incubi and Succubi: Crushing Nightmares and Sex-Craving Demons – Part I ...
Alicia McDermott - 24/06/2016 - 15:51
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Numerous skeletons of sexually perverse Nuns discovered in Oxford
... have discovered the skeletons of a number of ‘sex-obsessed’ nuns who were eventually punished for their ... remains excavated in Wales date to 13th century The Sacred Sex and Death Rites of the Ancient Mystery Groves The ...
Robin Whitlock - 30/05/2015 - 14:50
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Why was Alfred the Great One of Only Two Kings Named ‘Great’ in English History?
Alfred the Great was the first king of the Anglo-Saxons and one of only two English rulers to have been given the epithet ‘the Great’. He may have earned this title in part by defending his kingdom against the Vikings and for his efforts in improving education.
dhwty - 23/03/2019 - 23:57
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Was Athelstan England's First and Greatest King?
Britain has had more than sixty monarchs over the centuries. Some have been good; some have been bad, but few are held in as high regard as King Athelstan. King Athelstan, often described as the first king of England, has one of the best reputations of all the English monarchs. Famed for his morals, knowledge of politics, and leadership skills, Athelstan reigned over some of the greatest victories in early British history. But does the historical record support this? Can he really be deemed Britain’s greatest king?
Robbie Mitchell - 30/11/2022 - 17:50
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ancient-origins - 16/01/2014 - 07:51
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4,000-Year-Old Mochica Temple and Tombs Unearthed in Peru
... culture.” The Moche are particularly known for their sex-themed pottery, which is often very explicit in nature. ... Rajada, Peru Tomb of Lord Sipan: Mochican warrior priest Sex pottery of Peru: Moche ceramics shed light on ancient ...
Mark Miller - 01/07/2015 - 14:34
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Beware the Wandering Wombs of Hysterical Women
... spasms, shortness of breath, loss of appetite for food or sex, being demanding, causing trouble, and deficiency of ... in British Cemetery Archaeologists unearth 18th Century Sex Toy in Ancient Latrine in Poland Demonic possession as a ...
B. B. Wagner - 07/09/2019 - 18:51