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Might Makes Right on the Field of Death: The Bloodsoaked Battle of Omdurman — Part II
The British forces watched for the enemy to get within yards before opening up their artillery. They waited, breath held, for the Dervishes to cross into the killing zone.
Cam Rea - 03/11/2017 - 14:29
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The fight to save the ancient texts of Timbuktu
... now Mali, within the confines of the fertile zone of the Sudan, Timbuktu is one of the cities of Africa whose name is ...
aprilholloway - 20/01/2014 - 11:05
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What is a Pyramid doing in the Heart of Rome?
... pyramids have been found south of the border in modern day Sudan. These pyramids were built by the rulers of the Kingdom ...
dhwty - 10/05/2015 - 05:13
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The Great Abu Simbel Rescue: The Tale of Two Ancient Temples That Moved Up A Hill
... complex in Nubia, in southern Egypt near the border with Sudan, to save them from being submerged by the rising waters ...
ashley cowie - 21/09/2018 - 23:03
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Egypt’s Famous Female Pharaohs And Not-So-Famous Female Rulers Resurrected
... Palestine-Syria in the east and ancient Nubia, modern-day Sudan, in the south. The Berlin Cleopatra, a Roman sculpture ...
Andrew Collins - 07/06/2023 - 21:34
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Amazing jewels and artifacts found in 2,000-year-old Ethiopian grave reveal link to Rome
... Ethiopia, Western Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia and Sudan. The capital city of the empire, also called Aksum, was ...
aprilholloway - 08/06/2015 - 14:43
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A Medieval Painting Depicts the Chilling Image of a Worm Eating Its Way Out of the Body of a French Saint
... Italy, and its range is limited to the countries of South Sudan, Chad, Mali, and Ethiopia in Africa, where great ...
Mark Miller - 23/03/2017 - 00:56
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3,200-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Mummy Discovered in Great Shape in Luxor
... and invading south along the Nile River to Napata in the Sudan. When Thutmose III died, he was buried in the Valley of ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 14/11/2016 - 14:45
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The Man Who Stopped a Desert Using Ancient Farming
Desertification is a serious problem facing numerous countries in the world today. Various measures have been taken to counter the negative effects, with some providing better results than others. A farmer in Burkina Faso looked to his ancestors and came up with an innovative solution.
dhwty - 20/11/2021 - 00:17
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2,000-Year-Old Peruvian Underwent Successful Skull Surgery
... of skull surgery from as far back as 7,000 years ago in Sudan, making the Peruvian warrior skull pretty recent by ... Surgery: One of the Oldest Trepanned Skulls Discovered in Sudan Ritually Motivated Traditions May Be Behind Holes ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 18/01/2022 - 22:00
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Decapitation? No Problem. The Magic of Restoration: Ancient Myths and Practices of Plastic Surgery
... Surgery: One of the Oldest Trepanned Skulls Discovered in Sudan Martini Fisher is a Mythographer and Author. Her books ...
MartiniF - 01/05/2017 - 15:21
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Ancient Egyptian Ritual Image Predates the Rise of the Pharaohs
... near Egypt’s southern border, with Nubia, now called the Sudan. This necropolis or cemetery, where officials and ...
Mark Miller - 28/03/2017 - 22:59
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Foundation Rituals of Ancient Egypt: Elaborate Rites Conducted to Protect Great Monuments
... deposits have been found beneath royal pyramids in Sudan. The elaborate rituals and deposit goods found today ... Campbell. " Foundation Deposits in Ancient Egypt & Sudan ." Egypt at the Manchester Museum. September 2, 2013. ...
Bryan Hill - 15/06/2015 - 14:32
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Queen of Pyramids: The Powerful Hetepheres I and her Magnificent Tomb
... American excavations to both Egypt and Nubia (currently Sudan). In 1925, he was working around the Great Pyramid of ...
Natalia Klimczak - 24/01/2016 - 14:51
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The Isolated Ennedi Geological Formations Are Rarely visited But Never Forgotten
... such as the endangered West African crocodile and Sudan cheetah, to survive in the Sahara. The Ennedi Plateau ...
Ed Whelan - 01/02/2019 - 01:49
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Fascinating Details of Judean Shepherd’s Life 6,000 Years Ago Revealed by New Tech
... showing a modern shepherd in ancient landscape in the Sudan. ( YiannisMantas / Adobe Stock) 21st-century ...
Nathan Falde - 15/08/2022 - 14:59
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Six Abandoned Cities and Their Haunting Histories
... known as Sawakin, is a historic port city in northeastern Sudan on the Red Sea’s north coast. The city was an ... the late 19th century, but ultimately decided the new Port Sudan would be a better site for their investment. By the ... dangerous coral meant that most trade had moved to Port Sudan. The city's once beautiful coral buildings were too ...
Robbie Mitchell - 27/01/2023 - 13:59
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The Great Mosque of Touba: Spiritual Home of the Mouride Brotherhood
... Revealed in the Walls of the Oldest Preserved Mosque in Sudan Blue Mosque in Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan: A Shrine of ...
Ed Whelan - 29/05/2019 - 02:04
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Evidence Emerges of Cranial Surgery in China Dating Back More than 3,500 Years
... claimed to have found a 7,000-year-old case in Sudan,” says Smithsonian. In fact, evidence for trepanation ...
Mark Miller - 09/12/2016 - 00:51
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Malevolent Phantoms, Corpse Brides, and Ancestor Spirits: The Ancient Belief in Ghosts – PART II
... of hell. As for supernatural spirits, the Humr people of Sudan drink a concoction made from the liver and marrow of ...
lizleafloor - 17/10/2015 - 00:45