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Sennacherib's Prisms Reveal the Glorious Reign of an Assyrian King
... The Taylor Prism came into the possession of Colonel John Taylor, a British diplomat and antiquarian, at Mosul in ...
Aleksa Vučković - 04/09/2023 - 14:53
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British Metal Detectorists Find 3 Rare Medieval Coins Worth Thousands!
... Remarkable The third medieval coin find was discovered by John Denham (64) and his two adult sons when they were out ... and this was confirmed when it was brought to an expert. John Denham’s Henry of Anjou silver penny. ( Hansons Auctioneers ) John had found a silver penny that was minted by Henry of ...
Ed Whelan - 27/10/2020 - 20:56
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The Flame of Freedom: Wat Tyler’s Peasant Revolt
... 30th. A royal official, and later the Archdeacon of Lewes, John Bampton arrived in Essex in order to investigate and ... Bampton ordered his arrest, causing violence to break out. John Bampton promptly fled back to London, but some of his ... They believed that he and the Duke of Lancaster, John Gaunt, were corrupt. Luckily for the Archbishop, he was ...
Aleksa Vučković - 23/06/2020 - 22:54
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Is this the creature that inspired tales of the legendary Kraken?
Captain John Bennett and his crew were stunned when they dragged onto ... San Aspring of New Zealand fishing company Sanford, Capt. John Bennett shows a colossal squid he and his crew caught on ... Featured image: Left: The colossal squid hauled onto Capt. John Bennett’s fishing boat in December, 2012. Right: The ...
aprilholloway - 18/09/2014 - 00:00
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The Naked Truth on Lady Godiva and Her Nude Ride to Help the Poor
... with her husband. For example, according to the chronicler John of Worchester, Among his other good deeds in this life, ... and below the return of a ring given to a beggar who was John the Baptist in disguise. ( The Commons ) The First ... Hood also appears). Top image: ‘Lady Godiva’ (1898) by John Collier. Source: Public Domain By Ḏḥwty Updated on ...
dhwty - 08/01/2021 - 20:39
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A Glimpse into the Intuitive Medicine of the Native American Tradition
... the summer solstice. Alignment diagram by astronomer Dr. John ‘Jack’ Eddy (Source: Solar Center ) According to ...
Jason Jarrell - 31/05/2017 - 01:59
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Living in a Man's World: The Untimely & Brutal Death of Hypatia
... Scholasticus, writing only a few years after she died, and John of Nikiu, writing a few hundred years later. Though ... in the middle of the night. According to both Socrates and John, when the Christians fled to the streets to save their ... the part of scapegoat. Hypatia the Scapegoat According to John of Nikiu, Hypatia was not merely a philosopher and ...
Riley Winters - 01/03/2019 - 01:59
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Six Amazing Ancient Tattoo Discoveries
Getting inked has been around longer than you’d think. While the idea of tattooing certainly seems like it would’ve been a more recent development, archaeologists have discovered quite the opposite. Tattooing has a long history that likely goes back more than 10,000 years! Just in the last few hundred years, scientists have made some fascinating discoveries about ancient humans and tattoos. Below, we’ll dive into some of the most fascinating tattoo discoveries from ancient history.
Lex Leigh - 11/12/2022 - 13:58
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3,000-Year-Old Corridor in Peru Temple Yields Curious Condor Statue
... and religious beliefs. Head of research team, Professor John W. Rick at Chavin de Huantar archaeological site. ( Peru ... condor head was found, Stanford anthropology professor, John Rick, told Reuters that “What we have here has ...
ashley cowie - 15/07/2023 - 15:02
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Why is the Evidence for Robin Hood as Elusive as the Man Himself?
... The Dramatic and Bloody History of Nottingham Castle King John: The Worst Monarch in English History? Ten Amazing ... Subterranean Structures from the Ancient World Little John’s Bow The loss of treasured Robin Hood relics is not ... A massive longbow that is believed to have been Little John’s went missing in 2004. A black and white photograph ...
Kerry Sullivan - 18/08/2021 - 01:09
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Bloody Mary: The Marriage, Reign, and Death of a Queen of England
... . Although there is debate about the number of deaths, John Fox calculated in his Book of Martyrs that 284 ... Detail of an illustration from the "Book of Martyrs" by John Fox, depicting the preparations prior to the burning at ... of Spain, Philip refused to return until March 1557. John Dee: Scholar, Astrologer, and Occult Practitioner that ...
ancient-origins - 09/10/2015 - 03:37
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Extreme Heat Followed by Downpours Once Characterized ‘Hothouse Earth’
... heat, says the latest study from Harvard University. ( John / Adobe Stock) Hothouse Earth Cycles: An “Unexpected ... co-author Robin Wordsworth according to a Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ...
Sahir - 09/11/2021 - 17:57
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How Henry VI Genetically Engineered Henry Tudor for the Throne
... the Plantagenet Dynasty, so named for their descent from John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster, was perilously vulnerable ... VI was descended from the third son, the aforementioned John of Gaunt. When Edward III died in 1377, his grandson ... richest heiress in England, being the daughter of the late John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. The Beauforts were a ...
Alex White - 28/11/2022 - 17:53
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A delicacy now, snails in the human diet may have meant survival 150,000 years ago
... of Cambridge, Queen’s University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Queen’s University Belfast ... sheep, tortoises and antelopes,” Chris Hunt of Liverpool John Moores University told the Mail Online. “We think ... it easier to extract the meat, researchers say. (Liverpool John Moores University photos) By Mark Miller A delicacy ...
Mark Miller - 26/10/2015 - 02:39
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10,000-Year-Old Crayon Found in Ancient Lake Was Used to Decorate Animal Skins
... Project The man who discovered the site of Star Carr was John Moore, a local amateur archaeologist who found 10 sites ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/01/2018 - 22:48
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Orcadian Genesis: The Origins of the Orkney Isles’ Unique Megalithic Culture and its Roots in Britain’s Own Lost Atlantis - Part Two
... and Current Views.” Neo-Lithics 1:1: 9–11 Weinstock, John, 2016. “Sami Prehistory Revisited: transactions, ...
Andrew Collins - 12/10/2018 - 01:42
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Stone Hatchet Man & The Troubling Unfinished Journeys to the Spirit World for Native American Bones
... in 1905). (Bin im Garten/ CC BY-SA 3.0 ) In 2006, Dr. John Parker discovered remarkable paleolithic artifacts at ... Elem Point & Napa Scraper. Photos courtesy Dr. John Parker. The Forensics The Hesse specimen was dubbed ... as the Asian Immigrants of California. Many thanks to Dr. John Parker, Dwain Goforth (former Assistant Curator of the ...
Birdog - 16/04/2018 - 22:55
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Picts, Gaels, and Scots: Exploring their Mysterious (and Sometimes Mythical) Origins
... ‘tribe of Dan’. The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's "Riders of the Sidhe." (1911) ( Public Domain ) ...
Steven Keith - 19/06/2018 - 20:55
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Hunting the Haunted: Ghosts, Ghouls and Geists of South Africa
... The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, painting by John Quidor (1858). ( Public Domain ) Dr Clay’s encounter ...
Mark Rose-Christie - 17/10/2018 - 15:45
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Samodiva: The Life-Sucking Temptress and Wood Nymph of Bulgarian Folklore
... watercolor painting. Inspired by the poem "Lamia" by John Keats. ( Public Domain ) Regardless of their origins, ...
ancient-origins - 08/12/2018 - 23:09